The invasion of the Philippines by Japanese troops during World War II. A map shows the various mountains of Bataan Peninsula in Japanese. Japanese infantrymen prepare for an assault on Bataan. They clean their weapons. The infantry aboard a landing craft at Limay in Bataan. Groups of Japanese landing craft sailing to Corregidor Island.
Battle of Corregidor in the Pacific Campaign of World War 2 in Philippines. U.S. Light Cruisers bombarding Corregidor Island. Smoke rising from numerous shell strikes. U.S. aircraft flying overhead toward the island. Bombs exploding in upper parts of hill on island. Smoke rising all along the shoreline. U.S. light cruisers bombarding the island, from close in. Closeup of St. Louis Class light cruiser firing on the island. A Cleveland Class light cruiser (with single stack) firing at the island.
Paratroopers landing on Corregidor in the Philippine Islands during World War II. A paratrooper descends. Many parachutes on the ground. An aircraft passes paratroopers descend to Corregidor. Aircraft pass over the island and drop paratroopers. Ships underway at sea. Paratroopers descend, many parachutes lay on the island in the background.
The life of General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur on captured islands in the Pacific theater. Gen. Douglas confers and walks with other commanders. Animated map shows Allied advance from New Guinea Islands towards the Philippine Islands. General Douglas in conference with President Roosevelt, and Admiral Nimitz. MacArthur points at a map and explains his plan of action. In accordance to the plan the Allied convoy sails towards Leyte Islands. Fight at the islands. Behind naval bombardment the allied troops land on the island. MacArthur's face is iluminated by intermittent light from Naval Gunfire at night as he watches the landing from a battleship. In daylight, MacArthur on deck with with a three-star general, as he smokes his corn cob pipe. Allied troops establish a beachead on Leyte. General MacArthur gets off an Landing ship and wades ashore. Allied troops move towards Manila. Block-by-block fighting against Japanese forces in Manila. American paratroops jump and land on Corregidor. MacArthur and his staff stroll down a street in Manila. He visits the prison camps and speaks with joyful, liberated, former prisoners of the Japanese. MacArthur salutes as the American Flag is raised over Corregidor. Image of atomic bomb explosion. MacArthur gets off a plane wearing 5 stars. Scenes of Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri at end of World War 2 in 1945. MacArthur gives an address to conclude the proceedings. (World War II period).
President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines and United States Vice President Richard Nixon visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Entrance to the Malinta Tunnel, a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island during World War II. Sign on post reads “Malinta Tunnel”. United States Vice President Richard Nixon, President Ramon Magsaysay and others visit the Malinta Tunnel. Nixon and Magsaysay looking at relics from the Pacific War. A guide shows Nixon and Magsaysay the entrance to the USFIP (United States Forces in the Philippines) Headquarters. A sign 'Gen. MacArthur H.Q.'
U.S. Airborne 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare for the invasion of Corregidor in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Parachutes land on the island. United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrains in flight over the island. The island is covered with a smoke screen. The parachutes land near barracks on the island.
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