DAWN OF FREEDOM Reel 7 · Part 2

Description

A propaganda film on mistreatment of Filipinos by the U.S. Reel 1, Manila "blacks out" as Japanese planes appear. A Filipino bids his family goodbye and prepares to leave for military duty. Reel 2, Filipino soldiers join U.S. troops in battle against the Japanese. Shows Japanese soldiers guarding bridges, posting bulletins, and keeping order after capture of a city. Reel 3 shows Filipino women going about their normal daily activities. Part 4, a Japanese officer discusses the Philippine campaign. Japanese Army units attack allied forces on Bataan. U.S. troops retreat into a cave, an officer calls Filipinos "yellow monkeys" and orders his men to fire on them as they try to enter the cave. Shows wrecked and burning U.S. war material on a Bataan battlefield. A former Filipino officer finds a comrade killed by retreating U.S. forces. Reel 5, U.S. tanks and truckloads of Filipino soldiers pass through Manila. Filipino officers report to their U.S. superiors, dig fortifications, and are berated by a U.S. officer. Reel 6, a Japanese officer gives a blood transfusion to a Filipino boy in a Manila hospital. Filipino soldiers read Japanese propaganda leaflets dropped from balloons, are arrested by U.S. troops, and one is shot as he tries to escape. Reel 7, Japanese troops and tanks advance on Corregidor, U.S. and Japanese officers negotiate, and a Japanese officer discusses the U.S. surrender. Reel 8, a Japanese officer carries an injured Filipino boy on his back. Japanese officers confer on Corregidor, discuss the Japanese-Filipino brotherhood, and Japanese troops board landing craft and attack U.S. positions on Bataan. Reel 9, a U.S. officer threatens to shoot a Filipino officer who defends his men arrested for possession of Japanese leaflets. U.S. troops murder members of a Filipino patrol. A Filipino officer broadcasts urging Filipinos to desert the U.S.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division