Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippine Islands by Japanese troops during World War II. Japanese troops load and fire artillery and howitzers on Bataan. The soldiers load and fire guns from a hide-out. Smoke rises from the firing in the foreground. Mountains in the foreground.
Japanese invasion and occupation of Philippine Islands in World War II. A Japanese officer seated in a chair near barricades. Japanese troops cook food outside their makeshift nipa encampment. Japanese soldiers eating food inside encampment. Japanese soldiers making balls of meat and frying small meatballs. They pile sandbags and listen to an officer's speech. A man performs a South Pacific native dance for their comrades. The comrades watch the performance and applaud. Japanese soldiers bathe and wash their clothes in a stream.
During Japanese occupation of Philippine Islands in World War II. Japanese airplanes in flight overhead. The airplanes drop surrender leaflets and psychological warfare materials on U.S. Army lines. They also drop photographs of women and children of the U.S. Cartoons depict U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur's flight and call for Filipino troops to desert the U.S. A cartoon reads: 'MacArthur's trick'. A leaflet reads: 'Ticket to Armistice'. Leaflets are loaded into artillery shells. Japanese soldiers aboard a truck driven past. They come out of the truck and advance across a field. Smoke rises in the foreground.
Invasion of the Philippine Islands by Japanese forces during World War II. Japanese aircraft parked on an airfield. Pilots standing near the aircraft. An officer instructs the pilots and reads a document. Windsock shows direction of wind at airfield. Scene changes to show barrel of Japanese artillery piece being lowered. Close-up view inside barrel of Japanese artillery piece, then view as shell is loaded into barrel. Japanese soldier scenes: Firing artillery, close-up views of individual faces of Japanese soldiers gathered during a briefing. Japanese officer addressing soldiers at attention. Japanese soldiers with swords stand listening to officer. Lead officer salutes them after briefing. More views of Japanese soldiers firing artillery. Japanese pilots and crews walking on airfield. Close-up of hands and wrists of Japanese pilots in group synchronizing their wrist watches. Crew starting engines and propellers on Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 bomber aircraft (Allied names "Sally" or "Gwen"). The pilots get into the cockpits of the airplanes. Japanese bombers take off. Aerial views of the Japanese bomber aircraft flying in formation. Interior view of cockpit of Ki-21 bomber in flight. A pilot and a co-pilot seated in the aircraft. Scene returns to Japanese soldiers, this time marching up hill with rifles over their shoulders. More artillery fired and view of impacts and smoke near mountain area in Philippines. Aerial view of smaller Japanese fighter aircraft in flight. Smoke rising from bombed area below.
The invasion of the Philippine Islands by Japanese troops during World War II. Aerial view of vehicles passing on a road. Occupying Japanese officers and Princes Morihiro Higashi-Kuni and Takamatsu inspect wreckage. They inspect wrecked U.S. guns and equipment in Corregidor and at Fort Mills. Mountains in the foreground. Men carrying wooden boxes walk on a street. U.S. prisoners of war in a prison camp. Men bathing at sea. A sign board reads: 'Restricted Road'. Barricades outside the prison camp.
U.S. Army prisoners of war on the Philippine Islands during Japanese occupation of Philippines World War II. View of Malinta Tunnel entrance that housed USAFFE headquarters. Prison camp operations within the Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor. A man works on a machine. A sign board on the machine reads: 'Emergency Equipment'. Bathrooms and shelves inside the prison camp. Men spread a bed sheet on a bed. U.S. prisoners of war are treated in an underground hospital. Medics carry a wounded on a stretcher. Sign under a wing of a tunnel says "Station Hospital Fort Mills". Patients lying on hospital beds. Army nurses seated at a table play cards. They eat food in a mess hall within the Malinta Tunnel complex.
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