GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR TOURS LIBERATED PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; LANDING ON BRUNEI, NORTHWEST BORNEO, MALAY ARCHIPELAGO Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 4737 SOURCE: AFCF (A-316) Card 1 of 2 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 904' ea Silent ADC 4737-1 GEN DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR TOURS LIBERATED PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 3-8 June 1945 MLSs, Gen MacArthur and Lt Gen Robert L Eichelberger bid farewell to Maj Gen Rapp Bush as party leaves Bacolod. TS, party in sedan and jeeps driving thru streets of Iloilo. Follow shots, VIPs in PT boat enroute to Puerta Princessa. Follow shots, Gen and party at Puerta Princessa tour cemetery at Palawan, and inspect prison where many Filipino and American soldiers were burned alive. VS, Gen MacArthur and party visit the 13th Fighter Commander and greet Brig Gen Earl W Barnes. VS, Gen MacArthur and party visit Iwahig penal colony. RecordGroup 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps ADC 4737 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-316) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 904' ea Silent 4737-2 LANDING ON BRUNEI Northwest Borneo, Malay Archipelago 9-10 June 1945 MSs, Lt Gen George C Kenney, CG, Far East Air Force, boards ship of convoy. MSs, sailor uses signal lamp. LS, Pan, convoy under way at sea. (Presumably photographed from USS Boise.) Silhouette shot, Gen MacArthur smoking corncob pipe crosses deck of ship. LSs, photographed from ship, large groups of landing craft and transport vessels hove-to off shore. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/Izw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities