- Title: VM-494
- Summary: PHILIPPINES: COLOR WWII FOOTAGE SHOT BY COMBAT CAMERAMAN OF THE PHILIPPINES
- Description:00:40:32 - MANILA: PAN OF HUGE HOTEL COMPLEX SHOWING SIGNS OF WAR (BURN MARKS, BULLET HOLES, ETC) 00:41:09 - PAN SURROUNDING AREA OF CITY OF MANILA INCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES. 00:41:27 - RUSTY DAMAGED HULLS OF METAL. LOOKS LIKE BUSSES 00:41:46 - GOVERNMENT BUILDING BADLY DAMAGED WITH LARGE PORTION OF FRONT DETACHED. PAN OVER TO OLD SPANISH FORT 00:42:17 - HEAVILY DAMAGED PLANTATION-TYPE BUILDINGS OF SPANISH ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING RED CROSS HOSPITAL 00:42:49 - CONTINUOUS FLOW OF ARMY VEHICLES PASSING BY ON ROAD 00:43:14 - PAN MODERN BUILDING OF RED CROSS "ROOSEVELT CLUB" 00:43:32 - ARMY TENT CAMP IN FRONT OF COMPLETELY DESTROYED BUILDINGS IN BKGD. HUGE DESTROYED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS 00:43:54 - LOCAL FILIPINO MAN SELLING COLORFUL TIED-DYED GARMENTS. GIVING CHANGE TO SERVICEMAN IN JEEP 00:44:17 - MP DIRECTS ARMY TRAFFIC COMING & GOING OVER BRIDGE. 00:44:23 - POV DRIVING ON BRIDGE WITH VIEW OF DESTROYED CITY BUILDINGS 00:44:41 - PASSING TRAFFIC INTERSECTION OF MOSTLY MILITARY VEHICLES 00:44:58 - DUEL TOWERED SPANISH STYLE CHURCH IN CITY 00:45:11 - LOTS OF MILITARY TRAFFIC PASSES ON CITY STREET 00:45:34 - LOTS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND CITY OF MANILA 00:45:38 - PAN PAST CROWDS ON SIDEWALK OUTSIDE MOVIE THEATRE SHOWING "ARABIAN NIGHTS" 00:46:00 - TRAFFIC COPS AT INTERSECTION DIRECTING TRAFFIC 00:46:31 - CITY OF MANILA BUREAU OF PRISONS BUILDING. 00:46:40 - POV DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD PASSING MILITARY EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES PARKED 00:46:57 - DRIVING ON ROAD WITH OTHER ARMY JEEPS 00:47:23 - POV DRIVING ALONGSIDE SHORELINE WITH LOCALS & THEIR BOATS 00:48:01 - PASSING HIGH STACKS OF WAR MATERIALS IN CRATES LINED ALONG ROAD FOR MILES COVERED IN TARPS 00:48:31 - CAMERAMAN SHOOTING FROM BACK OF TRUCK OF OTHER ARMY TRUCKS BEHIND HIM AND PASSING ALONGSIDE. 00:49:21 - ISLAND OF CORREGIDOR JUTS OUT OF SEA IN DISTANCE 00:49:27 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF AMERICAN FLAG FLYING ON FLAGPOLE 00:49:38 - PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD 00:49:50 - DESTROYED HUT TENT. PAN OVER TO ARMY TRUCK DRIVING BY 00:50:04 - ARMY PERSONNEL WITH NATIVE WOMEN IN JUNGLE 00:50:25 - PAN STREET IN MANILA PAST "HAPPY HOUR" RESTAURANT 00:50:33 - CROWD OF CIVILIANS AT OUTDOOR FRUIT MARKET 00:50:36 - SPANISH-STYLE CHURCH IN DISTANCE 00:50:45 - SCENIC VIEW OF LUSH MOUNTAINS & LOW CLOUDS 00:50:55 - LOOKING DOWN AT SMALL HUT WITH STRAW ROOF SITTING AMID TREES IN JUNGLE. 00:51:08 - NATIVE WOMEN CARRYING HEAVY BASKETS OF PRODUCE ON HER BACK. 00:51:22 - MONTAGE MORE SCENIC SHOTS OF PLUSH VALLEYS & MOUNTAINS IN PHILIPPINES. CURVY ROAD 00:52:08 - SIGN ON PINE TREE READS: "MINES VIEW PARK" 00:52:20 - BEAUTIFUL LUSH SCENICS IN BAGUIO CITY AREA INCLUDING HIGH MOUNTAIN WATERFALL FORMING STREAM BELOW 00:52:50 - EXOTIC PLANTS WITH RED FLOWERS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-494