PHILIPPINES, 1898 - 1946 Part 1

Description

Summary: TOKYO - 1940.: Scenes of Japanese people in streets, at shops, and attending religious ceremonies. Soldiers and women parade through narrow streets. Soldiers returned from war in China, bow at temple gates. Cars entering palace gates for meeting. Japanese officials meeting in garden. Young men in formation. (Training to be soldiers.) Japanese naval officials look at map of the Dutch East Indies. WASHINGTON, DC.: US Navy Dept building. Activity in message center where teletype messages are received, decoded, and sorted. Records room where employees examine Adm George Dewey's records on Japan. CU, picture of Adm Dewey. PHILIPPINES.: Map of the Philippine Islands. HS, Manila. General activity in stock market. CU, Philippine money. People working in textile factories. Unloading ships. Mining for chromite and gold. Sugar harvest. John W Houserman seated at table.(Mr Houserman organized mining in the Philippines.) Hemp growing, cutting, and processing. Lumber industry. Government building in Manila. Manuel Luis Quezon addressing Philippine Congress. Scene of the Supreme Court. VS of the many different racial groups and how they live.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities