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.
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.
Documentary titled 'Battle for Leyte Gulf' depicts the battle fought between the Allied naval-air forces and the Japanese naval-air forces in Pacific waters off the Philippines, in World War 2. Montage of views chronicling the battle, opens with aerial views of pacific islands seen through clouds followed by glimpse of numerous ships maneuvering far below. Port bow views of U.S. New Mexico class battle ship, followed by the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) of the 7th Fleet. Glimpse of troops on landing craft and charging across an island. Transport ships underway. Cruisers and battleships firing their guns. An Essex class aircraft carrier silhouetted against the horizon. An F6F aircraft comes up on elevator to flight deck next to the island on the USS Enterprise (CV-6). It has white triangle on tail containing its number. An F6F taking off from the Enterprise. Formation of U.S. aircraft in flight overhead. Gun crew firing twin bofors 40mm anti-aircraft cannon. Flak bursts and tracer bullets seen in the sky as a Japanese warplane falls. Gun camera footage of American aircraft strafing Japanese aircraft on ground at an airfield. View, from an aircraft carrier, of a Mahan class destroyer traveling to her port side. Glimpse of two ships close together during refueling operation at sea. Animated map dominates remainder of the film. It illustrates movement of Task Force 38 to Okinawa on 10 October 1944 and launching of aerial attacks. the map shows further maneuvers and activities of the task force. During these activities, Narrator notes that the cruisers USS Canberra and USS Houston are torpedoed and taken in tow. Animated propaganda cartoon depicts Japanese naval commander (speaking accented English) talking about Japanese naval prowess. Glimpse of Japanese sailors cheering. Animated map continues showing maneuvers of U.S. task forces. Narrator notes the Houston is again torpedoed. Animated map continues to illustrate movements and attacks against Luzon and amphibious landings on outpost islands in Leyte Gulf.
Smoke rises from the Leyte Island as American ship approaches the island in Philippines during World War II. Landing Ship Tanks (LST) loaded with men and equipment approach the island. LSTs arrive at the beach and soldiers wade through surf towards the beach. They move off the beach into the jungle.
A man directs an LST (Landing Ship Tank ) to the shore at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. American soldiers disembark from the LST and wade through surf to move beach wards. Supplies being unloaded from landing crafts at the shore. General Douglas McArthur walks along the beach. Philippine President Sergio Osmena comes ashore for a visit and then pulls away from the shore in a craft.
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