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Courts and legislature in the Philippines shortly before World War 2, also President Quezon and Moro people

Scenes in the Philippines before World War II, from a 1944 film. Exterior of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Judges and officials of the court seated in the court and trials being conducted. Exterior of House of Congress. Interior view with legislature in session. Filipino President Manuel Luis Quezon seen speaking to legislators and seated at a desk in discussion by telephone and with officials. View of his Vice Presiden, Sergio Osmeña, seated in an office. Filpino children pray in front of an altar with the figure of Jesus at a church. Women cross themselves in church. View of beaches on islands. Moro men on Mindanao. Moro man using a bolo (steel blade with handle akin to machete) to cut open a coconut and to cut down crops in field. Moro men gathered near docks at a beach area. Earlier views of U.S. Army General John J. Pershing between time of Spanish American War and World War I. Street views in city and town areas of Zamboanga, Mindanao, with businesses, rickshaws, commercial traffic. A monkey with a very short stub of a tail that is local to Mindanao (stump-tailed macaque). Moro women and men dancers perform a traditional dance and play music. A moro woman spinning a large clay vessel to husk rice. Moro woman walking with goods piled and balanced on her head. Moro men moving a small house using large poles. Moro man getting a haircut. Moro woman washing clothes. Moro fishing vessels with small sails heading out to sea.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062335
U.S. Generals and other officials discuss with soldiers on battlefields in the European Theater.

The history of West Point Military Academy. Battle memorials in Europe are shown. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing talks to soldiers. A soldier reads books in an army library. 'The 1909 Howitzer' written on a book. Books on shelves in the background. He reads about various soldiers and their achievements. The soldiers fire artillery. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower talks to the soldiers. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur discusses with other officials. The soldiers march on a field.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062414
Training of West Point cadets in New York, United States.

Activities of West Point cadets during their training in New York, United States. The cadets stand at attention. Good posture is stressed. The cadets perform fatigue duty. Signs read: 'Cadet John J. Pershing' and 'Cadet Douglas MacArthur'. Neatness, punctuality and discipline are stressed in the training. An officer scolds a cadet for his dirty shoes. The cadets practice firing. Smoke rises from the firing. The cadets in a mess hall.

Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062436
The completion of graduation of cadets at the West Point Military Academy in New York.

A U.S. Army Second Lieutenant narrates his experiences as a West Point cadet in the United States. The beginning of the narrator's fourth year at the West Point Military Academy in New York. A sign reads: 'The Warrior Nations of History'. Cadets seated in a class room. An officer explains to them about ancient and modern weapons and equipment used by soldiers. Framed photographs of West Point dignitaries on a wall. The photographs include those of U.S. Army Generals David D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, William Westmoreland and John J. Pershing. An airplane parked at a field. Soldiers stand nearby. The narrator serves as a platoon leader in a regular army unit. The narrator seated in his room with another cadet. He writes a letter to his parents on the completion of four years of cadet life. Past events show the narrator standing as a fresher with other plebes in formation. The parents of the narrator and other people watch the plebes. The plebes take an oath of allegiance.

Date: 1969
Duration: 4 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062492
Peacetime activities and contributions by the U.S. Army in the United States.

Scenes from Army Day on April 6, 1934. Secretary of War George Henry Dern, in broadcast to the nation about importance of the Army, in peacetime. Brief glimpses of the Yellowstone River lower falls and Old Faithful and Beehive geysers erupting in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. View amongst log buildings in Reproduction of Army Fort Dearborn, at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. A pioneer wagon; Native American Indians in ceremonial regalia; antique locomotives and trains at the Exposition. Army General Leonard Wood being sworn in as the Governor General of the Philippines. Closeup of General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, America's highest ranking Military officer. Headquarters of Walter Reed Army hospital, in Washington, DC, named for U.S. Army Major Walter Reed, who confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito. Acting on this, the U.S. was able to complete the Panama Canal. View of French dredging equipment sitting idle in the water after Yellow Fever prevented them from completing the Panama Canal. Closeup of U.S. Army General William C. Gorgas, who, in 1904, headed the Sanitary Department that controlled mosquitoes and eradicated Yellow Fever, so the Panama Canal could be finished. View of alligator in swamp near the Panama Canal. Photograph of George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer credited with making the canal happen. Explosives employed in Panama Canal construction. Earth and rocks being loaded into open rail cars. A steamship transiting the Panama Canal. The Washington Monument; U.S. Library of Congress; and the Lincoln Memorial, cited as examples of accomplishments by U.S. Army engineers. The Wilson Dam, under construction by Army engineers, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and system of levees being built to control the Mississippi River. The raging Mississippi River during 1927 flood. Flood victims being assisted by U.S. Army soldiers, at a tent camp, receiving food and clothing. An Army airplane flying over a forest fire. Army personnel supervising men in the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. Mail being loaded aboard an Army airplane, as airmail service is being opened between Washington DC and New York City. President Woodrow Wilson talking with Army pilot Major Reuben H. Fleet. Mail being loaded into the nose of an airplane. U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser airplanes in flight, returning from their trip around the world in 1924. A pilot sitting in front seat of a Douglas O-38 airplane, pulls a fabric hood over his cockpit to practice "blind flying". View of the aircraft in flight, with instructor pilot in the open rear cockpit. Army aviators taking a camera and a rifle aboard their airplane as they prepare to leave on an aerial mapping flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City. Army Signal Corps personnel working on communications devices. A cable laying ship operating at sea, in support of the U.S. Army's Alaskan cable and telegraph system. Men loading chemicals into hoppers on Army crop dusting airplane. Several views of Army airplanes crop dusting. Glimpse of boll weevil, the target of their efforts. Closeup of Karl Connell, who as a major in the AEF, in World War I, invented a superior gas mask known as the “Connell” or “Victory” mask. A group of miners wearing gas masks enter a smoky mine entrance. The Army invented tear gas, which is shown being used to thwart a bank robbery, in a staged demonstration. Brigadier General Hugh Johnson, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt, as head of the Great Depression era National Recovery Administration, or NRA, is seen about to give a speech. Narrator cites him as an example of U.S. Army officers who also serve the country in civilian life. Scene shifts to cadets on parade at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Date: 1934
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062506
FBI agents hit target boards during their field training in the United States.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents undergo their training in the United States. A field training for the agents. They fire rifles at target boards. The training continues in night. The agents fire rifles and hit the target boards at night. FBI Director John Edgar Hoover addresses the nation and talks about the goal of eradication of crime from the country.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062639