A U.S. Navy training film about controlling and curing malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A U.S. military personnel pours out insect spray in a cup as native children look on. He sprays the interiors of a native hut with the insecticide to prevent malaria. Natives get lined up as they are being given Atabrin pills. Men, women and children take the pills to prevent malaria. A native village. United States soldiers suffering from malaria lying in hospital beds. A poster reads 'Man made malaria' It informs about the breeding places of mosquitoes.
United States Marines Corps leave United States to invade Solomon islands during World War II. A ship pulls away from the San Francisco harbor. San Francisco skyline in the background. Ship passes under the Golden Gate bridge. Marines on the deck of the ship. Ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Men at anti aircraft guns during a drill aboard a ship. Admiral Halsey confers with Marine officers. Troops on the bridge of the ship as it arrives at a harbor in Australia. General Vandegrift and other officers disembark from the ship and are greeted by other officers. Soldiers climb down the gangplank.
United States Marines Corps on their way to invade the Japanese held Solomon Islands during World War II. A mail ship arrives and the Marines on the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair aircraft in flight. Patrol boats underway. Marines on the bridge aboard a ship. The Marines climb down a landing net and come aboard a landing craft alongside the ship. Naval guns bombard Solomon coast. Landing crafts pull away. An aircraft in flight. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombarding. The landing crafts head towards a beach. Crafts arrive at the coast. Men put sand bags around a gun emplacement on the beach. A sign in Japanese. The United States flag being raised on the island.
A film about events leading up to the independence of the Philippines, and about U.S. presence and assistance to the Philippines before the Japanese occupation. Philippine students perform calisthenics. Children being taught in a primary school. Teachers assist and instruct students. University of the Philippines (UP) students conduct experiments in a laboratory. Protecting U.S. Naval ships at a port, including the U.S. Destroyer USS Barker (DD-213). Line of U.S. Martin B-10 light bomber aircraft of the 4th Composite Group parked on an airfield, and then head-on image as a Martin B-10 bomber takes off toward and then up over the camera. The flag of the United States. Filipino soldiers march. U.S. Army General Douglas Macarthur at a desk in the Philippines accompanied by Dwight Eisenhower. A sign reads 'Camp Dau' in Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga. Newspaper headlines about the American surrender in Corregidor in May 1942 during World War II. Japanese soldiers take down the United States flag after their victory in Corregidor. Surrendering commander Wainwright and other American officers look on. Japanese occupying forces parade in the Philippines.
Tausug Moros welcome the United States congressional delegation during their visit to Mindanao, Southern Philippines. Moro women perform a folk “fingernail” dance called Pangalay. Moro musicians play bronze gongs and drums. A male Moro dancer performs a “bee dance” to amuse the audience. Native Filipino men participate in a tug of war. Men participate in various athletic events including some taught to them by the United States delegation. Filipino teenagers jump over a hurdle. Filipino men compete in a sprint running race. Filipino Negrito (likely Mamanwa) boys play a game they invented called the spanking game, where the object is to draw blood due to spanking. Men participate in a tug of war game.
A film about the United States President Richard Nixon's visit to Asia and Europe. President Nixon signs agreements with the Soviet Union during the Moscow Summit at the Kremlin. President Nixon and Soviet Premier Alexey Kosygin sign the ‘Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes’ and exchange files as officials clap. United States Secretary of the Navy John Warner and Soviet Navy Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Sergey Gorshkov sign the U.S.–Soviet Incidents at Sea agreement. Various American and Soviet officials sign agreements for cooperation in fields of environmental protection, science and technology, medicine, space, and use of seas. Nixon talks to officials.
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