U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Philippines 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, says that Colonel William and Major Marshall went in a jeep to contact the Japanese forces. They met the forces at a bridge. Japanese infantry elements led them to head quarters. Tisdell says that a Japanese Major General kept Colonel Williams as a hostage allowing Major Marshal to return to the American headquarters. After his return on April 9, 1942 General Edward King assembled some officers.
Three Imperial Japanese Army light bombers (likely Mitsubishi Ki-51 Sonia Type 99 Assault Planes) drop bombs over Rangoon (present-day Yangon, Myanmar) during World War 2. Explosion from dropped bombs. Burmese child runs away. A child rides on the back of his mother running away from bombing. Japanese bombers drop more bombs over buildings in Rangoon, destroying them. Buildings on fire due to Japanese bombings. Huge fire in roof of building. Burmese refugees sit on roof of moving train cars as railroad train moves down track. Farmland on fire. Rangoon’s destroyed buildings after Japanese bombings. Buddhist statues surrounded by debris.
The Philippines under Japanese occupation, liberation, and subsequent granting of independence by the United States in World War 2. Bodies of Filipino and United States soldiers killed during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Captured American, Filipino, and Australian soldiers raise their hands after the Fall of Corregidor. United States General Jonathan M. Wainwright negotiating the surrender of The Phillipines with Japanese General Masaharu Homma in 1942. Brigadier General Lewis C. Beebe and Major Thomas Dooley are seen to Wainwright's left. An American warship firing during the United States Pacific campaign to defeat Japanese occupying forces in the Pacific. United States soldiers get off an amphibious landing craft during the U.S. retaking of the Philippines. United States General Douglas MacArthur arrival in Leyte Gulf with a retinue consisting of Philippine President-in-exile Sergio Osmeña, Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, Philippine Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo, Major General Courtney Whitney, Philippine Sergeant Francisco Salveron and CBS Radio correspondent William J. Dunn in Palo, Leyte, the Philippines- a fulfillment of his promise to return to the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur speaking at the Independence Day ceremony in Manila on July 4, 1946. “America never wavered in that purpose. America today redeems that pledge.” Says General MacArthur. United States Senator Millard Tydings, the co-sponsor of the Tydings–McDuffie Act (a law that provides independence to the Philippines after a 10-year transition as a Commonwealth) attends the ceremony. Paul V. McNutt, the United States High Commissioner of the Philippine Commonwealth (later the first United States Ambassador to the Philippines), reads the United States President Harry Truman's official proclamation of Philippine Independence. Filipino elites and United States dignitaries watch the ceremony in the Independence Grandstand (a temporary structure built in front of the Rizal Monument). Manuel Roxas being sworn in as the first President of the Philippines after gaining independence from the United States. The Philippine national anthem, Lupang Hinirang, plays in the background. High Commissioner McNutt lowers the United States flag from the flagpole as President Manuel Roxas raises the flag of the new Republic of the Philippines. A celebratory parade following the Independence ceremony takes place, which includes floats from various provinces in the country. A float with signs reading: "Let's Produce and Rebuild,". "Mountain Province" float with women wearing formal Filipino Baro’t Saya gowns. "The City of Manila" float with soldiers. "The University of the Philippines" (UP) float featuring two women dressed as allegorical figures and sign saying, “The University of the Philippines At the Service of the State”. "The Division of City Schools" float features two Filipinos in traditional attire in front of a Statue of Liberty model. A float, likely belonging to the National Library of the Philippines, with children and a huge book model. The Chamber of Commerce Philippines float contains a machine gear model and small models of an aircraft and a ship. American soldiers marching, carrying the United States flag. A military marching band play. Filipino soldiers marching with the Philippine flag. Military aircraft in flight above the Independence Grandstand in Manila.
Snippets from various Japanese movies circa 1937. View of a Japanese coastal town . A Japanese man in western attire talks to his wife at home. The wife, wearing a kimono, looks away from her husband sadly. Cars driving on hilly road. A Japanese woman chatting as she sits between two men in the back of a convertible car in the countryside. A woman talks to a man smoking on a dock. She walks towards a docked cargo ship. Men and children fishing in the countryside. Cars and trains are seen moving on a bridge in the background. A man and a child walk past boats on the beach. The child avoids the waves as they walk.
Japanese perspective of Japanese bombing attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during World War II. Animated map showing Japan, neighboring Asian countries, the West Coast of the United States, and the Pacific Ocean. The map measures the distance of Hawaii between Japan and the United States. A Japanese fighter plane squadron in flight. United States Navy battleships in column underway at sea. A sailor operating a signal lamp. A captain steering the ship while other crew members work. Side view of a convoy of American destroyers and cruisers in the Pacific Ocean. An animated map of Oahu showing the location of Honolulu, Moloka’I, and Pearl Harbor. A detailed map of Oahu in Japanese.
United States Naval victory in Philippines in World War 2. The U.S. carriers including USS Lexington, USS Wasp and USS Hornet underway. The U.S. Navy planes on the carriers. Crew loads bombs onto the planes. A U.S. pilot wearing a helmet in the cockpit. Plane taxis and takes off. F6F Hellcats, TBF Avengers and SB2C Helldivers in flight. A map shows U.S. position at Leyte. Views of Japanese enemy aircraft attacking U.S. ships as U.S. ships fire guns at Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airplane is hit and spirals out of control into the sea. USS Princeton is bombed. Soldier watches through binoculars. The ship USS Princeton damaged and smoking. Damaged U.S. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft make spectacular landings on a carrier. The map shows advance of the U.S. Naval fleet. An animated cartoon caricature of Hideki Tojo being punched by a U.S. Navy sailor.