"THE CAPTURE OF MANILA". "SPECTACULAR FILMS OF
FINAL DASH INTO PHILIPPINE CAPITAL AND BATTLE IN
CITY"

U.S. MORTAR UNIT FIRES INTO ENEMY POSITIONS. TANK
FIRES INTO DISTANT VILLAGE. MLS GI ARTILLERY UNITS
FIRING HUGE CANNONS.

JAPANESE BARGE IN STREAM BEING FIRED UPON. BARGE
SPEEDS TO SHORE.

MONTAGE GI WOUNDED BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHERS. GI
HOLDS UP BLOOD PLASMA BOTTLE FOR BUDDY BEING
TREATED BY MEDIC, COMPELS NARRATOR TO MAKE PITCH
FOR BLOOD DRIVE.

PARATROOPS RUN INTO THICK JUNGLE AS THEY
EXPERIENCE BITTER RESISTANCE FROM JAPANESE.
PARATROOPER AIMS, FIRES RIFLE INTO JUNGLE, AS DO
OTHERS IN BKGD.

BAZOOKA TEAMS FIRE INTO JAPANESE CAVES & POSITIONS.
GI DROPS HAND GRENADE INTO JAPANESE TANK, IT
EXPLODES.

FILIPINO NATIVE RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA, HANDS
GRENADES TO AMERICANS AS HE RUNS BY THEM.

GI STANDS ON STREET CORNER. AIMS, FIRES HIS
AUTOMATIC RIFLE (BAR).

GIS POUR BEER FROM THEIR METAL HELMETS INTO
GLASSES HELD BY OTHER GIS. GIS DRINK FROM HELMETS.

LONG COLUMN OF "NEGRITOS", PHILIPPINE AFRICAN AMERICAN
TRIBESMEN, WALK DOWN ROAD, TOWARDS CAMERA, RIFLES
STRAPPED TO BACKS, MARCHING TO JOIN AMERICANS.

MONTAGE INTENSE FIRE DESTROYS BUILDINGS AS PEOPLE
RUN THROUGH STREETS, SOME WITH THEIR BELONGINGS
TRYING TO SURVIVE THE FIERY TRAP. SWARMS OF MEN,
WOMEN REFUGEES, SOME WITH BABIES IN ARMS HEAD
TOWARDS U.S. LINES FOR HELP, SHELTER. ELDERLY MAN
CARRYING BABY IN ARMS. DISASTER.

GI SHARES RATIONS WITH SEVERAL HALF-STARVED SMALL
CHILDREN.

GI, BACK TO CAMERA, FIRES RIFLE FROM BEHIND CORNER
OF BUILDING, AS PHILIPPINE CIVILIAN, HIT WHILE
HELPING AMERICANS, LIES WOUNDED IN STREET SEVERAL
YARDS IN FRONT OF GI. SECTION OF BUILDING ON FIRE
COLLAPSES JUST AS GI RUNS BY.

GENERAL MACARTHUR ENTERS MANILA PRISON WHERE
AMERICAN CIVILIANS WERE KEPT IMPRISONED FOR THREE
YEARS BY JAPANESE INVADERS. PRISONERS, MANY WOMEN
JOYFULLY GREET MACARTHUR WHO HAD PROMISED TO
RETURN.

CU VIEW OF NAVY GUNS FIRING. EXPLOSIONS SEEN ON
ISLAND FROM BOMBARDMENT. MIGHTY DISPLAY AMPHIBIOUS
VEHICLES, LANDING CRAFT, SPEED TOWARDS SHORE.

LANDING BOATS UNDER BOMBARDMENT BY JAPANESE GUNS.
ONE GETS HIT, EXPLODES, SINKS.

MEDICS CARRY WOUNDED GI IN STRETCHER. NARRATOR
CAUTIONS AGAINST OVER-OPTIMISM WHICH WILL MEAN
"MORE AMERICANS KILLED AND WOUNDED". VEILED
PROPAGANDA PITCH?

"LATEST PICTURES OF ALLIED PUSH INTO NORMANDY"
VARIOUS SCENES SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON & GENERAL
EISENHOWER VISIT INVASION FRONT. VARIOUS SCENES
WINSTON CHURCHILL INSPECTS CAPTURED NAZI PLATFORMS
FOR LAUNCHING ROCKET BOMBS THAT HAVE PLAGUED
LONDON. CHURCHILL USES CANE TO LIFT HIS HAT TO
SAY "GOODBYE" AS HE LEAVES AMERICAN SECTOR IN
LAUNCH.

ALLIED ARTILLERY CONTINUES THE OBLITERATION FROM
GROUND. LONG LINES OF BRITISH AND CANADIAN TANKS
DRIVING FORWARD.

NAZI PLANE BEING FIRED UPON AND DESTROYED BY ALLIED
FIGHTER PLANE. POV WING CAMERA. NAZI PILOT IS SEEN
EJECTING FROM PLANE.

ELS FIGHTER PLANE FIRES AT NAZI ROCKET IN FLIGHT.
ELS ROCKET BLOWS UP. POV FIGHTER PLANE WING CAMERA.

MONTAGE CARIOUS SCENES OF AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS,
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ADVANCING IN TRUCKS, TANKS.

AMERICAN TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH HEDGE GROVES.
MACHINE GUN CREW, BACKS TO CAMERA, FIRES INTO
BRUSH.

GERMAN MEDIC, TENDS TO GERMAN PRISONERS.

AMERICAN SOLDIERS, BACK TO CAMERA, ADVANCING DOWN
ROAD THROUGH FRENCH VILLAGE. ONE TURNS AROUND
LIFTS UP A BOTTLE OF WINE TO CAMERA. GI WITH OPEN
UMBRELLA, WEARING TOP HAT, CHEWS GUM AS HE
TRIUMPHANTLY WALKS, CANE IN HAND, DOWN ROAD WITH
OTHER GI.

THREE MARINES IN FOX HOLE FIRE MORTAR. MORTAR SHELL
EXPLODING ON DISTANT BEACH. MLS GI TOSSES HAND
GRENADE INTO UNDERGROUND CAVE AND EVERYONE TAKES
COVER AS GRENADE EXPLODES. GI, BACK TO CAMERA,
USES FLAME THROWER ON CAVE.

ALL SALUTE AS AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED ON GUAM.

HUGE CROWD SIT ON GROUND AND IN STANDS TO WATCH
SHOW WHICH TURNS INTO A TRAGEDY.

IN ANOTHER VIEW, THREE PLANES DIVE TOWARDS GROUND.
IN TURNING MANEUVER ONE RIPS INTO THE OTHER, BOTH
BREAK UP IN AIR, EXPLODE INTO FLAMES AS THEY HIT
GROUND.

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