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1943-1945WORLD WAR II
GI CAMERAMEN RECORDS MACARTHUR'S RETURN TO PHILIPPINES. COLOR FOOTAGE OF WWII SHOWS THE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF MANILA & PHILIPPINE PEOPLE COPING.

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VIEW OF BOW OF SHIP AS IT TRAVELS ON COEAN
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GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SITS ON BRIDGE OF WARSHIP LOOKING OUT TO SEA.
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GUN CREWS ON BOARD WARSHIP COMMENCE SHELLING JAPANESE POSITIONS ON PHILIPPINES PRIOR TO INVASION TO RETAKE ISLANDS.
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HUGE PILE OF GIANT ARTILLERY GUN SHELLS
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MACARTHUR & OTHER OFFICERS ON BOARD WATCH BOMBARDMENT. HUGE LIGHT FLASHES
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CU MACARTHUR WATCHES BOMBARDMENT WITH COTTON IN HIS EARS.
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: LEYTE
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AMERICAN FLAG AGAIN FLIES ON BUILDING IN LEYTE AS MACARTHUR PROMISED
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PAN OF ISLAND TO LARGE GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN DISTANCE
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CU LARGE GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN LEYTE
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MONTAGE U.S. ARMY TRAFFIC SLOWLY PASSING THROUGH MUDDY STREETS OF TOWN BUSY WITH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
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SIGN OVER STORE: "DAIDO BOEKI KAISYA, LTD"
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SIGN OVER STORE: "BARBER SHOP, BEST IN TOWN".
SOLDIERS & LOCALS WALK PAST
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GI PHOTOGRAPHER STOPS TO BUY FROM WOMAN STREET VENDOR WHOSE DAUGHTER IS BOUNCING BALL.
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CU PHOTOGRAPHER BUYS JAPANESE FLAG.
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PEOPLE LOOKING OUT OF APARTMENT WINDOWS.
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GROUP OF LITTLE PHILIPPINO CHILDREN POSE FOR CAMERA.
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STILTED HUT WITH PHILIPPINE & U.S. FLAGS HANGING OUT WINDOW. STEADY STREAM OF GI VEHICLES PASSING BY.
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SIGN ON TREE: "PALO, 20 MPH" AS ARMY VEHICLES PASS
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PALO WITH LARGE CHURCH BUILDING WITH TWO BELL TOWERS & LAKE IN FRGD
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PAN OVER TO BRIDGE. ARMY TRUCKS CROSS BRIDGE
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NATIVE WOMEN WASHING CLOTHING ON ROCKS IN RIVER
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HUGE STONE CHURCH BUILDING USED AS ARMY HOSPITAL
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INTERIOR CHURCH CONVERTED INTO ARMY HOSPITAL.
INJURED MEN IN COTS WITH IV BAGS HANGING
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SOLDIER DIRECTING ARMY TRAFFIC AT INTERSECTION IN TOW
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LITTLE BOY IN MARSH CLIMBS ONTO AN OX & RIDES OFF
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GENERAL MACARTHUR LOOKING AT ISLAND FROM BRIDGE OF WARSHIP.
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U.S. & PHILIPPINE FLAGS FLY TOGETHER ON FLAG POLES
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PILE OF DEBRIS ON STREET OF DEVASTATED CITY. GI PICKS UP "MANILA" SIGN & HELMET & WALKS OFF DOWN STREET
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PAN COMPLETELY DEVASTATED CITY OF MANILA WITH HARDLY A BUILDING STANDING WHICH WASN'T DESTROYED.
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CIVILIANS GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AMID RUINS.
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CU PHILIPPINE WOMAN SLOWLY DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE.
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WOMEN & CHILDREN WASHING THEMSELVES & CLOTHING IN STREAM.
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ARMY TRUCKS DRIVE THROUGH CITY
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CU VARIOUS BUILDING IN MANILA AFTER ATTACK.
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SIGN: "ARMOA CAFE. RESTAURANT REFRESHMENT".
