[Footage taken in Manila, Philippines, and during flight to Okinawa (Japan), circa 1930s-1940s]

Title

[Footage taken in Manila, Philippines, and during flight to Okinawa (Japan), circa 1930s-1940s]

Description

Film footage taken in Manila, Philippines, and during a flight to Okinawa (Japan), circa 1930s-1940s. The footage begins with shots of unidentified neighborhoods and street scenes in Manila; some of the shots include children and adults. The footage then transitions to aerial views taken from an unidentified aircraft during a flight to Okinawa, showing coastlines, rice paddies, and the Ryukyu Islands. No exterior shots of the aircraft are present in the footage.

The footage is in color and is silent.

Label on film container: "Manila - Okinawa."

Date

1930s-1940s circa

Subject

Extent

1 film reel (3 min., 54 sec.) : silent, color ; 8 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Robert L. Simons Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1998-05-05-B_AV_001_01