U.S. warships bombarding corregidor during World War 2. Heavy smoke rising from shelling. Camera pans across the water showing variety of U.S. warships.Japanese mines being exploded, in the water, by machine gun fire from U.S. ship.
U.S. light cruisers firing their guns at Corregidor during World War 2. Explosions cover the shoreline.US warplanes flying overhead. A B-26 bomber flying close overhead. Continuous explosions and smoke, on shore, from bombing and naval bombardment.
A documentary depicts combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. Troops fight on Luzon Island and in Manila. The U.S. troops on tanks and on a dirt road on Luzon Island. The troops advance towards Manila. The troops on a tank. Guns fired. The troops near an artillery fire. A tank rolls on a mud road. The troops in the city. A damaged brick wall. Troops enter through a hole in the wall. The tanks fired in a field. Troops carry an injured soldier. A picture of the Commander of 1st Cavalry Division in 1939.
United States soldiers marches south from Tarlac to Manila. Map of Manila and surrounding areas under United States control. A sign reads “Notice Picking Flowers Absolutely Prohibited”. Soldiers crawl under a hole in a wall. A skirmish rages in Rizal Stadium (Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Adriatico St, Malate, Maynila, 1004 Kalakhang Maynila), a baseball stadium in Malate, Manila. Soldiers walk on streets of Escolta, the business district of Manila. They cross a bridge on a waterway. They move on tanks in the field and pass a waterway. Animated map shows captured parts of Manila. Soldiers in the wrecked stadium. Soldiers fire in the stadium. Smoke arises due to firing. Soldiers walk on the street and engage Japanese in house to house and building to building combat. Buildings and houses along the sides of the street. Soldiers fire on the street. Wounded Japanese soldier looks up at U.S. Army soldiers near a street corner. Wounded American soldiers carried by fellow U.S. soldiers to safety and to receive first aid from medics. Dead soldiers on the street. Dead body of a soldier near barricades. (World War II period).
Medical troops arrive at the South bank of Pasig River to help the wounded Filipino victims of the Battle of Manila during World War II. Chinese and Filipino Red Cross workers carry away wounded natives in boats with Red Cross flag across the Pasig River. Dead bodies of murdered Filipino civilians in the rubble. A weakened Augustinian priest receives, and eats food given by Santa Clara monastery nuns. Red Cross workers carry Allied and Filipino wounded from Santo Domingo Church. Filipino refugees travel by small banca boats on the Pasig River.
General Douglas MacArthur walks through ruins of Manila. General MacArthur inspects several destroyed buildings. Army tanks seen in the background.