President Marcos declaring Martial Law- Full Video Footage

Watch President Marcos declaring Martial Law- Full Video Footage! For the first time in 40 years, the Filipino people will be able to view what happened, as it happened when former President Ferdinand E. Marcos announced that he had placed the Philippines under Martial Law. This was a message from the Deputy Presidential Spokesperson on the 40th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law.

Proclamation No. 1081 was the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Once in effect, it covered the entire republic on September 21, 1972. It was announced to the public two days later.


Message from Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte
On the 40th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law
[Released on September 21, 2012]
For the first time in 40 years, the Filipino people will be able to view what happened, as it happened when former President Ferdinand E. Marcos announced that he had placed the Philippines under Martial Law.
Through an exclusive partnership between the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) and ABS-CBN, a new generation of Filipinos will be able witness one of the most defining moments in the nation’s history with the only surviving full video footage of President Marcos declaring Martial Law via live television broadcast at 7:15 in the evening of Saturday, September 23, 1972. The video, from the archives of ABS-CBN, will be embedded on the Official Gazette’s web page, complete with an interactive multimedia timeline of significant events and documents, which centralizes past events.
Another Institutional Memory initiative by the PCDSPO, this online media event builds on the use of the Internet as a space for remembering the past.
The video will be launched on September 23, 2012, exactly 40 years to the date and time of the original broadcast. Access it online through here: http://www.gov.ph/martial-law-40th-anniversary/
*The video will also be accessible through this page: www.abs-cbnnews.com/rememberML40, which also contains a teaser video from ABS-CBN.

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