- Title: VM-495
- Summary: AUSTRALIA TO TOKYO (PT.2): END oF WWII. SHOTS OF TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF MANILA (PHILIPPIMES), TOKYO & U.S OCCUPATION TROOPS THERE. NT. FUJIYAMA.
- Description:00:29:50 - SUNRISE 00:29:53 - ARMY TANKS DRIVE OFF INTO MOUNTAINS OF PHILIPPINES 00:30:08 - TWO WACS POSE FOR CAMERAMAN IN FRONT OF DIRT FIELD 00:30:11 - MONTAGE PHILIPPINE COLORFUL HORIZON AT SUNSET 00:30:44 - GI CAMERAMAN GETS INTO JEEP. WAVES AS HE DRIVES OFF DOWN DIRT ROAD 00:31:14 - SAILORS ON BOARD WARSHIP PAINT & SWAB THE DECKS WITH MOPS IN GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING. SAILOR GOE AROUND WITH PAIL OF WATER & SPRINKLES IT ON DECK BEFORE MOPING. 00:32:00 - SAILORS PLAY BACKGAMMON ON DECK OF SHIP 00:32:03 - SAILORS ON DECK READING & WRITING 00:32:09 - SMALL OUTRIGGER CANOES WITH ISLAND NATIVES ROWING ALONGSIDE WARSHIP LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS FROM SAILORS. 00:32:39 - SAILORS ON DECK LOOKING DOWN AT NATIVE BOATS 00:32:46 - OFFICER YELLS THROUGH MEGAPHONE TO MOVE THEM ALONG 00:32:50 - YOUNG BOYS DIVE FROM BOATS INTO WATER FOR COINS. 00:33:11 - SAILORS LOOKING DOWN AT NATIVES 00:33:23 - AMERICAN FLAG HANDS ON SAME POLE AS PHILIPPINE FLAG 00:33:30 - LARGE STONE GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN MANILA 00:33:52 - CAMERAMAN GETS ROLL OF FILM OUT OF BACK OF JEEP 00:34:09 - PEOPLE WALKING PAST "BARBER SHOP" 00:34:23 - JEEPS DRIVING IN MUDDY ROAD PAST STILT HOUSES. ONE WITH AMERICAN FLAG & PHILIPPINE FLAG 00:34:29 - SIGN ON TREE: "PALO, 20 MPH" 00:34:34 - REMAINS OF ARCHWAY OF BUILDING ON HILLSIDE 00:34:42 - AERIAL GI VEHICLE TRAFFIC GOING OVER SMALL BRIDGE SPANNING STREAM. 00:35:01 - AMERICAN FLAG FLIES ON ANCIENT SPANISH CATHEDRAL IN MANILA. 00:35:15 - RELIGIOUS STATUES IN INTERIOR OF CHURCH 00:35:23 - VIEW OF RELIGIOUS STATUE OUTSIDE CHURCH 00:35:31 - PAN COUNTRYSIDE TO TOWN BY WATER 00:35:40 - HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF CITY BY RIVER (MANILA?) 00:35:45 - HORSE-DRAWN CART RIDES THROUGH STREETS OF RUINED VILLAGE 00:35:52 - PILES OF RUBBLE IN CITY DESTROYED BY BOMBING. PEOPLE DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE 00:36:28 - CU DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE. DUMPING DIRT INTO CONTAINER 00:36:50 - HITTING PIECES OF CORRUGATED SHEET METAL. SALVAGING MATERIALS 00:37:18 - MEN REBUILDING. PUTTING UP NEW BUILDING 00:37:30 - LARGE SIGN OVER STORE,"AROMA CAFE". 00:37:39 - STREET VENDOR SELLING ICE CREAM CONES TO SOLDIERS 00:37:51 - STREET SCENE WITH GIS & CIVILIANS WALKING ABOUT. VINTAGE AUTO PASSES AS DOES HORSE AND BUGGY. 00:38:25 - MONTAGE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF MANILA. DESTROYED BUILDINGS 00:39:23 - DAMAGED CHURCH & STATUES OUTSIDE 00:39:42 - HUGE STONE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS DESTROYED OR SEVERLY DAMAGED 00:41:14 - GIS WALKING UP TO REMAINS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF MANILA. 00:41:25 - CU SOLDIERS READ SIGN WITH HISTORY OF CHURCH 00:41:33 - SOLDIERS WALK AROUND REMAINS OF CHURCH 00:41:53 - GI PICKS UP A SPENT MORTAR SHELL WITHIN THE RUINS. CU EXAMINES SHELL 00:42:09 - DESTROYED HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD 00:42:43 - GROUPS OF WOMEN & CHILDREN WASHING IN PUDDLE 00:43:07 - MORE DESTRUCTION 00:43:55 - EXTERIOR MANILA PORT TERMINAL 00:44:18 - PAN PORT OF MANILA & REMAINS OF BOATS IN HARBOR. 00:44:37 - U.S. MILITARY LANDING CRAFT SEEN IN DISTANCE 00:45:12 - PEOPLE & CARS PASS GATES OF ESTATE 00:45:28 - CROWD GATHERING ON GROUNDS OF ESTATE 00:45:37 - SONGWRITER & COMPOSER IRVING BERLIN ENTERTAINS TROOPS ON OUTDOOR STAGE IN MANILA. STANDING AT MICROPHONE READING FROM PAPERS & SINGING (MOS) 00:45:57 - YOUNG FILIPPINO GIRLS IN GROUP WATCH 00:46:14 - HUGE CROWD WATCHES PERFORMANCE 00:46:25 - CU YOUNG GIRL 00:46:29 - IRVING BERLIN TALKS TO YOUNG PHILIPPINO GIRL, PATS HER ON THE CHEEK. 00:46:42 - IRVING BERLIN CHATS WITH FELLOW ENTERTAINER. 00:46:51 - MOSTLY SOLDIER WALKING AROUND MANILA 00:47:00 - SMALL NAKED BOY SITS UNDER WATER FLOWING FROM FIRE HYDRANT TO COOL OFF. LARGER BOY SQUATS ALONGSIDE 00:47:10 - LARGE GROUP OF SMILING BOYS RUN TOWARDS CAMERA HOLDING UP THEIR FINGERS IN VICTORY SIGN. 00:47:15 - AMERICAN FLAG & PHILIPPINE FLAG FLYING HIGH 00:47:18 - GIS & PEOPLE READ NEWS OF WAR'S END ON BILLBOARD 00:48:01 - ARMY JEEP DRIVES INTO GROUND OF ARMY BASE 00:48:11 - GI IN JEEP HANDS OUT NEWSPAPERS WITH "WAR OVER" HEADLINES TO OTHER GIS 00:48:27 - MEN AND WOMEN HAPPILY READ NEWSPAPER AND SHOW THEIR JOY OF END OF WWII 00:49:28 - SOLDIERS GATHERED ON TANK 00:49:33 - CITIZENS & SOLDIERS GATHER IN FIELD TO ENJOY MUSICAL CELEBRATION 00:49:57 - ANIMATED MARACA PLAYER LEADS PHILIPPINO BAND IN ENTERTAINING TROOPS OUTDOORS 00:50:06 - SOLDIERS SITTING ON GROUND ENJOYING SHOW 00:50:10 - SOLDIERS ON "CANNED HEAT" TANK WATCHING MUSIC 00:50:34 - BOY SITTING ON WATER BUFFALO WATCHES SHOW. 00:50:37 - DUSK, DAWN CLOUDS IN SKY 00:51:04 - AERIAL LAND NEAR WATER 00:51:24 - AERIAL SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS OF JAPAN 00:51:37 - MOUNT FUJIYAMA. 00:51:45 - AERIAL BOMB CRATERS AMID FARMLANDS OF JAPAN. 00:52:18 - SIGN: "ROUTE 1W TOKYO" AS HORSE-PULLED CART OF BELONGINGS PASSES 00:52:26 - POV DRIVING DOWN STEET OF DESTROYED HOMES ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD 00:52:39 - AMERICAN TROOPS EVERY FEW FEET AS THEY GUARD AROUND PALATIAL GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS AND HEADQUARTERS OF OCCUPATION FORCES. 00:52:58 - "ROUTE 1W TOKYO" SIGN AS ARMY TRUCKS PASS 00:53:03 - NOT A BUILDING STANDS AS LONE BICYCLER RIDES DOWN STREET. 00:53:20 - THREE YOUNG JAPANESE WOMEN WALK PAST COMPLETELY DESTROYED BUILDINGS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS 00:53:31 - MONTAGE SCENES OF UTTER DESTRUCTION IN TOKYO. 00:54:08 - JAPANESE WELDER & OTHER WORKERS STILL WEARING ARMY CAPS TRY TO SALVAGE TWISTED METAL BEAMS OF BUILDING 00:54:24 - JAPANESE CROWDS OF MEN & WOMEN HURRIEDLY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. 00:54:53 - DISHEVELED PEASANT IN BLACK TORN KIMONO CARRYING TIN CANS GIVES SUSPICIOUS LOOK AT CAMERA AS HE PASSES. 00:55:05 - PEDESTRIANS CROSS STREET NEAR DESTROYED BUILDINGS. 00:55:29 - AMERICAN SAILORS & SOLDIERS SEEN 00:55:41 - JAPANESE VENDOR IN ARMY UNIFORM PLAYS FLUTE AS HE SITS ON GROUND WITH LEGS FOLDED 00:56:00 - OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE. CROWDS PASS BY VENDORS. 00:56:18 - CU VARIOUS THINGS FOR SALE: JEWELRY, FABRICS 00:56:55 - SIGN WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, A TIME FOR EVERYTHING 00:57:05 - TOKYO CITIZENS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-495