Teams compete for fun in bicycle polo matches at Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines before outbreak of World War 2 in the Pacific. Teams of men, distinguished by their costumes, play bicycle polo. Some teams wear distinctive hats. Others wear different colored hats or shirts. One teams even wears womens' dresses for its uniform. As the matches progress, bicycles are left strewn on the lawn, many with bent wheels and other damage. Spectators watch from lawn chairs and from a clubhouse on the edge of the parade grounds. A refreshment tent contains Liquor bottles on a table. A man holding a glass smiles and poses.
Mayon Volcano on Luzon island in the Philippines. An aerial view shows puffs of smoke rising from the volcano. View of the volcano from the ground. A U.S. Army airman looks at the volcano.
The Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat 'California Clipper', NC 18609, in the Philippines. This particular flying boat was the first Pan Am craft to fly around the world. Small boats at a pier. A sign at the pier reads 'No Admittance'. The flying boat in water. Pan American personnel on the pier. The B-314 docks and passengers disembark and walk along the pier. This flying boat would later be renamed the 'Pacific Clipper'
Nichols Field, Philippines, prior to World War II in the Pacific. Seversky P-35 pursuit plane parked with engine running. Pilots of the U.S. Army 17th Pursuit Squadron pose on and around a P-35 airplane. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands and parks. U.S. Army airmen walking around and examining the parked B-17. The number 21 and 5B painted on the tail of the B-17.
Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) and United States Philippine Department Air Force aircraft at the PAAC's Batangas Airfield (Batangas City), prior to World War 2 in the Pacific. A group of rural Filipino boys wearing straw hats rough playing on the ground. Building with a sign reading 'Last Chance Bar, Batangas Officers Club'. Two United States Army officers, one dressed in white shorts, step from the club and pose, drinking beer from bottles. U.S. Seversky P-35 pursuit plane parked on the field along with several USAAC P-26 Peashooter airplanes. Two P-26s take off. Arriving passengers stand around a Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper amphibious plane, as their baggage is unloaded. The Baby Clipper starts engines and takes off. The passengers walk toward the airfield gate. Logo on the aircraft nose indicates that the S-43 is operated by the Iloilo-African Americans Air Express Co. (INAEC).
U.S. Army bivouac area of tents seen in a heavy rain storm on an airfield in the Philippines, prior to World War 2, in the Pacific. American flag flies from a nearby wooden building. Palm trees are being blown by strong winds. Some flooding is occurring from heavy rain.
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