A visit to the Philippines, Baguio, Manila in 1940

An American couple visits Manila before WW2 (but I now hear that it may be Baguio city) and took an 8mm Kodachrome movie, a bit faded by now. The sound track was improvised.
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[@michaelijsbrand]

This video clip is based on an old amateur movie - not mine. Although I'm 83 years old my first visit to the Philippines was in 1949. I didn't meet any movie stars - only ordinary hardworking people.

[@whitenyy5670]

Do you still update your channel

[@michaelijsbrand]

@@whitenyy5670 Yes, although I'm nearly 91 years old now. Yesterday I uploaded another clip and more to come.

[@whitenyy5670]

@@michaelijsbrand Great to hear that. Inspirational and motivational

[@circ131]

Thank you for sharing these treasures. Take care. Mabuhay!

[@michaelijsbrand]

@@kimatyakido2491 Why should you?

[@franchescalouise1308]

They were vlogging when vlogging wasn't even a thing yet.

[@osamabinladen824]

Hell yeah. This video should be preserved and archived for the next generations to come and see the beauty of the Philippines. ☺️

[@Janney3791]

So true! Looks like history is just repeating itself, Woww..

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Haha galing na

[@stansb1951]

It's not a vlog 😭

[@marylitefing1779]

@@stansb1951 point is documentary and things with media weren't a thing b4 but we're lucky enough to see these.

[@TheSarge1991]

My name is Dean Ulrichs. I had the great pleasure of being stationed at John Hay AS a.k.a Camp John Hay, in 1987-89. The best two years of my life.

[@lydiaatienza3016]

TheSarge1991 Hi Dean Ulrichs, It's nice to know you were here before. I met a certain Capt. VAN DE VIN ( can't remember the correct spelling)along Kennon road with motorcycle problem and I helped him. He was stationed the Wallace Air Station in Poro Point, San Fernando, La Union. Nice officer.

[@joserizal1158]

TheSarge1991..So sad I've been in Camp John Hay for about times vacationing with my family when I was stationed in the Philippines and in Okinawa, Japan..😣

[@bluemarshall6180]

@@joserizal1158 And so?

[@OpViken]

whats your facebook name so I can chat with you

[@tombehram394]

@@bluemarshall6180 what's your problem.? Your out of their topic.

[@yujinacafe]

I saw Igorot guy wearing Americana on Top and their native Bahag on the bottom...hehehe...only in the Philippines.

[@aturogs1954]

...was not unusual at the time until maybe late 70's...was usually made fun of by other cultural sectors....not good....

[@gamermeshie3180]

You just find good symbolism. It will clearly tell you how the hierarchy is, I mean even until now. Foreigners on top the natives are on the bottom same in the Americas.

[@redranger518]

Interesting.

[@Snzn_7]

@@gamermeshie3180 you have a point, But as to why we igorots at that time still used g-strings despite adapting top clothing is for traditional reasons, They experienced the time when a male igorot has to pass some kind of rite to officially wear that type of g-string as a mark of adulthood. They meant something to them that's why it's cultarily hard for tgem to let it go. The younger ones are generally the ones who get to adapt modern full clothing as the traditional rite eventually faded out as lifestyle changed due to modernization and full clothing is more practical since cordillera is known as the colder regions of the philippines. (We got somehow recieved discrimination due to use of ancestral clothing but our adaptation of modern clothing is not due to that. It's just more practical to use modern clothing now and trad. Clothing is still used for traditional rites and formal events I hope this is informative.

[@gamermeshie3180]

@@Snzn_7 I see, thank you for informing me. If you don't mind me saying I'm not criticising native for wearing modern clothing, it just come to mind how it parallels today's society around the world. I love traditional clothing its colorful and great design much better than our national clothing. I wish I had a chance to wear one when i was in school.

[@bobbitski]

I love how the camera captures the sound.

[@stupstickman]

The sound was actually added later, The film originally didn’t have sound.

[@elekonsulttechnicalservice3424]

These are treasures sir, thank you very much for your generosity and hard work. My real name is George Mallari Simbulan. Born 1966 in Pampanga.

[@TheKing-cy1ef]

LOL 😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@calebcaruso]

Amazing my uncle old now would love to see this, He keeps telling me stories how Baguio was before.

[@TheKing-cy1ef]

LOL 😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@agilaeric1987]

RIP sir Michael Rogge, thank you for all the memories you posted. Only found out a few months later that you have passed away.

