U.S. Army Air Forces planes in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force P-39 Airacobra fighter lands on airstrip with a damaged front landing gear at Henderson Field. Ambulance pulls away in the foreground. A truck mounted crane in front of a P-39.
U.S. Army Air Force planes are transferred from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands to New Guinea during World War II. Aerial formation U.S. Army Air Force P-39 Airacobra fighters over sea. Aerial view of strip at Guadalcanal.
U.S. Army Air Force planes are transferred from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands to New Guinea during World War II. B-24 Liberator bomber being refueled in Guadalcanal. Formation of B-24s in flight over sea en route to New Guinea.
Decoration ceremony on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Small unit stands in formation in front of a P-40 aircraft of the 44th Fighter Squadron on the Fighter 2 airstrip. U.S. officer reads citation. Commander of U.S. 25th Infantry Division, Major General Joseph Lawton Collins, shakes hand of 2Lt Jack Bade after awarding him an Air Medal. Several P-40s of 13th Air Force,seen nearby, with white stripes painted on them.
Presentation ceremonies at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Army vehicles being lined up. Army band plays. Army band marches. U.S. Major General Oscar W. Griswold talks to another General. EM (Enlisted Man) throws package into group in front of palm grove. Major General John Reed Hodge wearing dark glasses. U.S. officers of 25th Infantry Division stand at attention. Major General Griswold presents and pins medal on Commander of U.S. 25 Infantry Division Major General Joseph Lawton Collins. Officers pin on DSCs (Distinguished Service Medals) on officers. An officer holds medal board.
At start of film, Camera pans over a field of Manila Hemp plants in the Philippines during occupation by the Japanese in World War 2. Camera shows views along path in the fields with hemp plants towering on either side. Filipino workers use cutters on long poles to harvest the tall plants. They cut large ones at their bases and slice strips of their barks into long thin pieces. Glimpse of a Japanese soldier observing the work. Next, Filipino workers transport the hemp in a wagon to a processing shed. Filipino workers further process the hemp into longer thinner strands and place them on horizontal poles to dry. Closeup of a man separating strands of hemp. Next, workers are seen shaking the strands outside a building. View of workers moving bales of hemp on hand carts to a scale where they are weighed and labeled. Closeup of a labeled bale.
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