Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Orientation Films. 1942 - 1949. THIS IS THE PHILIPPINES

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Orientation Films. 1942 - 1949. THIS IS THE PHILIPPINES

1945

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Reel 1, Japanese planes bomb Manila in 1941; civilians seek shelter. Japanese tanks and infantry advance through jungles and into Manila. Japanese planes bomb Corregidor; antiaircraft on the island is fired. Japanese troops land; U.S. troops surrender. Shows massed prisoners. Gen. Wainwright arrives at the surrender conference. The American flag is lowered; Japanese troops parade. Describes, by animation, resources and the strategic position of the Philippines. Reel 2 dramatizes Magellan's discovery of the islands and the Battle of Manila Bay. Shows scenes at Santo Tomas University, Filipino military cadets in training, the Supreme Court, Pres. Quezon, children on church, Moro tribesmen on Mindanao, Gens. Pershing and MacArthur, Moro dancers, and fishing vessels at sea. Reel 3 shows Negrito pygmies and Igorot tribesmen, terraced rice fields, irrigation ditches, Filipino women in homes and offices, an outdoor barbecue, market places, Japanese troops marching, and Filipinos attending baseball, swimming, horse racing, and boxing contests. Reel 4 describes siesta time. Trees are felled; sugar cane harvested; tobacco cut and rolled into cigars; and hemp processed. Filipino troops receive basic training. Shows Gen. MacArthur, the recording of the last message received from Corregidor, and a U.S. fleet at sea.

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Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944

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Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, KR (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also referred to by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines (as opposed to the government of previous Philippine states), and is considered to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated i...

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953

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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (b. August 23, 1883, Walla Walla, WA–d. September 2, 1953, San Antonio, TX) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. The son of Army officer during Spanish-American War Robert Powell Page Wainwright and grandson of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, Lieutenant in Civil War, he attended West Point. Wainwright was promoted to major during World War I....

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...