Pledge To Bataan.

Duration: 20 min.

Year Published: 1945

Creator: Adventure

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Copyright: 19Mar45 L13173, renewed 6Nov72 R539211 Renewal claimant: United Artists Television, Inc Original author: Vitaphone Corp

Description: "Technicolor film telling the story of the Philippines from the days of the Spanish conquest through the period since the inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935. 'Traces the growth of commerce and industry and the development of democratic institutions in the Philippines. Shows the islands at their picturesque best from the plains of Luzon to the jungle growth of Bataan. It also shows the customs of the natives contrasting the ancient Oriental with American influences; their religious ceremonies and the agricultural, mineral and forestry resources of the Philippines. Emphasizes the people's love of freedom and their loyalty to the United States.' N.Y. Times. 'The finest motion pictures we have ever seen from the Far East.' Melville Grosvenor, Nat. geographic. Film has a lecture, music, and effect sound track"

Complete Record: PLEDGE TO BATAAN. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd., color. Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, David Griffin; narration, Ralph Schoolman, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman Bradley. Technicolor. © The Vitaphone Corp.; 19Mar45; LP13173.

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946