CITY LIFE AS NORMAL PASSES
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VENDOR SELLING ICE CREAM CONES TO GIS FROM CART.
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GIS ON STREET CORNER EATING CONES AND CHATTING
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CITY LIFE, PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK
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TWO MEN TAMP OUT BUMPS IN SHEET OF METAL WITH WOODEN POLE IN ALVAGE ATTEMPT.
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SKELETON OF BUILDING BEING BUILT
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WORKERS HAMMERING, BUILDING
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GI REPAIRS WIRES ON TELEPHONE POLE.
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PAN DOWN TO SOLDIERS ON GROUND HELPING WITH ELECTRICITY
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WS OF UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS CAMPUS
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CU SIGN ON THE FOUNDING & HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY
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PEOPLE & SOLDIERS OUTSIDE LARGE UNIVERSITY BUILDING
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VARIOUS BULLET & SHELL HOLES ON FACADE OF UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS.
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VIEW OF JUNGLE HOMES NEAR CITY
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MONTAGE EXTRAORDINARY DAMAGE TO MANY LARGE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS. DESTROYED CITY
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PEOPLE SALVAGE BUILDING MATERIALS FROM RUBBLE
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TWO SOLDIERS WALK ALONG STREETS OF RUBBEL
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MONK SADLY EXAMINES REMAINS OF CHURCH. LOOKING UP AT STATUE IN YARD
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MONTAGE MORE DESTRUCTION TO LARGE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
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CU DESTROYED FRONT OF CITY HALL
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COMPLETELY DESTROYED AREA OF HOMES
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DESTROYED ENTRANCE GATE & SIGN FOR GOTHIC HALL COURT
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BURNT OUT BUILDINGS COVERED IN HOLES FROM BULLETS
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DESTROYED DOCKS & MARINA
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CU ORNATE IRON WORK WITH EAGLE SYMBOL
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UNHARMED ESTATE GROUNDS
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HUGE CROWD OF SOLDIERS GATHER ON LAWN
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HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCHING SONGWRITER IRVING BERLIN AT OUTDOOR SHOW.
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IRVING BERLIN AT MICROPHONE READING FROM PAPER
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CU YOUNG PHILIPINE WOMEN AT CEREMONY
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IRVING BERLIN SINGING INTO MICROPHONES (MOS)
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CROWD APPLAUDS
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CHILDREN PUT ON NATIVE DANCE FOR AUDIENCE.
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TRUCK DRIVES PAST TOWN SIGNS
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ARMY TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF FARMACIA SAN FERNANDO
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TRUCKS FILLED WITH SOLDIERS DRIVE DOWN CITY STREET
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BANNER READS: "WELCOME TO THE CENTRAL LUZON OFFICE OF THE PHILIPPINE CHINESEE LEAGUE FOR ANIT-JAPS & PUPPETS ON ITS THRID ANNIVERSARIES"
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LARGE AMERICAN RED CROSS FLAG OUTSIDE HUT
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GI IS GIVEN COFFEE & DOUGHNUT BY FEMALE PHILIPPINO RED CROSS WORKER.
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SOLDIER WITH RIFLE WALKING DOWN RURAL ROAD IN PHILIPINES
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CROSSROADS ROAD SIGN ON IRISAN ROAD POINT TO BAGUIO
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GI CAMERAMAN TAKES CAMERA OUT OF BACK OF JEEP
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SOLDIER CROSSES ROAD TO GET OUT OF WAY & THEM FILMS TANKS PASSING ON WAY TO THE FRONT IN PHILIPPINES.
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GI PATROL RETURNS FROM MOP-UP DUTY. PATROL SITS NEXT TO TANK TO REST & TREAT WOUNDS ON ONE OF ITS MEN.
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SOLDIERS SQUATTING ON GROUND
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U.S. P-38 FIGHTER FLIES OVERHEAD. STRAFES & BOMBS JAPANESE POSITIONS.
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SMOKE & FIRE RISES FROM HOUSE ON HILLSIDE
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CU TRANK DRIVES BY
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HIGH ANGLE GIS MOVE UP IN MOP-UP OPERATIONS.
