ACCESS FOOTAGE

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Edited scenes showing the landing and capture on Guadalcanal
seems unfinished it has music but no comm. possibly a workprint of ‘This is Guadalcanal’

MS ships head toward island, a machine gun is visible
LS ships in distance, island in further distance
MS ship moves L to R through ocean
MS plane heads fast overhead
LS plane crashes in water
MS men with signal light on bridge
LS boats out to ocean
US plane overhead
MS men on to boat shake hands
MS landing craft in MG moving L to R
MS men with signal light flashing on ship
MS LCs in ocean
MS MArines down cargo net to LC
LS ships L to R in distance, island in BG
MS Marines pushing off on LC
MS MArines down cargo net to LC
LS LCs and ships out at sea
MS LCs move R to L
LS open ocean
LS lone LC in ocean
LS open ocean
LS ships in ocean
MS AA battery in action
OS AA battery in action
US plane flies overhead
LS ocean with LC in MG
OS AA battery in action
LS ship fires in distance
MS LC in sea
LS ocean with ships and LCs
MS officers talk on ship, binoculars
LS ships up near island, island in BG
US various of plane flying overhead
LS ship smoking in distance
LS LCs moving L to R
MS LCs landing ashore, plane overhead and troops disembark
LSs various shots LCs at sea
MS Marines dig emplacement on beach
CU sign in Japanese on tree
LS camp set up on beach
Flag raising
05:35
Various PANs and CUs of dead Japanese on beach, Marines look at them
MS-PAN of Japanese prisoner camp
various CUs of Japanese prisoners
MS Japanese prisoners march in line
various MSs of Japanese getting undressed, washing and having first aid
MS-PAN across row of Japanese prisoners sitting down
CUs of their faces as they light cigarettes
CU of machine gun in the ground (Japanese?), a Marine practises firing it out to sea
An artillery piece is fired
MS Marine puts on a flamethrower kit and walks off to practise with it
MS a Marine in fur camouflage with guns and bullets