8 Films & TV Shows Set In Solomon Islands During The 1940s
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Windtalkers
Arizona 🇬🇺 Guam 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sHonor Was Their Code. — Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
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The Thin Red Line
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sEvery man fights his own war. — The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
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The Thin Red Line
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sSet during the Allied invasion of the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater during WWII, this film is based on the novel by James Jones. Keir Dullea is Private Doll, who dreads the invasion and steals a pistol to help him protect himself. Sergeant Welsh (Jack Warden), a caustic, battle-scarred veteran, hates Doll, whom he considers a coward. In battle, Doll kills a Japanese soldier and is filled with remorse, which further angers the sergeant. The next day, an emboldened Doll wipes out an entire enemy machine gun post and begins to feel as sadistic as Welsh. The two must work together to clear away some mines, but as they do, their platoon is surprised by a Japanese raid.
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PT 109
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sMost men would have given up...But not the crew of PT 109 — Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
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Tarawa Beachhead
🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sDirector Paul Wendkos' 1958 WWII drama stars Kerwin Mathews, Julie Adams, Ray Danton, Karen Sharpe and Onslow Stevens.
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Beachhead
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sIs not just a war move. — On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard terrain, and advancing Japanese troops.
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Marine Raiders
California 🇦🇺 Australia 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sCOURAGE - Cold as the Steel of their Bayonets! ROMANCE - Warm as the Love which Inspires It! ACTION - Shaking the Skies! — A Marine major (Pat O'Brien) looks out for his captain (Robert Ryan) on Guadalcanal and in Australia.
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Guadalcanal Diary
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands The 1940sThe Victory picture of the year ! — Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