[@hkchrism]

@MichaelRogge Thank you Michael. It's such a pleasure to be able to talk to you!

[@SharonLee2600]

Yes I agree.. it's Baguio. I hear Ilocano language which is spoken here. Some male who are native in Baguio. They are wearing their native costumes. The place could be John Hay. The vendors in the market are still the same though. They still shout to get the consumers attention.

[@azedhio]

correction! it's not manila, this is Baguio city :)

[@elybombella1024]

Anneth Collantes okay thank you

[@kingjhay6684]

baguio and Manila .

[@tombehram394]

It's says on the title. Don't you understand.

[@jonp6434]

Most of the videos are taken from Baguio but not all. The ocean/sea says it all.

[@Wumao50c]

@@jonp6434 I would assume someone updated the title after she commented.

[@mariamakarova2420]

Obviously the audio was dubbed. I did not hear any native dialect except Pangalatoc which is a dialect in Pangansinan. The first market in the video seems like the Trading Post in La Trinidad in Benguet. The only footage I recognize from Baguio City is Camp John Hay - 3:31 I recognize the bridge , it's still there until now.

[@leefloresca7014]

Nope, the Trading Post in LA Trinidad was only built in the mid 1980s and was used commercially in the 1990s

[@mariamakarova2420]

@@leefloresca7014 ya , that's exactly why i said "seems like" LOL

[@michaelijsbrand]

@azedhio . Thanks for letting me know. The film says Manila but I have changed it to Baguio, because you say so and indeed I do not see much of the capital either.

[@amateurworld1016]

Yes, it was baguio city. Please note that there is no pine trees in manila.

[@joeverywhere6927]

Sadly the baguio you guys remember is gone. It's been trashed since the 40s

[@egjundis]

I agree with the assessment that the start is Baguio based on the trees, and flowers, but also the native costume which is of the mountain provinces. Given that it's a city only Baguio would have qualified at the time. But at the end they are island hoping so definitely not inland or in the mountain province. Based on the costume and blade shown, I assume this to be either in Jolo, or Zamboanga City.

[@dayuhanspace]

this is great! and the film is quite inact. im amused how baguio looked different in the old days,the towns people still wears ethnic clothing

[@TheKing-cy1ef]

LOL 😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@arctic_fox05]

Ah. People were already shouting "Balut!" back then.

[@Yukimurasanada29]

Hate to break it to you but the sound is added, there's no way in that era to record a video with live audio.

[@Zorglub1966]

@@Yukimurasanada29 No video at all, it was silver film at this time. Recording synchronised audio and filming was possible and reliable since about 1926 , but needed devices out of reach of the common kodachrome's owner or merely too finnicky to handle during leisure trips.

[@marfilforteza]

There's already balut as early as Spanish era.

[@KateXtreme]

@@Yukimurasanada29 lets support each other

[@jaketorralba4521]

As a filipino i'm very happy to see an old video like this about my country, thanks mr. Michael Rogge for uploading this video

[@TheKing-cy1ef]

LOL 😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@jaketorralba4521]

@@TheKing-cy1ef what's funny?

[@TheKing-cy1ef]

LOL 😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@morethanbiological08]

Hi Sir thank you for sharing this. The first part of your old film was Baguio when it was just starting, As you can see in the market place there are men wearing Western shirts but G-strings for lower coverings, those are Igorots (an Ibaloi term for highlanders) Ibalois and the Kankanaen tribes are the predominant tribes in Baguio. You would also notice that there are no Banana trees and coconut trees, Baguio is called the city of Pines, pine trees everywhere and a cool weather (airport elevation at 4,500 ft.), if you wake up in Camp John Hay at Dawn till early morning on the cold months of October to February the greens of the golf course is covered with white frost and disappears as the sun comes out and at times when it rains you have hail. This is why when Dean Conant Worcester's U.S. expedition reached Baguio he said (written in his expedition log) ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LEFT THE TROPICS. Baguio was built by the Americans for R&R and Camp John Hay originally was not a U.S Air force station but a sanitarium for U.S. soldiers undergoing depression getting home sick, couldn't adjust with the stress of the hot temperature in the Philippines, other psychological illness due to battle fatigue fighting with Filipino soldiers that have not yet pledge allegiance to the U.S. constitution. Baguio built by Americans for their civilians too, why up to now you would see the many American wooden houses In Baguio City that survived time Camp John Hay is now a plush country club for the rich and famous. When it was a U.S Air force station, near the entrance gate as you drive you would be welcomed by a giant billboard erected by the U.S. Air Force that reads "Paradise Found". Before the big welcome sign you will also be welcomed by warning sign post on police speed radar. The chieftain of the Igorots Mateo Carino in Baguio even made it to the U.S.Supreme court, fighting for his land that was turned into Camp John Hay. The Igorots are rich in gold and going to the U.S. is easy for Mateo Carino, maybe another reason of American interest in Baguio then. He owns a cattle ranch on those lands where Camp John Hay was. The U.S. government bought all his cattle. God bless you sir. Visit the Philippines if you can. Baguio now has big malls and condos. Those old American houses and structures are part of our American Heritage, help us make an awareness of them to preserve them.