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HELPING PHILIPPINE REFUGEES OUT OF THE JUNGLES UP PATH & UP HILLSIDE
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INJURED PERSON LIES ON MATTRESS AS SOLDIERS STAND AROUND & WATCH
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GI SERVES GROUP OF CHILDREN CANTEEN OF SOUP. LITTLE BOYS PASS IT AROUND.
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LONG COLUMN OF TANKS AND JEEPS LOADED WITH GIS MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH TO THE FRONT.
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SOLDIERS COME WALKING ALONG AROUND CORNER
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TRUCK OF SOLDIERS PASS CROSSROADS SIGN
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HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF TOWN IN DISTANCE. PAN DOWN TO PEOPLE COMING UP HILLSIDE
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GI HELPS 2 NUNS THROUGH THE WOODED AREA & UP HILL
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REFUGEES CARRY BELONGS DOWN HILL PATH
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TWO JAPANESE PRISONERS CLIMB OUT OF BUNKER AFTER SURRENDER. MOVED ALONG AT GUN POINT.
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PHILIPPINE MAN HOLDS UP PAPER WHICH READS "I CEASE RESISTANCE"
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HALF-STARVED JAPANESE PRISONER ON HIS KNEES IS QUESTIONED BY GI.
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PAN OF OTHER (JAPANESE PRISONERS?) SQUATTING ON GROUND.
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MORE SHOTS OF DEVASTATED BUILDINGS.
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FAMILY WITH MANY KIDS STAND NEAR WHITE FLAG & WAVE.
RUINS BEHIND THEM.
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MONTAGE TANKS OF U.S. SOLDIERS DRIVE THROUGH TOWN WHILE LIBERATED PHILIPPINOS WAVE TO GIS
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CU BEAUTIFUL CHURCH WITH TWO SPIRES
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG PHILIPPINE WOMEN WITH INFANTS IN ARMS.
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WOMAN WITH CHILDREN WALKS OVER & SHAKES HANDS WITH SOLDIER WHO CHATS WITH THE CHILDREN.
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CU WOMAN & CHILDREN
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STONE CRUCIFIX & STATUES OF SAINTS OUTSIDE CHURCH
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MONTAGE DESTROYED BURNT-OUT BUILDINGS
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GIS SIT OUTSIDE DESTROYED BUILDING. ONE GI SITS IN OFFICE CHAIR
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DESTROYED JAPANESE TANK
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SCENIC VIEW OF VALLEY
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CIVILIANS CROWD AROUND STREET NEWSPAPER VENDOR &
WAVE "DAILY PACIFICAN" NEWSPAPER WITH LARGE HEADLINES: "WAR OVER". VICTORY IN JAPAN VJ DAY
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CROWD OF CIVILIANS & GIS READ NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ATTACHED TO OUTDOOR BULLETIN BOARD: "PEACE"; "IT'S ALL OVER".
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CU FREE PHILIPPINES NEWSPAPER READS: "MACARTHUR NAMED OCCUPATION CHIEF".
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PAN TO PHOTO OF MACARTHUR.
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GIS ARE ENTERTAINED OUTDOORS BY PHILIPPINO GIRL SINGING WITH BAND INCLUDING LIVELY MARACA PLAYER
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BARE-CHESTED SOLDIERS SIT & WATCH
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SOLDIERS APPLAUD
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PHILIPPINE WOMEN IN FANCY DRESSES & HATS HOLDING FLOWERS DANCE IN STREET IN CELEBRATION
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CU HOLDING STATUE OF JESUS
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MUSICIANS PLAY TUBA & TROMBONE
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MONTAGE CU WOMEN IN FESTIVAL MOOD DANCING, CELEBRATING
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SUNSET OVER HARBOR
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OFFICAL CAR PULLS UP. SOLDIER OPENS DOOR AS JAPANESE?
OFFICIALS GET OUT. CARS DRIVES AWAY.
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