Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 27]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 27]

1945

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Part 1, on the U.S. conquest of Manila. Shows aerial views of the city. U.S. troops attack Japanese positions in the baseball park, city hall, the legislative building, and an ice plant. Japanese troops fire on U.S. stretcher bearers. Artillery smashes Japanese positions. Sharp shooters kill Japanese soldiers. Army corpsmen give blood plasma to the wounded. Troops attack the walled city of Intramuros in Manila. U.S. troops aid Filipino refugees. Includes views of Filipinos killed by retreating Japanese. Gen. MacArthur visits Manila and Corregidor and speaks after the U.S. flag is raised over the island.

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