Video shows scene from 1986 film about Philippine communist insurgency

Updated on 24/06/2022 at 06:50

A video with hundreds of thousands of views is circulating in the Philippines alongside the claim it shows communist rebels surrendering to the government of incoming leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who won the presidential election in May. In fact, the footage shows a scene from a Filipino film released in 1986 about the country's communist insurgency.

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