For Old Movie Buffs ..... 1945

[Mike S]

I watched an outstanding old movie with John Wayne and Anthony Quin last night called "Back to Bataan" ... made by RKO studios back in 1945 .... as it was partly filmed in the Philippines I'm not sure just how they did it as the war was just over or still going on .... any way here is some web links .... to long to post the whole thing and a link at the bottom where you can find it and download it on Pirate Bay ..... I'm downloading it now .... it is a fantastic old movie ...... hope you enjoy it .... :dance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Bataan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037522/

http://thepiratebay.se/search/back%20to%20bataan/0/99/200

[Call me bubba]

Thanks mike s for this topic starter. in the past few weeks i have watched various clips of war-torn manila ,

here is some of the ones i watched,

hope that others can watch too so they can TRUELY have a GRASP on what actually occurred here in manila & the philippines during the war.

youtube.com/watch?v=Wq21np7y5Ig&feature=related

this was produced by the us army after the war

youtube.com/watch?v=cbk-DP8juNc&feature=related

for others worthwhile to view just look at the right of youtube , it lists various films that may be of interest

Edited October 7, 2012 by Jollygoodfellow
added video

[Call me bubba]

off topic yet related to WW2 Philippines.

some of the internees . the older ones would give their meager rations to the children

so they would have a chance to survive,

Starvation deaths was not uncommon in late 44 til after Liberation .

 for those who have time . look for,watch the other videos regarding WW2 manila & liberation

an interesting insight of the Philippines and of  "Expats" that came before us.

[jon1]

For a good read about the Bataan Death March and the rescue of the POWs in Cabanatuan, check out "Ghost Soldiers, The epic account of World War II's greatest rescue mission". That mission was also the premise for the movie "The Great Raid". 

 

You get both perspectives in the book and it is truly heart breaking to read the conditions and treatment that our soldiers and the filipinos had to endure under the Japanese occupation.

Edited October 4, 2013 by jon1

[Dougbert]

Haven't seen that one--will keep an eye out for it on TCM or AMC.  Sometimes they'll do a marathon of John Wayne movies or war movies.

 

I'm currently reading "Lapham's Raiders" which is one man's account of guerrilla activities in the central plain of Luzon.  Lapham and some others were sent out of Bataan before the complete collapse and managed to survive and provide some useful service to the locals as well as the larger war effort (mostly intelligence until late 44-early 45 when the Americans did finally return).  Interesting, but probably only if you're a war history buff.

 

My neighbor here in CA was stationed in Germany in the 60s at a US listening post monitoring Soviet military radio intercepts.  He was a language expert.  As it turns out, his father was doing the same thing in the Pacific during WWII and followed a few days behind the invading troops in the Philippines.

 

And if you're a reader who enjoys an intellectually interesting read, try Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.  It's a novel, but has a good portion of the story set in the Philippines before, during, and after the war.  Fiction, but set in a well-rendered historical context.