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Philippines - The Furthest Cross

A look at the historical and cultural background of the Philippines.
Series : Asian Insight | Episode : 5 | Year : 1976 | Total Duration : 52 Minutes | Producer : John Temple, Don Murray
Director : Arch Nicholson |
Aerial view of a Filipino village. Filipino hill tribe gathering to eat. Filipino hill tribe gathering to eat. Marching band performing in the street. Military soldiers marching on oval.
Military soldiers marching on oval. Military soldiers stand on the street beside a shop. Portrait of an elderly Filipino man. Portrait of an elderly Filipino man. Portrait of an elderly Filipino man.
Portrait of an elderly Filipino woman. Priest inspecting a patients abdomen. Statue of Mary and Jesus on a church. Street of Chinese mausoleums, two men and a boy relax on the street corner. Two women from a Philippine Highland village wearing traditional headdresses.
Volkswagon with decorative body made from wrought iron parked outside a store. Women from a Philippine Highland village wearing traditional headdresses.
WS boats on tranquil water. Pan to palm tree lined busy street with cars past camera. VS traffic in streets of Manila. WS heads of people in crowded market scene. Tilt down black figure of Christ statue decorated with red and gold fabric in black Nazarene church. MS worshipping kissing statue's feet and praying and CU child being lifted to kiss statue. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134291 | 53 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Vocal crowd watching cockfight. MS cocks fighting. VS Jaialli ball game played by two contestants in deep court. WS crowds watching and turning heads in unison. VS decorated cars in street past camera and MS presenter John Temple walking towards camera and speaking about Filipino identity problems and history. Graphic map of South East Asia, zoom to Philippines and opening titles. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134292 | 2 mins 11 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
High shots over mist settles near steppes in countryside and over village huts of stone age Negritos tribes. High shots over paddy rice fields, stream and Kalinga villagers in the mountain province of Luzon. VS around village of naked children, villagers carrying loads on heads, smoking and high shots over huts. Graphic map overlay shows patterns of historic settlement to the Philippines. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134293 | 1 min 8 secs | 1970s | Kalinga Village, Luzon, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
GS Kalinga village woman pounding rice. High shot over woman with village children playing nearby. CU villager with heavily tattooed arms winnowing rice and VS villagers carrying grain in baskets on heads. WS villagers working rice fields. Zoom out from villager tending flooded rice terrace of Banaue to aerial view over ancient terraces carved out of highland hillsides. WS mountain village. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134294 | 1 min 9 secs | 1970s | Kalinga Village, Luzon, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
VS wild pig being brought into village tethered to stick. VS villagers both young and old gathered around fireplace with CUs of pig being slaughtered. VS Bontoc villagers dancing and banging metal in ceremonial dance. WS zoom out from rice terraces to river valley and terraces surrounded by mountains. WS graphic map showing Spanish expedition's route to Philippines. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134295 | 2 mins 46 secs | 1970s | Luzon, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
VS Spanish paintings depicting Magellan's exploits, scenes of Christian conversions and murals depicting Magellan's death with CUs of fighting. WS memorial with VS pictorial images on it and CU of memorial plaque to Lapulapu, the chief who killed Magellan. MS presenter John Temple telling the story of the Legazpi invasion of 1565. CU doll the image of the Holy Child Jesus known as the Santa Nino. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134297 | 3 mins 3 secs | 1970s | Cebu, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
MS pan across worshippers in St Nino's Church, Manila and zoom to people praying to doll in alter. GS family in church. VS faith healers in rural areas near Cebu tending people seated in room. WS Filipinos walking around Manila and Fort Santiago. WS Fort Santiago from the Pasig River. Model of former walled settlement behind fort. WS San Agustin church. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134298 | 2 mins 31 secs | 1970s | Cebu, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
High angle shot of lush gardens, GS fountain and VS church exterior and stone verandahs. CUs and zoom outs from carved images of saints on building. MS Father de la Costa S.J. talking the impact and legacy of Christian missionaries on the people and the resultant Catholicism. VS religious procession through streets at night. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134301 | 2 mins 24 secs | 1970s | Cebu, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
