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Aerial view of airstrip at Kolombangara, Rendova, Solomon Islands.

Aerial view of airstrip at Kolombangara, Rendova, Solomon Islands. Terrain on one of the island shows roadways, buildings, beach area. Airfield with bomb craters near it. View of Villa Airstrip. Coconut plantation on the Island. (World War II period).

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023145
The U.S. invasion of Rendova Island, in the Solomons, during World War II.

Animation shows U.S. strategy for advances against Japanese in the Solomon Islands, and beyond, emanating from bases on Guadalcanal. The remote island of Rendova. U.S. Army, Marine, and Seabee units landing on Rendova. A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber flies very low over the landing party. LVTs are seen (Landing Vehicle Track). Scenes of dense jungle. Large amounts of supplies are unloaded on the beachhead. U.S. troops set up antiaircraft guns on the beachhead. A formation of 4 Japanese dive bombers approaches. They peel off and attack. Fires burn from Japanese bombing. U.S. casualties being treated at the beachhead. U.S. marines exchange fire with Japanese snipers in dense jungle. Several dead Japanese soldiers. LSTs (Landing ship Tank) arrive at beachhead, carrying heavy armor and construction equipment. Seabees operating bulldozers on the island. 155 mm guns are pulled through the jungle, emplaced, and commence firing.

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, June 30
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044969
Earthmover cleans way for strip at Henderson Field of U.S. Air Force at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II.

U.S. Air Force runway strips and air fields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. A new runway strip at Henderson airfield being constructed for U.S. Air Force fighter aircrafts nearby the sea shore of the island. An operator operates an earthmover and cleans the area for landing strip. U.S. airmen near earthmover watch the process.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036195
Aerial views of the coast line and sunken Japanese ships along the beaches of Guadalcanal on Solomon Islands during WWII.

The Guadalcanal campaign during World War II on the Solomon Islands in South Pacific. Aerial views of the coast line and beaches of Guadalcanal. Dense wild forests and bushes on the island. Japanese ship sunk on the sea shore. Another ship sunk at the shore. Japanese naval ships damaged in water near the shore. Small boats at the beach. A native village at beach between sea waters and the dense wild bushes.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, July 22
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036177
Vice Admiral Halsey looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship and infantry men advance across jungle swamps on the Solomon Islands.

A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. warship fires at Japanese ships. Animated map shows the main objective of the Japanese that is to capture Guadalcanal. A U.S. bomber lands and taxis. A signal officer gives a signal. A pilot in a cockpit. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz seated in a chair discusses the strategy of attack with an officer. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animated map shows the positions of ships underway in different directions. A U.S. ship underway. Troops on its deck. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets off a car in New Guinea. U.S. infantry troops in trucks and jeeps advance along a dirt road. Troops in a jeep wearing gas masks. Troops seated in a truck hold guns. U.S. soldiers stand around an aircraft. A U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off. The troops get off from the aircraft. Infantry men advance through a jungle. Men lay logs to make a bridge. A convoy moves over a bridge carrying supplies. Soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire. The troops advance through a jungle. They fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. The infantry advances across jungle swamps.

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069138
U.S. 13th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers drop bombs over Japanese installations in Rekata Island during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy installations on Rekata Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. 13th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers drop bombs over Japanese installations on Rekata Island. Smoke billows up from the explosions.

Location: Rekata Island Solomon Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060501
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