Latest Pictures From The Solomons (1942)

Titles read: “LATEST PICTURES FROM THE SOLOMONS“. Solomon Islands. Various shots in fairly heavy seas of American naval ships and troopships nearing Guadalcanal in the Solomons. L/S from one of the ships of an escort fighter and Fortress flying low overhead. US Marines transfer from ship to landing craft. Guns from the fleet give protection and the landing craft head for beaches. The marines run up the beach through the surf. Gun emplacements are dug along the beach. Various shots of a camp in the jungle on the island which has been evacuated by the enemy. M/S of US airmen arriving at captured Japanese airbase. M/S Stars and Stripes flag being raised to pole head. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which