Posted on Jun 17, 2019

1898, Our Last Man In The Philippines - Trailer

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You guys wanna see an absolutely fantastic little-known war film on a little-known episode from the Spanish-American War? You'd have to put up with subtitles, however, trust me, this one is most definitely well worth it, promise...the plot's a surprise, OK? Enjoy....

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898,_Our_Last_Men_in_the_Philippines

Here's the Wikipedia page...trust me, it's on Netflix, I needed some time to get engrossed in it, however, once I did, it positively blew my socks off, honest....

1898 - Wikipedia

1898 (MDCCCXCVIII)was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendarand a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1898th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 898th year of the 2ndmillennium, the 98th year of the 19thcentury, and the 9th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1898, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized...

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SGT Ej P.

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And of course I recognized some Filipino actors!

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Capt Daniel Goodman

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Really...that's really interesting, honest, I actually found the film plot and historical aspect quite absorbing...had you ever run across the story before at all? I'd be really curious to know your thoughts about its historical level of.accuracy, so far as you might be able to elaborate at all...I must admit, that was pretty neat, you recognizing them in that fashion, definitely good-oh....

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SGT Ej P.

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Capt Daniel Goodman I was searching for Filipino movies on Netflix (before they added actual Filipino movies) and was surprised to see this, I thought it was a "Filipino" movie but instead a Philippine history movie!

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SGT Ej P.

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Capt Daniel Goodman I personally did not hear or learn about this story while growing up but does not mean it didn't happen. This kind of story would be considered part of the local history of that town as mine had it's own (Spanish/Japanese/American rule history) that not everybody gets to study in school. I do believe this possibly happened because of the other names and timelines they had mentioned.

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SGT Ej P.

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Capt Daniel Goodman..... The best way to check would be to look up that town where they were holed up and I'm pretty sure the residents would know and would proudly tell their history...

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Capt Daniel Goodman

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I follow, I'd just wondered, I'll look it up as your said, I'd course as well, many thanks....

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Capt Daniel Goodman

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baler

I found that....

Siege of Baler - Wikipedia

The Siege of Baler (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Baler, Spanish: Sitio de Baler) (July 1, 1898 – June 2, 1899) was a battle of the Philippine Revolution and concurrently the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. Filipino revolutionaries laid siege to a fortified church manned by colonial Spanish troops in the town of Baler, Philippines for 11 months, or 337 days.[5][3]

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MAJ Ken Landgren

Posted 5 y ago

Many of the Filipino elite have a lot of Spanish blood in them.

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Capt Daniel Goodman

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I'd read that...the whole thing went on four centuries, that was obviously to be expected, certainly, one would think.....

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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Apparently my dad befriended a Filipino billionaire ($). The tycoon proposed that I marry one of rich and pretty daughters and my father never told me. Capt Daniel Goodman

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