United States troops fight the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. Filipino civilians and American troops convene outside Palo Cathedral (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration in Leyte. Palo Cathedral is converted into a makeshift hospital. Rows of dozens of wounded soldiers on beds inside the church. Faces of Filipino men and women...tired faces due to living under the tyranny of Japanese occupation. Radiomen with headphones typing. Typewriter writes important information from Filipino guerrilla fighters about the conditions of Japanese occupation. Paper in typewriter reads “Guerillas dispatching authentic photos Jap atrocities”. A man shows photos of badly injured Filipino civilians under the harsh treatment of the Japanese. Destroyed church in the Philippines. A wooden crucifix of Jesus Christ on the floor surrounded by debris. Japanese occupation sign reads “1. Salute to the Japanese Army Sentries. 2. Show your residence certificate and pass. 3. Don’t miss your way.”. Shadow of a Japanese soldier holding a bayonet pass by the sign. A truck passes by a walking Japanese sentry. A Filipino man sits on top of the rice sacks. Starving Filipino farmers sweep the floor for grains of rice. “Death rate American prisoners Bilibid increasing” reads the narrator. Graves of deceased American prisoners outside the walls of Bilibid Prison, a prisoner of war and civilian internee camp in Manila. Incarcerated United States soldiers stand behind prison bars inside Bilibid Prison. Face of an American man looking up, partially obscured by shadow. Far East Air Forces General George Kenney speaking to soldiers in the airfield. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber takes off from an airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far East Air Forces bomb targets in Luzon. Bombers strafing Japanese aircraft in airfield near Manila. Aerial view of Manila Bay.
U.S. sailors stand on deck of a U.S. cruiser and look at the Light Cruiser, USS Denver (CL-58),sitting closer to the shore. Another sailor, smoking a pipe, sits on deck with triple guns of the cruiser seen behind him. A sailor approaches and speaks with him. Two sailors play backgammon on deck. Several sailors drink coffee. The superstructure of the cruiser, in camouflage paint, visible behind them. A sailor, performing duties on deck,in front of a triple gun turret, turns a large wheel. Several vessels moving in the area. Closeup of the USS Denver, in camouflage. officers on deck with the Denver in near background. Brief view of Corregidor Island. A line of U.S. Cruisers making way (including the USS Denver). Several destroyers. Warships in open formation. A destroyer in camouflage. Corregidor Island. A Benson class destroyer.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows USS Philippine Sea underway in the Panama Canal. U.S. Navy Admiral Richard E. Byrd in conversation with naval officers on the deck. Sailors attach ice skis to the landing gears of the Douglas DC-3 aircraft aboard the deck.
Dai Toa News of Japan propaganda newsreel about Nippon's operations in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and in Philippines, during World War II. Animated map shows Japanese planes on a mission to Pearl Harbor. Japanese carriers and warships in Pacific Ocean. Commander aboard a carrier and addresses pilots. Number of bomber aircraft take off from deck of aircraft carrier one after the other. U.S. Pacific Fleet annihilated by bombers of Nippon during attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. View of U.S. Navy ships bombed at Pearl Harbor. American War Losses. Fleet of Japanese warships in ocean.
Paul V. McNutt,former Governor of Indiana,being sworn in as the High Commissioner to Philippines in Washington D.C.,United States.
U.S. Task Force ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippines during World War II. USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire. Corpsmen administer first aid to wounded sailors on flight deck.
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