[@justmeonthebeach]

Yes, according to historical records, there were many gold mines in Benguet... including Bagiuo.. the USA government used to buy gold from the Philippines for the USA national treasury back then. Private American citizens cannot own gold legally from 1935 to 1974, becoz of the Roosevelt Gold Reserve Act in 1934. Japanese forces first bombed Camp John Hay in 1942, after Pearl Harbor, and Yamashita chose Camp John Hay as residence during WW2. In fact, Camp John Hay was where WW2 started and ended in the Philippines.

[@alakdan011468]

Wow, this is something...thank you for uploading...

[@luisalatigay1360]

Thanks for letting us to know the past life style since then. More I like the past.. God Bless

[@michaelijsbrand]

@hkchrism. I suppose that they took a supply of kodachrome films with them. In the Pacific they were quite unaware of pending threats in 1940. After the Philippines they went to Hong Kong. See my follow-up clip.

[@champmaurer5139]

Thank you for uploading this video, it reminds me how the philippines look like back in the 40's (my mom wast even born yet ahaha)

[@azedhio]

@MichaelRogge its nice to watch videos of the early 1900's :)

[@rodels.3745]

the first part was definitely baguio city. then the second part was manila bay. the last part was probably cebu city.

[@rolandojr.antonio6855]

Mas maganda ang Baguio dati kesa ngayon. Nakarating ako dito 1st time, 1984, 8 yrs old p ako. Mura p ang bilihin, malinis ang paligid at walang traffic. P2.50 p flat rate s taxi. Ngayon, madumi n, daming building, marami n ding manloloko.

[@CyberXHacks]

Pilipinas Noon - Lahat may Pera Pilipinas Ngayon - Lahat walang Pera

[@bluemarshall6180]

CyberXHacks Ang Pera May Tao.

[@bojomojo4109]

Wala pa kasi klase ng politiko noon na tulad ngayon.

[@titomokris]

Thank you for sharing this

[@sunnyfield3090]

There were big ships at Burnham Park back then.

[@bienvenidomendoza4520]

I was 7yo when our family migrated in baguio city.. i saw igorot men wearing coat on top & bahag on bottm.. most of them can't speak tagalog but fluent in english! 😳😲😊🙂👍

[@GermanRasta]

a lovely, yet sad video. Sad that a year later its all overrun. All those beautiful people, you see them smiling, the children playing if only they knew then what darkness would fall over them a year later. Makes me wonder if the people you see here survived during the japanese occupation, were they part of the bataan march? Anyways Im ranting on... thx for the video!

[@rommelalbon]

Thank you sooo much for uploading this video. It brings me back *a LOT* to the past.

[@andrefiagoy4033]

It is worth watching and to know a history of Baguio

[@etram521]

1:40 Parang pinatong nalang yata ang audio. A purchase of 430 pesos is rare back in the day because according to my grandma, 100 pesos mong binili d mo na kayang bitbitin.

[@rome.u]

Baka with cents 4 pesos and 30 cents kasi diba mura lang dati ang mga bilihin?

[@rome.u]

At saka pag binabanggit natin with cents minsan di na sinasabi yung "cents?" Baka nga 4.30 Cents

[@alakdan011468]

@MichaelRogge I believe some parts is Manila(Later part).. We have BurnHam lake Baguio, but we do not have sea for the ships...

[@highdesertforester]

The shots of the pine trees are on Camp John Hay.

[@markymartin6037]

Wow How beautiful and clean Baguio back then I think products that time was very very cheap,and vegetables are also fresh. The water also was very clean compared to the water today…How I wish I have the power to travel in the past to experience this kind of life have by the early Filipinos. ☺️☺️☺️

[@Kitt_455]

So beautiful And it's really clean 😻😻

[@perfdel11]

yes this is I think about 1940s. you can tell by the men's suit and the women's hairstyles very 40s. and I also think this was shot in Baguio - not quite sure though. thanks sir Michael for posting.

[@SD-wo5ru]

I Love the Philippines i will be Going back as soon as the Travel ban is Lifted , Baguio is not Manila, Baguio is in Northern Luzon a long way from Manila nice place to Visit even nice Today around Burnham Park : )

[@melsilvestre8049]

Thank you so much for sharing this, Michael.

[@aleczvlogs653]

its bagiuo city, the city of pines

[@benhurasuncion3459]

Yes sir, the shot was taken in Baguio city...thank you again for sharing this video Michael :)

[@bangjay21]

wow nice!! i could even hear the sounds

[@ariesaristonego3150]

Is the audio added just recently? The people speak like today (2020)

[@michaelijsbrand]

The sound track was improvised later.

[@ariesaristonego3150]

@@michaelijsbrand thank you for sharing this rare video. I have lived in Baguio for several years. The streets and some old buildings are quite familiar to me.

[@annakarinnabautista4650]

Just wondering what camera was used and the color was still amazing considering the years gone by. Should be preserved or donated to cultural archives for future reference.

[@jakeyuan]

i love old Philippine videos hays!

[@jeromefelizardo61478]

The kids and babies there right now is already 70 y.o up to 80 y.o up, now in our time.

[@franchescalouise1308]

I think the first part was shot in Baguio and the rest in Manila.

[@trafficrider1990]

back when the sea is not polluted, you can swim carefree without the fear of catching dangerous pathogens on the water

[@zehnr3857]

Amazing! Can't believe you still have this video :)

[@_spiderfan]

1:02 this baby is probably the same age as the members of The Beatles, maybe even older. 😳

[@byteme9718]

Much the same now but fortunately the've painted everything in colour.

[@bojomojo4109]

I'm amazed by the quality of the camera shot. I wonder what kind of camera was used to film the scene? I would say michael is a vlogger in the olden days..

[@bojomojo4109]

Buti pa yun itsura ng mga ordinaryong pinoy sa kalye noon maayos yun bihis malinis at disenteng tingnan. Ngayon di mo na maintindihan ang itsura parang marumi tingnan.

[@glamourpho]

Maybe part is in Baguio , also naked Igorot looking men walking around but the pines prolly Baguio. Of course some could be Manila with the naked kids in the water.

[@homuor6449]

Baguio is the only one that maintain its cleanliness

[@ExK2408]

Thank you for uploading this sir

[@tresmarias4932]

Wow amazing bagio

[@okike.4573]

This is wonderful thanks

[@takumifujitsu3980]

I miss the old style of fashion before, simple and not revealing too much. if I was born before I woulde enlist in the military as medic combat. :-)

[@vincenterlano2628]

Me too

[@joserizal1158]

Too bad..Baguio city is now polluted of bad air, crowded, to much business establishment, too much traffic, too many people, garbage problem, majority of business at session road own by Koreans, the zig zag road heading to the city full all kind of business and the beauty of baguio city no longer the same...very sad!!

[@roys8870]

And nobody still understands how it became that way, right?

[@bluemarshall6180]

@@roys8870 Blame those Politicians and those rich greedy Businessmen.

[@milestones24]

Hi there sir, just gonna ask if you have some old pictures of baguio

[@ronnienestor]

Thank you Sir for sharing.. a treasure indeed.

[@julieevangelista760]

Wow thanks for sharing... There's really a big gap from way back then..

[@lotylelemon8617]

thanks for the bid. I can see Spanish,asian,European, Portuguese and african mix blend of people from 1492 till now they are beautiful people

[@jaycoolelkgrove1161]

Awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[@RobAngeles]

How I wish I lived in this generation. I was born 1994. It's 2020, I am now 26, exposed in pollution in manila, had to go through a very heavy traffic, no parents (they both passed away), living alone in a house, corrupt officials, very unhappy, and too much anxiety. I wish I was born in an earlier generation of the Philippines.

[@hkchrism]

Was Kodachrome widely available? This looks unbelievably good for something home made in 1940. Looks more like 1960. What a crazy trip to be taking right before the war. Do you know anything more about it?

[@emanyerr5349]

Thanks for sharing....your the man!!!

[@workingstudentera]

This was just before WWII.

