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As per the 1935 constitution, the commonwealth had two official languages: English and Spanish. [4] [5] Due to the diverse number of Philippine languages, a provision calling for the "development and adoption of a common national language based on the existing native dialects" was drafted into the 1935 constitution. [45]
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Commonwealth prisoners of the Japanese build a bridge; Danger Within (1958) The Cow and I (1959) The Elusive Corporal (1962) The Great Escape (1963), depiction of the 1943 allied escape from Stalg Luft III; The Train (1964) King Rat (film) (1965) Von Ryan's Express (1965), Allied POWs stage an escape from a ...
James Stewart in Winning Your Wings (1942) During World War II and immediately after it, in addition to the many private films created to help the war effort, many Allied countries had governmental or semi-governmental agencies commission propaganda and training films for home and foreign consumption. Animated films are not included here.
The commonwealth as established in 1935 featured a very strong executive, a unicameral national assembly, and a supreme court composed entirely of Filipinos for the first time since 1901. Quezon's priorities were defense, social justice, inequality and economic diversification, and national character. [112]
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina [b] GCGH KGCR (UK: / ˈ k eɪ z ɒ n /, US: / ˈ k eɪ s ɒ n,-s ɔː n,-s oʊ n /, Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in ...
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) – comedy-drama musical film based on the actual experiences of Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye and Mitzi Mayfair, members of the Feminine Theatrical Task Force who left the United States on October 16, 1942, and performed several shows per day for American and British troops in England, Ireland and North ...
Philippine Commonwealth Army personnel in Davao. The date for Philippine Independence and US military withdrawal was approaching, resulting in a reduction in funds from the US military to directly support the expansion of the Philippine Commonwealth Army. 12 million dollars were provided to the Commonwealth for the establishment of the Philippine Army in 1936.
A number of countries have had a period of history during which they were a Commonwealth: Commonwealth of England (1649-1660) Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1946) Icelandic Commonwealth (930-1262)