People of different tribes in the Philippines. Bagobos of Davao, Mindanao in a jungle. A group of Bagobos walks through the jungle towards a market. People of Bagobos tribe on horseback as they ride through the jungle.
A parade to honor a U.S. Congressional Delegation takes place in the southern Philippines. Decorated carriages ride past a large crowd on either sides of a street. School children carrying banners march in a parade. One banner says "Moro Girls School." People of different tribes perform to welcome the delegation.
Tausug Moros welcome the United States congressional delegation during their visit to Mindanao, Southern Philippines. Moro women perform a folk “fingernail” dance called Pangalay. Moro musicians play bronze gongs and drums. A male Moro dancer performs a “bee dance” to amuse the audience. Native Filipino men participate in a tug of war. Men participate in various athletic events including some taught to them by the United States delegation. Filipino teenagers jump over a hurdle. Filipino men compete in a sprint running race. Filipino Negrito (likely Mamanwa) boys play a game they invented called the spanking game, where the object is to draw blood due to spanking. Men participate in a tug of war game.
Bontoc children engage in athletics in the Philippines. Filipino schoolgirls play volleyball. Mrs. Evans, the American head of a public school in Bontoc (the historical capital of the Cordillera region), accompany Bontoc girls in the school grounds. Filipino women teachers accompany Mrs. Evans and the girls. Girls parade on school grounds. Exteriors of an American-style school building, constructed of brick by an ingenious schoolteacher visitor from Minnesota. Native Bontoc children participate in athletic events like racing and jumping.
Natives of the Philippines. Exteriors of a school building maintained by Belgian priests. Filipino boy students of the school are seen. Exteriors of a church. School children lined up on the school grounds. The school band plays musical instruments. Silk culture being taught to the natives using techniques from Japan. The natives operate devices to spin silk and manufacture silk.
Natives of the Philippines. Exteriors of a newly built government hospital in Bontoc, Philippines. Filipino patients lying in beds at the hospital. Nurses and doctors in background Nurses look after the patients who receive free medical care.