Dramatization of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War. The United States Declaration of Independence. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) in Washington DC. Bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson. The statue of United States President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002). President Woodrow Wilson meets European leaders in France after World War I. Artistic depiction of United States soldiers fighting in the Spanish-American War. Map showing the Philippines, one of the two territories acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War. Filipino students attend a class. They listen to the teacher standing in front of them. Behind the teacher are two blackboards. Two American consultants working with a Filipino man at the Manila City Planning. A scale model of Manila. Men constructing a house in the Philippines. Filipino men carry an entire native Kubo nipa house as a form of “Bayanihan”. A parade in Manila in 1946. The United States grants independence to the Philippines on July 4, 1946. Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines, reads a proclamation at the ceremony held at the Independence Grandstand in front of the Rizal Monument. Filipino women wearing traditional Filipiniana dresses attend the ceremony. The United States flag is lowered as the Philippine flag is raised.
Operations of United Nations troops in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army Major General, William K. Harrison, Jr, and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, arrive at Panmunjom for initial peace talks with North Korean military officials. They walk past several tents and enter one. North Korean Officers walk across a field, with other structures and tents visible in background. In complete, unrelated change of scene, a contingent of the Philippine Expeditionary force is welcomed by Maj Gen Robert H Soule, Commanding General, 3rd Division and Philippine Colonel Dionisio Ojeda, who both exchange salutes with the troops on September 5, 1951. Various views of the Philippine troops being reviewed by General Soule, and in several formations. Closeup of a Philippine Captain at the front of some troops. General Soule and Colonel Ojeda standing in front of a tent, accompanied by other Philippine officers and a military photographer. Infantrymen of the 3rd Division firing rifles and M1919 Browning .30 caliber medium machine guns from cover in brush. Allied troops walk along the sides of a road. (Narrator says "A brief lull came to an end with Operation Cleanup.") A Patton tank loaded with infantrymen getting a lift uphill. Another moving downhill. Views of American tanks firing rounds in hilly terrain. An American soldier using a periscopic artillery range finder. Aircraft making bombing runs over the ridgeline. Next, United Nations forces are seen establishing defensive positions along the so-called Jamestown line. Tanks and infantry are deployed and seen in hardened bunker positions.
About events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. A map of the Philippines. Damaged buildings and debris in a city as men work to reconstruct buildings in Manila after World War II. Men milling about on a beach. A Roman Catholic Cathedral in the Philippines. Women grind rice grain. A painting of Admiral George Dewey of the U.S. Past events shows former President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo talking to officials. American troops march. Decorated floats at a parade to mark the establishment of the commonwealth. Filipino women dressed in costumes participate in the parade. Filipino President Manuel L. Quezon during a session of the legislature. He reviews a parade.
Men of 121st Infantry (Guerrilla) Regiment of the Philippine Army awarded medals at Luna in North Luzon Philippines, a month after World War 2. Filipino women seated in spectator stands fanning themselves as they watch a military award ceremony for their relatives and friends, who served with the Philippine 121st Infantry (Guerrilla) Regiment during World War II. A Filipino soldier, on crutches (missing his left leg) with Purple Heart medal pinned to his uniform blouse. Colonel Russell W. Volckmann, commander of United States Armed Forced in the Philippines, North Luzon (USAFIP-NL), is seen shaking hands with and presenting Purple Heart medals to other Filipino soldiers as they stand in a line, most of them on crutches. Filipino soldiers parade in honor of the medal recipients.
Philippines President Jose Laurel and members of his cabinet kneel at prayer in a church, to celebrate 1st Anniversary of Philippines Republic. Philippine soldiers march on street. President Laurel gives a brief speech. Officials and civilians listen to his speech. People on street with banner reading 'Independence Anniversary'. Leaflets given to civilians. Performers sing and dance. The Philippines flag. (World War II period).
A film about events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. A boat underway off the coast of Manila Bay, Manila, Philippines. A diver puts on a mask aboard the boat. The diver being lowered into the water to search for coins part of the Philippine Commonwealth treasury before World War II. The diver underwater. A heap of Commonwealth period Philippine Peso coins.