Film to inform U.S. military personnel about customs and culture of the Philippines. A statue of a buffalo in Luneta Park (Padre Burgos Ave 1000 Manila City of Manila Philippines), a historic urban park in the Philippine capital of Manila. A map of the Philippines. A sign reads 'Congress Republic of Philippines' in the neoclassical Philippine Congress Building (currently as the National Museum of Fine Arts Manila). View of the Manila Cathedral, one of the foremost Roman Catholic Cathedrals in the Philippines. Modernist stained-glass window depicting Christian values in Manila Cathedral by the Filipino artist Galo Ocampo. An outdoor Filipino modernist sculpture. Religious statues depicting Moses holding the Tablets of the Law, the Virgin Mary and a male saint in Manila Cathedral. View of the Taluksangay Mosque in Zamboanga City, Mindanao. A mosque in Mindanao. Filipinos walking on a busy street. A couple walks in a garden. Boys play along a street.
An orientation film titled ' Westward is Bataan' about Japanese capture of the Philippines and the Americans surrender during World War II. Scenes of destruction from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States on December 7, 1941. U.S. ships being strafed and explosions occur. Excerpts from Japanese newsreel showing surrender of U.S. forces at Corregidor. United States soldiers in Corregidor, Philippines. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright meets Japanese officers to surrender during the Battle of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers near Heam Battery on May 6, 1942. Japanese soldiers remove the American flag from a pole to raise the Japanese flag after the surrender. People celebrate Japanese victory in Tokyo, Japan. In Manila people gather along the streets as they wave the Japanese flags to welcome Japanese General Masaharu Homma. General Homma enters a building. Japanese soldiers parade as they carry the remains of the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Corregidor. The boxes carrying the remains of the dead Japanese soldiers being handed over to Japanese women at a ceremony.
Activities of Japanese soldiers in Corregidor, Philippine Islands during the Battle of Philippines of World War II in 1942. A relief map of Corregidor, Bataan and Manila. The island of Corregidor. Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Val' in flight over the island. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Japanese Marines land on a rocky beach of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers carrying flame throwers climbing up a cliff with the aid of a ladder. A soldier uses a flame thrower on a covered trench. Several Japanese soldiers run along the base of a steep hill. Japanese soldiers and British and U.S. prisoners of war in the foreground around time of surrender of Allied forces to Japanese. Buildings in the background. A barrage balloon moored close to the ground. A group of US, British and Japanese enlisted men. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright speaks to two British enlisted men. Japanese, British and U.S. enlisted men converse in the foreground. Two Japanese officers enter a building and an officer salutes. The enlisted men on the porch of the building. The coastline of Corregidor in the foreground. U.S. and British prisoners on a hillside. Japanese soldiers climb up a steep hill. U.S. and British sailors and enlisted men march. Destroyed gum emplacement. Entrance to a tunnel on the side of a rocky cliff. Interior of the tunnel equipped with desks and typewriters.
Margaret Moule, the wife of William Moule, is seen along with her three children, Billy, Eileen, and Linda, late in World War 2. She describes how they hid from the Japanese in 1942, but were captured by the Japanese in 1943 and lived in a concentration camp in Manila, Philippines.
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.
The Imperial Japanese Army in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Japanese Military Commander of the Philippines General Masaharu Homma on horseback. He is escorted by other officials. The General salutes the soldiers. Japanese soldiers stand in a formation and the General reviews them. A Japanese tank in the foreground. Japanese troops, infantry and tanks enter Manila. Trucks and Jeeps loaded with troops drive past on the road during the parade. The General stands on a platform and reviews the troops in trucks, jeeps, and tanks. Japanese bicycle troops advance. An aircraft in flight overhead. A Type 95 Ha-Go light tank. The tanks move on a road and buildings in the background. People stand holding the Japanese flags. Japanese troops advance.