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Flying over Manila, the visitor sees the capital of the Philippine Commonwealth as it appears on the front cover.
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The Philippine Cabinet meets with President Quezon and J. M. Elizalde, Resident Commissioner to the United States.
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Paul V. McNutt
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Leo Kocialkowski
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Trainees in the Philippine Army take an oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth.
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Finance Minister Roxas
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President Quezon and General Aguinaldo affirmed their loyalty to the Stars and Stripes as well as to the new flag of the Philippine Commonwealth.
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The President attends mass at the Letran College chapel, Manila with Mrs. Quezon and children.
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President Quezon, surrounded by friends, brings in a sheaf of rice from his farm at Arayat, North of Manila
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Inter-island ships unload sacks of rice at the Pasig River quays in the heart of Manila.
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High-speed Q boats have an important place in Philippine defense plans.
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Filipino troops undergoing training as part of Commonwealth defense program, on parade at Camp Murphy, outside Manila.
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Intramuros, the old walled city of Manila, is the site of the oldest hospital and the oldest university under American flag.
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Senator Harry B. Hawes
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Malacanan Palace
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Beside palm-fringed Dewey Boulevard, overlooking Manila Bay, is the new residence of Francis B. Sayre, American High Commissioner to the Commonwealth.
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Joseph E. Jacobs
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U.S. Army and Philippine Constabulary officers confer during the battle of Bud Dajo, 1906.
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Inter-Island Shipping at Zamboanga
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Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Iekes
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President Quezon awards prizes to winners of the National Library Contest in Manila.
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Jose Yulo, Speaker of the Philippine National Assembly visits Secretary of the Interior Iekes in Washington.
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Headquarters staff of the Philippine Military Academy at Baguio.
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Mathematics class at the Philippine Military Academy
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Economic Steps to Independence
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Philippine Sugar, as represented by Insular Sugar Refining Plant near Manila, faces a period of readjustment in preparation for Independence.
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St. Augustine Church in Manila was built by Spaniards in 1599.
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Mrs. Josefa Llanes Escoda, organizer of the Philippine Girl Scout Movement
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At Manila's piers, ships of all nationalities dock.
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Old Spanish Church at Capiz
