The invasion of Mindanao, Philippines by United States Army soldiers during World War II. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) at a beach. Bulldozers are unloaded from the LST. Soldiers watch.
Naval battle of Philippines between the United States and Japanese Imperial Navy. Animated diagrams show tactics of the 3rd Fleet and 7th Fleet in the naval battles on the Philippine (October 23-24, 29). Southern American unit destroys the battleships. Explains maneuvers employed in the Surigao and San Bernardino Straits. Shows Japanese planes attacking ships and being drowned. The carrier Princeton is damaged and sunk. Large smoke rises from carrier Princeton. American carriers are damaged. Several U.S. planes make crash landings on a carrier. United States Navy ace Commander Captain David S. Mc Campbell lands. He exits the cockpit and is greeted. (World War II period).
Soldiers stand at Paco Cemetery (San Marcelino and Gen. Luna Street Manila Philippines) in Manila, Philippines. St. Pancratius Chapel (959 Belen, Paco, Manila, Metro Manila) at the rear of the cemetery. Trees in the cemetery. A soldier walks on the ground.
Men stand near the original grave of famous Filipino writer and patriot Dr. Jose Rizal in Paco Cemetery (San Marcelino and Gen. Luna Street Manila Philippines), Manila, Philippines. An elderly man (possibly Paciano Rizal, brother of Dr. Jose Rizal) points to the grave. Fishing boats dock in the harbor. Houses in the background. Men stand on a boat.
The Philippine Operations in Leyte, Philippines. United States 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment troops advance in landing crafts. The landing crafts are en route to Red Beach. The ships bombard a shoreline. A wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher. (World War II period).
The inauguration of Republic of the Philippines after the end of World War II. Crowds at the Independence Grandstand (a temporary structure built in front of the Rizal Monument) with the American and Philippine flags on tall flag poles in Rizal Park (Luneta Park), Manila. A child stands at a barbed wire fence. U.S. Color Guard carry a U.S. flag. Crowds at a ceremony. Filipino women wearing traditional Baro’t Saya and Maria Clara dresses are seen at the ceremony.
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