Macarthur Returns to Philippines

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

199

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Macarthur Returns to Philippines
2. 2Greece
3. 3An Historic Meeting

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Six hundred ships and a quarter of a million men converge on Leyte Island. Naval guns open fire. Landings of Americans and Australians. Gaining the beach head. Japanese tank barriers. Guerilla Philippinos assist Allies. Aerial shots of beach head. German [sic] dead. Shots of Lieutenant General Krueger and General MacArthur. Troops advance to the town of Palo, where they find good roads and conditions in the town. Philippino refugees return home. At the provincial capital of Leyte, General MacArthur addresses the people - cheering crowds. The battle goes on.

Keywords

Displaced persons; Navy; Military

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Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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