VS couples in formal attire dancing. CU groom placing wedding ring on bride's finger and VS bride, groom and attendants and WS congregation all of a race called mestizos. WS bridal party posing for photographs in church. MS photographers taking photos. GS bride and groom walking down aisle after service and CUs bride being kissed by well-wishers. Zoom out from graphic map of the Philippines to South East Asia showing the spread of the Islam religion. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134302 | 2 mins 19 secs | 1970s | Cebu, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Various WS of Filipinos paddling and sailing crafts on water and GS village on stilts in water. GS freshly caught fish being tended and villagers walking around jetties. CUs men playing drums and VS village women weaving. VS village mosque exterior and followers inside bowing in prayer. WS roof of mosque. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134303 | 1 min 45 secs | 1970s | Cebu, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Pan from mosque to old fort in the city of Zamboanga on Mindanao built by the Spanish. GS old canon nearby. VS Christians praying in outdoor church. Tilt up religious mural. Zoom out from white statue of Jesus on stone wall of church. VS city traffic and troops on streets of Mindanao. GS military at check points and amongst traffic. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134305 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1970s | Mindanao, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
WS entrance to Chinatown streets with horse-drawn carriages, cars and Asian pedestrians. VS Chinese artisans, shops and street traffic. GS band walking down street ahead of Chinese funeral courtage followed by families dressed in all black. WS grandiose tombs in Chinese cemetery. GS presenter John Temple walking through cemetery. VS families in cemetery on weekend to have a meal in the cemetery. VS shots of cemetry. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134306 | 3 mins | 1970s | Manila, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
MS presenter John Temple to camera with colonial building in background. VS nuns playing musical instruments with young Filipino boys. MS girls in classroom being taught by nun. VS men in field cutting sugar cane by hand and WS carrying bundles onto awaiting truck. WS workers in rice fields and GS buffaloe transporting crops and landowners. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134307 | 2 mins 33 secs | 1970s | Manila, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
WS large helium balloons and celebrations outside church. VS religious festival with crowd watching children performing piece about the revolution. CUs and zoom outs from models in dioramas depicting uprising against the Spanish then war with the Americans. MS presenter John Temple to camera as he walks through gardens to Rizal Museum. CU sign to Rizal's Shrine. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134308 | 4 mins 9 secs | 1970s | Manila, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
WS visitors entering Rizal Museum. Zoom outs and CUs from paintings of Jose Rizal. VS faces of visitors in the museum. MS Sociologist Renato Constantino talking about the cult of Jose Rizal. MS and WS men playing golf in the mountain resort of Baguio. WS houses up hillside and GS traffic and city streets. WS park. VS Philippine Military Academy marching. Aerials over Churches and VS American influences on Filipino culture. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134309 | 4 mins 45 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
VS cars on Manila streets. GS street band. VS Filipino employees in Coca Cola bottling factory and VS packers in ice cream factory. VS basketball game in indoor stadium with tilt to scoreboard. GS people dancing in disco. Models used to depict Philippine involvement in World War II and Japanese occupation. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134310 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
MS interview with President Ferdinand Marcos. VS models depicting Japanese occupation of Philippines. CU pair of sparrows perched on metal bars then flying off. GS tourists around the dungeons of Fort Santiago. CUs visitors' faces. VS models depicting American liberators. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134311 | 2 mins 4 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
MS presenter John Temple talking to camera on post war politics. VS modern buildings in Manila. VS Filipinos in industry and westernised business including MS woman at cash register, women in supermarket shopping, women shopping in department stores and Christmas display in shopping area. CU wall hanging of The Last Supper. VS family sharing meal at table and high shot over family eating to pan across kitchen to Christmas tree near lounge room. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134312 | 3 mins | 1970s | Manila, Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
WS people on paths with children carrying balloons. GS balloon seller and boys on roller skates in Rizal Park. VS heavily decorated cars and mini buses on Manila streets. MS Art Gallery Curator Prof. Emmanuel Torres talking to camera about artistic expression. VS psychic surgery by faith healer. VS families and activities such as washing in backstreets of slums and children playing. Child playing with doll in doorway. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134313 | 2 mins 58 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Aerial over slums and crowded city streets of Manila. MS soldier directing traffic and CU to gun in his belt. MS pedestrians. MS presenter John Temple to camera. Bright flashing neon decorations, music, bands and crowds in large religious street parade at night. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 134314 | 2 mins 59 secs | 1970s | Philippines | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
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