https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/78d84300-8421-454b-aa43-a23be31598d9 Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This is a silent 16mm movie filmed by an unknown U.S. serviceman who probably was a member of either the Seventh Fleet Intelligence Center (SEFIC) or the Construction Battalion 598 of the U.S. Navy on Tolosa, Leyte Island, Philippines, where both SEFIC and CBMU 598 were stationed from January 1945. It appears to have been shot between January and September 1945. It features the bases at Leyte, the servicemen's wives and girlfriends, rural scenes in 1945 Philippines, an R&R trip to Manila after the 14th of August 1945 and the aftermath of the Battle for Manila. 0:11 Card: Leyte - Philippine Islands 1:20 Village scenes, village assembly longhouse 1:59 Closeup of the longhouse with a Taza di Oro, "Golden mug/cup" tea room sign 2:10 Laughing women, a row of various shops 2:48 Women showing the South East Asian (SEA) custom of protecting oneself from the sun with parasol and wide-brimmed hats. 3:02 Men round a tall table, presumably at the tea room 3:05 US G.I. holding a chicken 3:16 A wounded man stands at the entrance of a house 3:22 Filipina at the same house 3:58 … playing a ukelele 4:00 A rooster fight – a common passtime in SEA 4:40 Wireless mast 4:50 Outrigger rowboat 5:18 A US G.I. with a large, aerial camera comes towards the arriving boat and boards it. A Filipino military man or resistance fighter is already sitting in the boat 5:49 The Filipino and, presumably, his family 6:00 More rural scenes – outrigger boats, straw and daub huts, children playing outdoors and men working. 6:40 A woman, possibly the same woman as in the scene before and her son – the scene is out of focus, the US serviceman filming in the background. 7:16 Card: "Meet Pasing – Queen of all Cebu". Pasing, wearing a swimsuit, walking around, posing and then going to the shore to refresh herself. 9:40 Works at the US military base in Cebu, hangars and storage sheds under construction, an open air mess and kitchen 10:35 Tent with a woman's dress on a hanger 10:43 Close up of a hangar, a sign "SEFIC Photographic Laboratory" hangs over the entrance 10:54 Servicemen exiting the photo lab 11:14 A man stands on a doorstep of some shed with a "Authorized persons ONLY" sign, throws up arms victoriously. 11:40 more smiling little girls and women, living on the base grounds or near it. 12:22 A couple walks by – woman and a soldier 12:31 Street sign on a palm -- Cincinatti Avenue 12:34«  Barber shop. Enlisted men 19 cents, officers 25 cents  12:37 CBMU 598 Theatre. This is the base of a CB or Seabee unit – a construction battalion of the US Navy. 12:41 A large tent with a sign - "KUM-ON Inn (Everybody else does)" 12:45 Another sturdy shed with a sign Hotel Metropole Wellmanlike Doll Props  12:48 Easy Inn  13:07 Rainy Day rest 13:10 an upside-down Japanese auberge sign 13:12 Shed with a "Suits us – Hell with you" sign 13:17 Hospital tent with a "Quiet  ! – convalescent ward" sign 13:40 A sign telling the soldiers to avoid fresh water bodies, because of Schistosomiasis13:43 10000 miles to Staten Island Ferry  18:20 Sea coast, plane flying by 18:43 card: August 14, 1945 the War Ends and the Big 3 meet in Manila. They are, according to the sign, Anderson, Van Gogh and Markell. 18:47 card with their caricature portraits: Anderson US Merchant Marine, Markell US Navy, Von Gogh US Army Air Corps  18:55 The Big Three walking up a rusted gangway to a no-less rusted Liberty ship – SS Frederic W. Galbraith . 20:31 Using the light semaphore 21:00 On the upper deck 22:10 Disembarking at the port of Manila 23:00 On the grounds of the Manila Hotel on Roxas boulevard in Manila 23:40 Pet monkeys 25:07 Rizal Memorial Coliseum 1934 General assembly of the US military members at the Rizal stadium, Ocampo grounds, Manila 25:45 Card: Manila, One time Pearl City of the Orient, now a battered city, victim of Jap Demolition.  26:10 What looks like Quiapo Church 26:24 Posters and signs at an entertainment district entrance "Japanese surrender  !",   "Haba-haba cuchi-cuchi", "Bar, drinks  !" 26:31 Overhead shots of Manila, possibly Quezon boulevard or Roxas Boulevard 27:37 Card "The Walled City, Manila, Philippine Islands" 27:45 Inside Fort Santiago, a lot of damaged buildings. Destroyed and damaged historical buildings. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Unfoldment, Revealment, Evolution, Exposition, Integration by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW2Fad8vfXM Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:28:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/78d84300-8421-454b-aa43-a23be31598d9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.