A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Colonel Thomas of the United States Marine Corps briefs U.S. Marines about an operational plan. The Marines loaded in jeeps and command cars advance inland. They move across a jungle and then onto a hilltop ridge that later was named "Blood Ridge" due to fierce fighting there. A man looks through a sighting instrument at an observation post. Gun emplacements and foxholes are established. A Marine looks at a picture of an American girl that he has at his campsite. U.S. Marines fire a 105 mm gun. An aircraft spotter looks through a sighting instrument and spots Japanese aircraft in flight. Japanese bombers in flight. Antiaircraft guns are fired by American forces. Japanese airplane is hit. The airplane plunges toward the ground with smoke streaming behind it and the airplane crashes. Machine guns being fired at the Japanese aircraft. Another Japanese aircraft is hit and the aircraft crashes into water. Men at Henderson Field. Wrecked American aircraft. Aerial view of Henderson Field.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A Marine blows a bugle as they pay respect to those dead during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Rifles being fired in honor of the dead. United States soldiers get off a ship and come aboard landing crafts. The landing crafts arrive at a beach and troops disembark. A dog gets off a craft. U.S. Marines march towards a shore as they leave the island. The Marines embark onto a landing craft. The American flag flies over Guadalcanal.
Japanese soldiers in China during World War II. Artillery is fired and smoke rises. Wrecked United States Army Air Force and Chinese B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft on Kei Ling airstrip. Wrecked parts of Allied aircraft on a field. A sign reads '12th Service Group Dispensary'. Machine guns and artillery are fired. Smoke rises. Japanese soldiers lying in prone position as they fire at a village.
A film titled 'Soldiers of the sea' about the training of United States Marine. Aerial view of Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. A car enters through a gate. A poster reads 'US Marines'. A Marine talks to men near the poster. A sign outside an office reads 'Recruiting officer'. A recruit takes an oath. He gets a haircut. Uniform being issued to the recruit. A Marine blows a bugle. Recruits get up and put on their clothes. The recruits in a classroom. They are taught about parts of a ship with the help of a model of a ship. A sign reads 'Never say you to an officer' as recruits learn military etiquettes. They learn to prepare a casemate hammock.
A film about training of United States Marines in San Diego, California. Recruits learn the details of squad formation as they perform drill manuevers under the instruction of a drill sergeant. The recruits receive fixed bayonet instruction. Two trainers demonstrate the use of bayonet equipped rifles in hand to hand combat. To build varied physical strength the recruits row a whaleboat. The crew of Marines raise their 12 foot oars in the air at the end of their rowing effort.
A film about training of United States Marines in San Diego, California. Recruits learn to fire rifles at a firing range. The recruits lying in prone position as they fire rifles at targets. A man lying on the ground as he holds a target. The recruits fire machine guns at the target. They fire machine guns at a forward moving target.
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