MARINES ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR; MARCHING TO TRAIN STATION
An advance expeditionary troop from the US Marines 3rd Division in a landing boat jet across the harbour and board one of the warships. The city of Auckland can be seen from the ship.
Scene cuts to a military brass band leading a parade of US soldiers.
Back on the warship a panoramic camera shot reveals the Auckland harbour headlands, another US transporter, and the docklands with the Auckland War Memorial Museum prominent in the background. A tugboat assists. The parade continues from the docks to the train station. US soldiers are shown boarding the train then disembarking, where they then proceed to march in full kit to their camp. Relaxing on the ground and setting up their campsite.
ARRIVAL OF GENERAL VANDEGRIFT
A small US Airforce 8-seater plane lands at Wellington airport, carrying Lieutenant General A. Vandegrift, Commanding General of all SW Pacific Marine forces. Several other Marine officers also get off the plane and are met on the tarmac by Major General Julian Smith, Commanding General of the Second Marine Division, now stationed in Wellington.