THE SCREEN TRAVELER 1930s’ TRAVELOGUE OF MANILA “QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC“ 87274

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1930s film is of a series called ‘The Screen Traveler’, created by filmmaker Andre De La Varre. The film takes viewers on a tour of Manila, Philippines. Narration is by Paul Devlin (:21). Manila is the capital and largest city in the Philippines (:37) and the film begins with an image of the bay which the Spanish arrived in 1570 (:42). This is also the site of the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, where Admiral Dewey and his forces defeated the Spanish Pacific Squadron (:48). In the harbor, a span of the inter-island ships which served some of the archipelago of islands in the area are pointed to (1:03). The Pasig River flows through the center of the city and connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay (1:07). As the Philippines had not yet received their independence until 1946, and the commonwealth government was still under the adviso