American signs; empty street; people moving in streets.
10:47:08 Men cutting & falling mahogany trees, sawmill, railroad cars w/ timber, stacks of boards. Sugar cane harvesting, mill, people carrying for export. Coconut harvesting & husking.
10:48:12 Rubber trees, tapping. Women in tobacco fields harvesting. Rolling cigars.
10:48:41 Men cutting large hemp stalks, shredding, drying, twined into ropes w/ machines.
10:49:31 Factories, machines & business activity. Mining; docks.
10:49:52 Military training w/ machine guns, rifles, drilling.
10:50:28 Small kids marching, laughing, reading, schools & teachers.
10:50:47 GI sitting on bunk talking to camera as to what the Filipinos are: “love freedom...they’ll die for it...” “The Filipinos are Americans...”
10:52:13 Antenna & radio operators, shortwave operator, view thru clouds w/ sentimental voice over.
10:53:12 Landing craft towards shore. The End.
WW2; American Propaganda; Philippine Islands; Pre-WW2 Daily Life; 1930s;
American signs; empty street; people moving in streets. 10:47:08 Men cutting & falling mahogany trees, sawmill, railroad cars w/ timber, stacks of boards. Sugar cane harvesting, mill, people carrying for export. Coconut harvesting & husking. 10:48:12 Rubber trees, tapping. Women in tobacco fields harvesting. Rolling cigars. 10:48:41 Men cutting large hemp stalks, shredding, drying, twined into ropes w/ machines. 10:49:31 Factories, machines & business activity. Mining; docks. 10:49:52 Military training w/ machine guns, rifles, drilling. 10:50:28 Small kids marching, laughing, reading, schools & teachers. 10:50:47 GI sitting on bunk talking to camera as to what the Filipinos are: “love freedom...they’ll die for it...” “The Filipinos are Americans...” 10:52:13 Antenna & radio operators, shortwave operator, view thru clouds w/ sentimental voice over. 10:53:12 Landing craft towards shore. The End. WW2; American Propaganda; Philippine Islands; Pre-WW2 Daily Life; 1930s;