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Post by victor on Dec 7, 2008 20:41:54 GMT 8
Rare Japanese footages of the Corregidor siege, the condition of the various batteries after the capture, POWs and inside the tunnels
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Post by The Phantom on Dec 7, 2008 21:48:04 GMT 8
Wow!
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Post by EXO on Dec 8, 2008 11:37:51 GMT 8
Another great find by Victor! Congratulations.
These two videos led me to look for, and find more japanese videos. They provided me with the kanji characters which I could search.
I have been able to obtain the URL's of four movies in the series known as 大日本帝国陸軍コレヒドール総攻撃昭和17年 - which (we all know) translates to TOTAL ATTACK IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY IN 1942 CORREGIDOR.
I will ensure that these will be linked into the Corregidor Then and Now website.
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Post by fots2 on Dec 8, 2008 13:06:26 GMT 8
Victor,
Those are certainly rare videos.
My internet connection sucks here and I can only see a few seconds at a time before it buffers. I searched a couple times but do not find these same videos on YouTube.
Would you have the specific URL of them? I want to download them to my hard-drive. The 'flv' format is no problem.
Thank-you.
John
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Post by victor on Dec 9, 2008 1:48:06 GMT 8
Thanks all. Again I can't take credit for finding them. Someone else posted them in the pinoyhistory forum and I realized they'd be of great interest to the fine folks here. A link to all four of the parts of the film is now at: corregidor.org/now%20showing/now%20showing%20index_04.htmHi John, you can let it buffer all the way even if you have to finish breakfast first. When it's totally buffered, you should be able to watch it without interruptions. -victor
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Post by oklahoma on Dec 9, 2008 10:57:34 GMT 8
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Post by oklahoma on Dec 9, 2008 11:10:46 GMT 8
those views of the interior of malinta tunnel, especially the hospital laterals were most intriguing, especially the closeups of the people's faces. although some of them were smiling, one wonders what real thoughts those smiles were attempting to hide. i wonder if the evidently older, rather stocky nurse (viewed from the rear as she accompanies a doctor) is the renowned captain maude davidson, the chief army nurse???the shots of the prisoners bathing was also most interesting. again, some of the men have facial expressions as if they were at cony island or some other recreational location. wonder if the Japanese cameramen were encouraging them to behave in such a manner. i looked closely for a sign or signal that the amer/filipino POWs might have displayed, but saw none. during the korean war my unit had a pilot shot down over MIG alley. he was a double ace so the chinese/korean captors made a big issue out of it. photos were published over the world of this pilot and a couple of other prisoners supposedly studying communist literature in the camp. upon closer study of this photo it is evident that our double ace was flashing the "bird" for the folks back home to know that the communist study group was staged for propaganda purposes. again, those are great shots even if i did have to wait long seconds between actual video and stills. i was having the same problem as the other poster, but i waded thru the whole thing. it was worth it.
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Post by EXO on Dec 9, 2008 14:47:42 GMT 8
I felt the newsreel is of such significance, here are the direct links to its four parts.
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Post by fots2 on Dec 9, 2008 18:26:16 GMT 8
Hi Victor,
Thank-you for the links. Yes I can buffer it all but I thought it would be great to keep those videos to watch anytime I choose without a lengthy wait each time.
I have a plug-in for Firefox that allows me to save just about any video from YouTube etc but for some reason it would not work with your linked videos.
No problem now. Thanks to you and EXO for the links.
John
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Post by okla on Dec 11, 2008 5:22:52 GMT 8
some of those closeup shots were haunting. i cant but wonder what tragic end probably awaited the poor, unfortunate guy with the body cast on his chest and left arm. going into bilibid in that condition certainly cut down his chances of survival. also have to wonder how interested the nurses were in their card game. those up close shots certainly put a human face on these depressing, but historical events. the chow line sequence was interesting. you couldnt tell what the men were being served, but the portions were larger than i had supposed was available. as i understand it, the corregidor troops were served two meals a day, although the servings were of the short ration variety, but we all know that whatever they received was m ore than the front line troops on bataan were eating. that seems to be the nature of war. the closer troops were to the "line", the more meager the chow. truly great videos. cant get the expressions of some of those unfortunates off my mind. what must they have been thinking with that Japanese newsreel guy prowling the tunnels filming them prior to their move to the prison pens.
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