USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) at Point Loma in San Diego, California. USS Chowanoc tows USS Philippine Sea (CVS-11). Two small tug boats in the background. Bow of the USS Chowanoc with USS Philippine Sea being towed. Stern of the USS Philippine Sea. A small tug boat underway. Three Large Harbor Tugs in view.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Planes on flight deck. People go aboard the aircraft carrier. A huge crowd gathered on the pier to welcome USS Philippine Sea. Family members wave as ship comes alongside pier. Officers greet their wives on pier. Men pick up children in their arms. People hug each other. Family members greet sailors. A large crane lowers F9F Panther from deck on the pier at Dartmouth Naval Air Station, Alameda. Men in uniforms on flight deck walk along catwalk. Colored balloons tied to welcome the ship USS Philippine Sea.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Fireboat with fire hoses welcomes USS Philippine Sea. Men hold colored balloons. The balloons are tied to line watch. The ship enters the port. Squadron of planes passes overhead. Golden Gate Bridge in the background. San Francisco dock area. Planes on flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Stern of the carrier. Ship passes under bridge. Men in uniforms on flight deck and walk along catwalk. F9F Panther aircraft on flight deck.
United States Army Jeeps and a military staff car are seen parked in front of the Malacañang Palace (J.P. Laurel Street San Miguel, Manila, Luzon 1005 Philippines) in Manila, Philippines, in World War II. Local Filipino civil servants enter and leave the palace. The staff car and several jeeps leave the Malacañang Palace through a gateway guarded by American soldiers. Camera focuses up to a sign on a building reading: "Congress of the Philippines, House of representatives." View through an iron grate from a balcony overlooking the building lobby, shows officials mingling below. Change of view shows officials assembling in the main hall of the legislature.
Meeting of Filipino Rehabilitation Commission at Malacañang Palace (J.P. Laurel Street San Miguel, Manila, Luzon 1005 Philippines) in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Meeting of commission with President of the Commonwealth of Philippines, Sergio Osmeña in Malacañang Palace. United States Senator Millard Tydings (Maryland) seated next to President Osmeña. Commission include Senator Frank R. Lowe, Colonel Isams, Colonel Baumann Heater, Lieutenant Callahan, Admiral Tarrant, Captain Brierley, Dr. Elliot, J. Weldon Jones, A. Zimmer, Mr. G. Monick, Senator Tydings and President Osmeña. President Osmena in his office alone. Confessor in President Osmeña's office.
Activities of people in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Aerial view of the city. Buildings and houses along the sides of a street. Mountains in the background. Towers of San Agustin Church in Intramuros and the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila. Cyclists, horse-drawn kalesas, and pedestrians on a street in Quiapo district. The towers of San Sebastian Church. Filipino civilians attend a Roman Catholic mass. A plaque reads “Roman Catholic Cathedral of Manila”. Nuns and civilians walking outside a church in Manila. Old Filipino woman shielding herself with a fan. A Filipino woman holding her son. Church bells ring. Monuments in Manila. Bonifacio Monument or Monumento (596 Monumento Rotonda, Caloocan, 1401 Metro Manila) in Caloocan, Philippines. People on the streets around the Rizal Monument (1225 Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila).