This black & white educational film is about the newly independent Philippines. This was made circa 1947.
Opening: The March of Time – Forum Edition – The Philippine Republic (:07-:35). A map of the Philippines. Devastation after WW2. The people start to rebuild after the war. July 4, 1946, Independence Day in the Philippines. People in a marketplace. Women work and children sit atop a water buffalo. General Emilo Aguinaldo, after fighting with the U.S. against Spain, was captured by the U.S. military in 1901 and declared allegiance to the United States. He didn’t like the presence of American troops on the islands. People celebrate, have a parade. Cars drive (:36-2:37). Manuel Quezon speaks. He secured a commonwealth status for his country. A parade. Quezon was elected the President of the new commonwealth. Daily life in the Philippines. A lot of people live in poverty. Agriculture is the big food crop. People work in the fields. Landowners. Water buffalos assist with the fields
(2:38-4:05). Trains move cane sugar. Men chop sugar crops. Manila hemp, also known as abacá, is a type of buff-colored fiber obtained from Musa textilis (a relative of edible bananas), which is likewise called Manila hemp as well as abacá. It is mostly used for pulping for a range of uses, including speciality papers. Hemp is converted as men work the factories. Chromite is moved around by cranes and wires. Mines have chromite and gold. Manilla Stock Exchange. People in the stock exchange. Boats in the docks (4:06-5:44). Men do exercises. A woman teaches children. Children cut with scissors. University of Philippines. Men and women work in a lab at the university. Battleships of the U.S. fleet in Cavite in Manila Bay. the U.S. Air Force is also in the Philippines. Planes start their propellers. A Philippine army. General MacArthur on the telephone. Marching troops (5:45-7:29). Sign for Camp Dau, the Philippine Army Training Center. Japan overwhelmed the American and Philippine troops and took over within 5 months of December 1941. Japanese troops take down an American flag. Japanese troops walk. Guerilla armies sprang up all over different islands to fight the Japanese. American troops who evaded capture were the leaders of some of these groups. Newspaper headline: MacArthur invades Philippines in 1944. MacArthur walks onto the Philippines through the water as he exits a craft (7:30-9:02). Guerillas joined with MacArthur’s men to fight. U.S. troops walk. Tanks go by and Filipinos salute them. Happy people. People hold signs that praise America and Truman. Cars and people as the war is over. Food rations for the people. Sign for employment center
(9:03-10:46). Workers go and and sign up. People clean up war torn areas. Train tracks are built. Manila Harbor. Army and navy divers go into the bay to seek the money that was hidden pre-war so no one could take it. Some of the recovered money. Bank where people do business. Men build (10:47-12:24). Americans meet with people of the Philippines to figure out a way to help them. The people of the Philippines in a large group. Men lift rifles. Manuel Roxas, a senator in the Philippines. People eat, make food (12:25-14:00). End credits (14:01-14:08).
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