Results: Stories
9 results found for '"Guadalcanal"' in Location.
Latest Pictures from the Solomons
- Date released
- 21 Sep 1942
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 42/76
- NoS ID
- 099631
- Story no
- 1 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
US Marines in troopships transfer to landing craft as they near Guadalcanal, in heavy seas. Overhead protection is supplied by fighters and Fortresses. On landing gun emplacements are dug along the beach,...
War in the South Pacific
- Date released
- 8 Oct 1942
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 42/81
- NoS ID
- 099664
- Story no
- 4 / 5
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
American invasion troops nearing the Solomon Islands in the early dawn and the landing on Florida and Guadalcanal Islands. This action turned the tide of war in the South Pacific.
US Reinforcements Hold Solomons Base
- Date released
- 9 Nov 1942
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 1220
- NoS ID
- 038442
- Story no
- 2 / 7
American marines make further landings on strategic island.
Battle of the Solomons
- Date released
- 9 Nov 1942
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 42/90
- NoS ID
- 099716
- Story no
- 5 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
American convoy ploughs through rough seas to bring reinforcements to the Marines on Guadalcanal. Marines are landed on beaches while aircraft give support. Fighting goes on around the vital aerodrome of...
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A Jap Fleet Smashed
- Date released
- 19 Nov 1942
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 702A
- NoS ID
- 012520
- Story no
- 8 / 8
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Dead. DESCRIPTION: United States Marines wiped out Japanese units defending their positions on Guadalcanal. SHOTLIST: US Marines walking about island, which is mostly jungle,...
Solomon Islands - War in the Pacific
- Date released
- 19 Nov 1942
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 42/93
- NoS ID
- 099726
- Story no
- 4 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
Japanese dead, killed by US Marines on Guadalcanal when the Marines landed. Prisoners who were taken are set to work.
Japs Lose Ground in South Pacific
- Date released
- 14 Jan 1943
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 1239
- NoS ID
- 038524
- Story no
- 3 / 6
US increased hold on strategic island in Solomons. New Guinea Allied reinforcements press home attack in Buna region.
USS Hornet - Last Hours
- Date released
- 1 Feb 1943
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 43/9
- NoS ID
- 099829
- Story no
- 1 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
USS Hornet - from its commissioning in 1941 to its destruction off Santa Cruz when attacked by Japanese aircraft and submarines. Attempts are made to take the ship in tow but fail. Men abandon ship, many of...
Newsbriefs
- Date released
- 18 Feb 1943
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 43/14
- NoS ID
- 099858
- Story no
- 4 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
US Rangers undergo realistic war training on an assault course. [80 ft] US army men arrive at Guadalcanal to replace American Marines who took the island and cleared it of all Japanese. The Marines are seen...