U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King reads out an advisory note of the Chief of Imperial Japanese Army and Navy sent to the Americans on March 22, 1942. A member of the tribunal asks him whether there was any doubt that the Japanese had accepted the American surrender. Major Tisdell also testifies about the location of American headquarters and the surrender by the Americans.
Title card with title “Roaring color Manila” in Japanese. A street corner in Manila after the Japanese invasion and occupation in World War 2. Japanese flag in storefront as Filipinos walk pass store. Closeup of the statue of St. Anthony of Padua with a kneeling woman and child, in front of the Church of St. Francis (the former San Francisco Church, now site is occupied by Mapúa University), Church of Our Lady of Angels, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. Camera pans down over the statue. View from above, at a short distance, of parishioners going in and out of the church. (This church was destroyed in the battle of Manila, 1945, but the statue survived.) A Japanese sign outside of a building. View inside the building, where many school children are seen walking through an exhibit of artwork and other displays of school projects. Closeup of one drawing on display, depicting a Spanish Toreador. Several displays of Japanese calligraphy. A model of two small structures. Closeup of several schoolboys interested in small objects on display. A group of schoolgirls at exhibits of clothing designs and patterns. A cartoon sign in the building, in Japanese but mostly in English. It shows two small girls and a boy in different exercise poses and two ducks walking past them near their feet. The sign announces in Japanese and English, "Radio Taisou Daily Calisthenics on the air." It also reads: "Health First" and "Mass exercise at Luneta Park." A man conducts calisthenics in the open in front of a rotunda. Jorge B. Vargas, chairman of the Japanese-sponsored Philippine Executive Commission, sits inside the rotunda observing a vast field filled with school children following the lead of the exercise director, as they perform calisthenics. The Rizal Monument (1225 Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) is seen far in the background. Some closeups of the children as they exercise. Wide view of the children organized in lines across the field. The French renaissance-style Luneta Hotel (414 Kalaw Ave, Ermita, Manila, 1045 Metro Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) is seen in the background.
Japanese troops in Manila, Philippines during Japanese occupation of Philippines and Japanese colonial rule during World War II. Balloons support a huge sign "War Is Over". A truckload of Japanese troops, followed by a line of civilian cars, drives through Manila streets as civilians cheer. Flags flutter near a memorial. Japanese troops stand in formation. Soldiers blow bugles. The soldiers stand at attention. Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma gets off an aircraft and is greeted by an officer. General Homma talks to an officer seated in front of him at a desk. An aide stands nearby.
Japanese victory march at Luneta in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Civilians stand at the side of a road. Japanese troops parade during colonial rule and occupation of Philippines by Japan. Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma reviews the parade sitting on a dais. Soldiers march holding Japanese flags. Women soldiers march. Civilians holding Japanese flags cheer. Civilians with Japanese flags in their hands march. Military officers sitting on the dais watch. Civilians march holding a huge Japanese flag. An officer addresses the crowd. A band plays. An aircraft in flight. People raise Japanese flags and cheer.
Japanese occupation of Philippines in World War 2 and beginning of colonial rule by Japan during the war. Japanese victory march at Luneta Park in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Slide in Filipino reads “Ang parada ng mga Hukbo ng Hapon sa Luneta alang-alang sa kanilang malalaking mga tagumpay” (“The Japanese Army’s parade in Luneta to celebrate their immense victories” in English). Japanese tanks in a row in Luneta Park (Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila). Soldiers blow bugles. Soldiers near the tanks. Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma on a horse followed by other men. They ride past soldiers on foot going in the opposite direction. The General reviews the troops. Cavalry units pass in review. The General salutes. Army vehicles pass in review. Soldiers in formation. Aircraft in flight. Army vehicles roll past cheering crowds standing at roadsides. People wave small Japanese flags. The vehicles move across the Ayala Bridge over the Pasig River. Sign over bridge reads “Welcome General Homma Welcome”.
Activities of people after the invasion of Manila, Philippines by Japanese troops during World War II. People on the streets around the Rizal Monument (1225 Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila). View of Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila. A theater showing Hollywood movie “And One Was Beautiful” in Escolta, Manila. Japanese soldiers stand outside the theater. People walking on a street. U.S. advertising signs on walls. An advertisement for Camel and Chesterfield cigarettes. Japanese placards on walls calling for Japanese Filipino cooperation. A placard reads: Nippon and Philippines'. Buildings along the sides of a street. Filipino civilians dining outside a café. People ride bicycles on the street. A woman walks with a dog in Manila Bay promenade. Caucasian children playing at the promenade. Mountains in the foreground.