https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ca16d2c6-27e9-4597-930f-b0e1f0a9e359 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com A silent home movie, shot by an American traveler who apparently was on official business for a humanitarian group, features shots of Shanghai, China and Manila, Philippines in the immediate postwar period (1945-47). Scenes in Manila show the historical national government district and Tabora shopping street. 0:09 The film starts with a card from Ansco, indicating it was shot on Ansco photographic co. 16mm film 0:12 Shanghai. Shops: Zung Chong Battery Company 0:16 next to it New Da Qing(Qing Dynasty)  0:22 Western woman taking a photograph with a tank-like, handheld 16mm camera. Busy street with carts and pedestrians 0:49 Same street, filmed down and across the street from the Zung Chong Battery Company Shops: Rongda Coal 0:50 Dragon of the Good/Flower Omen/Long Huaxiang – Paper products, Lanterns  0:53 Wangcheng/Manhari Rice 0:59 New celestial treasure, special skills, fine stoneworks  1:04 Loo Sung PTY. (enginnering company) 1:09-1:58 240 degrees panorama of a countryside landscape, possibly Shanghai Pudong in the immediate postwar period, as a building, similar to the Shanghai Municipal Hospital is visible in the distance at 1:551:59 Palanquin bearers 2:07 The previously-seen western woman with a group of children 2:24 A sailing junk at a riverside, with an unloaded cargo of bamboo 2:56 Chinese villagers gathered around for the picture, with them four Military Police 3:12-3:46 More river scenes of junks and barges, in another 240 degree panorama 3:48 Fishermen with their fishing poles and nets on long bamboo handles 3:58 A villager spreading nightsoil over straw for making fertilizer 4:13 Spinning rope from strands of string. 4:35 Street food stall. A handwritten political note about the current state and the future of China is glued to the pole. 5:05 Sweet riceballs salesman, by a sugarcane shop. 5:19 Man reading newspapers, posters and stories at the local stall. 5:38 Children 5:45 A schoolboy, recognizable by the typical school cap, playing with a diabolo 6:04 Barbette of the Russian Consulate general in Shanghai, again, with the sailing junks, 6:19-7:33 Junks lowering their sail 7:33-8:10 US Army Col., playing golf, probably in Manila 8:22 Showing his earmuffs  11:16 Various U.S. servicemen playing golf, slow-mo footage of a golf swing and a putt etc.11:17-11:30 Pan of the Rizal Square/intersection of the major central avenues and the demolished and rebuilt National Assembly Building, today - National Museum opposite Fort Santiago on Padre Burgos avenue. 11:40 The completely demolished part of the National Assembly Building 11:59 Another continued shot of the same building 12:08 Manila Cathedral in the postwar state, with the King Charles IV monument next to it.12:29 Bombed-out Bureau of Treasury 12:49 Sunken ships in the Bay of Manila. 13:05 -13:32 Possibly Salvation Army temporary grounds 13:36 Tabora street in the Manila Bargain Shopping district, standing at 800 Tabora street, next to a covered European wet market 14:41-end Shop with a sign Qing Huang Ding, 796,798,800 Tabora Street We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38dLr6Rnmrc Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:20:19 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/ca16d2c6-27e9-4597-930f-b0e1f0a9e359 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.