U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King, speaks about the Americans being taken to various prison camps. He says that Major General Edward King and General Jones were taken to Camp O'Donnell. He says that other officers including him were taken to a warehouse near San Fernando and from their they were taken to U.S. head quarters. Major Tisdell recalls that leaflets were dropped for the prisoners. He hands over a leaflet to a member of the tribunal. Tisdell reads out the part of the leaflet related to treatment of prisoners of war.
U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King, is being asked about the Bataan Death March and the atrocities inflicted on American prisoners. He says that while on his way to San Fernando he saw dead bodies of U.S. prisoners lying on either side of the road. The bodies were blood stained and it seemed that they were cruelly killed.
Filipino military leader and former President of the Philippines General Emilio Aguinaldo greets the Washington Corrals of the Military order of the Carabao in the Philippines. Aguinaldo and others visit the Barasoain Church (Paseo del Congreso Street corner Don Antonio Bautista Street, Brgy. San Gabriel, Malolos, 3000) in Malolos City, Bulacan. The former president and party shake hands with men outside the church.
A film about events leading up to the independence of the Philippines and the life of people thereafter. Traffic in Escolta business district in Manila, Philippines. San Sebastian Cathedral (Pasaje del Carmen St, Quiapo, Manila, 1001 Metro Manila) in Quiapo district, Manila. Huts in a village. Men work in a paddy field. A Filipino landowner with his family. Farmers plow a field with the aid of carabao buffalo or ox drawn plow. Cane sugar loaded on a railroad car being transported. Filipinos work on cane in a field. Filipino farmers work in an abaca field to obtain Manila hemp or abaca. Abaca being processed to obtain hemp. A rope being made from abaca hemp in a factory. The rope being rolled out of the factory. Ores of chromite and gold being transported in containers. Workers at a gold mine. People at the Manila Stock Exchange. Exports being loaded onto merchant ships at a port.
View of Argao Church (San Miguel Arcangel Parish Church, Poblacion, Argao, Cebu 6021 Philippines) in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. Exteriors and stone tower of Argao Church, erroneously identified as the location of the first church service in Cebu.
United States prisoners released on Luzon, in the Philippines during World War 2. Signal Corps photographer takes picture of Major Emil P Reed of Brownsville, Texas, Regimental Surgeon of 26th Cavalry on Bataan. Soldiers and released prisoners around 92nd Evacuation Hospital area. Major Reed talks to soldiers. One armed released prisoner soldier Afred Jolly of San Francisco walks.