[@SBBmysm]

Thank you for sharing this video... It's a nice thing to know how manla look like during 1940's

[@perciisantiago1836]

This is Baguio City, miss Angel... Reply to your comment, 04 19 2020

[@fareastmanilavideoproducti4499]

but the sound isnt 1940s

[@mercedesvicente6559]

that is in Baguio my place nice weather

[@obiecastro2482]

Mr Michael Rogge thank you for sharing the video really classic and interesting...are you a military man stationed in Baguio City? You were there in the 40s ...i would say u're lucky you have witnessed and feel Baguio City in those days very less poluted and lots of green and flowers..More Power to your proj and congrats... The other sections are not in Baguio City?

[@kingvinryan7730]

Sir he's a European traveler across the globe. Look at his other video of the other countries.

[@k.b.b7268]

The sound is like now but the clothes not wow I hear ilocano evrywhere

[@stupstickman]

It is because the sound was added later, the original film did not have sound.

[@PaulJohn01]

Ah that Gangsa music right at the start 😀

[@laniilanga4050]

👍

[@TheEagleEye2020_MLA]

There's a part where the place looks like somewhere in Mindanao, the boys diving for coins. Just a guess, many portions are in Baguio City - where I live.

[@zodiacfml]

someone should help this guy AI enhance his videos

[@perfdel11]

Thank you Sir.

[@obiecastro2482]

I am your subsciber...Loving from Philippines

[@arariira]

I can see so much difference after 80 years

[@jonjoncudiamat4227]

Back then thy even shout “TAHOOOOOOOO! TAHOOOOOOOOOOO! TAHOOOOOOOOO” AND TAHOE

[@ellidienieee3747]

Wow

[@edwardvergara7527]

Time when the air in Baguio was still crisp and absolutely fresh..

[@ajmosqueda6698]

taglish na pala sila dati

[@kevin0_0king86]

is this the real sound

[@healthserviceunit8433]

no...they are shouting BONELESS BONELESS MADAM!!!! uso na ba noon ang boneless bangus?? and the other said "Jacky Baryam man..."

[@aldas9174]

Just like reading Francisco v coching's comiks.. same clothingz.. same ambiance.. those times where Philippines belong to the top highest economy 🧡💛💜

[@perfdel11]

Hi Sir, how was Manila back in 1940? how are the Filipinos then? have you seen/met any movie stars at that time? how old are you now? both of you? thank you.

[@Phi1Productions]

Michael, are you the one who shot all these videos?

[@khingoshakkayang1127]

Not old why I Vendor shouts BONELESS NA LANG ?

[@sibatkawayan4813]

What are they eating, they're all healthy.

[@93DNA94]

This is so Cool & Awesome!!

[@cherylb6005]

Is that the actual audio?

[@michaelijsbrand]

No, the sound has been added. There were no amateur sound cameras available.

[@iberianlion1459]

MichaelRogge did you take the video? It’s amazing.

[@michaelijsbrand]

No, at the time no live sound movies were possible so I improvised the sound.

[@noypi613]

this is amazing

[@rome.u]

5:51 i think they are couples, visiting different countries back then, the camera holder was her partner i think because they look foreigners

[@cliffordluke2379]

Pambihira 150 pesos na pala ang karne sa panahong iyan 😂

[@alvin806]

1 peso and 50 centavo siguro

[@cruxivar6026]

Opo! Kasi naabutan ko pa ang P20 pesos na karne noong 1982. Saka P180 pesos pa noon yung kinsenas na sweldo ng Tatay ko. Isang ordinaryong Clerk sa may Binondo pa noon si Papang ko.

[@armandoalonzo8973]

My 100 pesos ka sobra laki na sa time na yan

[@sonnynaps3396]

5:12 Inaabangan ng lahat!!

[@jerboztrail1523]

wow...its pre war footage..i just can't believed it how it was filmed ..i thought video cameras in those days are all black & white..

[@michaelijsbrand]

From 1895 onward fims were shot on 8,16, or 35mm perforated stock. Video made headway this century. Read my article wichm.home.xs4all.nl/filmsize.html

[@mohamadalruby2153]

Any more of this ?

[@maayongaga729]

This is my late parents time right before WW II...my late father said there were influx of Japanese merchants. War broke they were generals.

[@sssss3976]

How was the philippines in 40s? Iam very curious

[@mca2166]

Philippines was like Guam... US commonwealth.