# FREEDOM FOR THE PHILIPPINES JAPANESE INVASION IN WWII THRU INDEPENDENCE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR 89234

FREEDOM FOR THE PHILIPPINES is a black and white, war documentary showing actual footage of World War II. It shows how the Japanese occupied the Philippines, and how the U.S. set it free. This documentary was produced after 1946 because it ends with the Philippines independence. The World showing the Philippine Islands introduces the documentary ( 0:05 - 0:24 ). A visit to Manila. A seaplane flies high over the city then lands on the water ( 0:25 - 0:40 ). A prewar view of Jones Bridge ( 0:41 - 0:42 ). Views of Pre-war Manila are shown as the narrator talks of Finley Peter Dunne’s (a writer for newspapers at that time) Mr. Dooley, a fictional character he created in 1893 to include in his stories ( 0:43 - 0:55 ). People walk down the street and work at the stock exchange ( 0:56 - 1:12 ). Billboards of Camel cigarettes, Chesterfield cigarettes, Texaco’s flying horse ( 1:13 - 1:17 ), and a baseball stadium with young people playing the game, America’s influence ( 1:13 - 1:25 ). The Filipinos wanted, and the United States pledged them, independence by 1946 ( 1:26 - 1:55 ). They worked on a government and elected Manuel L. Quezon, President in November, 1935 ( 1:56 - 2:03 ). Pictures of Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower in a Philippines office ( 1:56 - 2:25 ). Filipinos being trained by American soldiers ( 2:26 - 2:41 ). American destroyers in the harbor ( 2:42 - 2:48 ). Clark Field, December 8, 1941. Views of bi plane taking off, fighter planes in combat ( 2:49 - 3:20…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/89234FreedomForThePhilippines)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/89234FreedomForThePhilippines?play=1)