Photos below and similar ones were posted months earlier by Maria Kabs and other netizens on Facebook, which became viral.
Lester Babiera of Coconuts Manila produced a short video of Rommel and Badji which was posted by ABS-CBN online News (see video below). Three months after that, the journalists and documentarians at GMA News and Public Affairs spent time with Rommel Quiminales and Badji and were able to elicit and uncover the full story, producing the documentary above which went on to become a finalist in the UNICEF worldwide documentary competition. Below is an earlier short video intro produced by Lester Babiera:
rare footage: Ninoy Aquino funeral march Aug. 21, 1983 shot and produced by Manuel Silva for Reuters, never uploaded on YouTube before, found/ researched by this blog, carted in itnsource.com/en/specials/shotlist/RTV/1983/08/31
this is a very rare footage never before uploaded in YouTubeand researched and found by this blog: Documentary, Ninoy Aquino funeral march, August 21, 1983, shot and produced by Manuel Silva for Reuters, carted in
used here as a report for the commemoration of the Ninoy Aquino Assassination, non-commercially for review and promotion work and for archiving of historical documents, photos, and videos. The footage includes the funeral mass in Sto. Domingo Church, various angles of the street assembly, a medium shot of the funeral cortege, that slowly zooms out into a semi-aerial shot of the two-million strong funeral march, the largest in world history. If you’re going to use it, please include in your acknowledgements, this blog or the YouTube account of this blog kasi po pinaghirapan ko rin ang paghahanap nito at nagbuhos ng pagod at panahon — hwag maging walang-modo, salamat po — i shouldn’t have to say this, sorry…. pero marami po kasi dyan ang parang… hindi nakapag-aral, sowee. (because it was the product of much research effort, and precious time and energy — don’t be rude & unethical in using it. Thanks! A meaningful commemorative day to all!)
