Guadalcanal - The Island Of Death

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Customer reviews

review by: Jokull date: 2008-08-08 rating:
A very ambitious and good documentary
You can see that there was a lot of effort and ambition put to this project and I must confess I find it a lot better than most American Documentaries, in that there is no repetition or strange pauses indicating commercial breaks.

This is a project done for the sake of the project and not to get a few dollars on the cheap. It follows the 1st Marines chronologically from the time they leave the US to New Zealand where they were scheduled for 6 months training but where soon sent of to fight a war in a campaign in Solomon Islands where neither side had planned for. Then the documentary follows events like they unfolded. This was a dangerous time and the outcome was far from certain in the opening months. The Japanese were at the zenith of conquest and the US was emerging as a military superpower.

The Guadalcanal Campaign is a very interesting one, it involves land, sea and air battles between two evenly matched enemies in very inhospitable terrain. Both sides score minor victories and suffer defeats but for a long time neither gets the upper hand.

It was at Guadalcanal that WW2 Marine Corps was Forged. The officers serving in the Campaign became its leaders and showed that they learned their lessons well and the Marines fighting there became their veteran core.

The documentary is a perfect blend of documentary footage (some very impressive), narration, scolary observations and the all important interviews with the veterans themselves.

I have no reservations to giving this 5 stars for it is easily among the best. I would also recommend "Fighting Lady" a contemporary documentary about a WW2 Aircraft Carrier.

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