U.S. President Harry S. Truman and four Naval officers in the rose garden of the white house, Washington DC. President Truman walks out of the White House with three U.S. Navy Commanders and one Lieutenant Commander, and poses on a lawn. The President shakes hands with all of them at the same time. Photographers take pictures of the group. A group of newsmen on the lawn.
A Japanese prison camp at Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. A Japanese officer talks to American intelligence officers in a hospital prison camp. Living quarters and barracks where American prisoners live. A street in Haikimo. A freight train loaded with tree logs moves past.
A Japanese prison camp at Urawa in Saitama, Japan towards the end of World War II. A Japanese military personnel near a muddy street in a village. U.S. officers and the Japanese military personnel enter the main gates of a prison building. American prisoners wave from the balcony of a building as they see U.S. officers arriving. A Japanese prison guard. Interiors of a washroom in the prison camp. A hole in the building where a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber dropped a food package. A Japanese police guard. A flag flies from the top of the building. Police officers getting prison bundles together.
Liberation of Allied prisoners in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. U.S. prisoners as they lounge on the deck of hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) in Tokyo Bay. U.S. personnel on the dock wave when a boat approaches. The compound of Japanese POW (Prisoners of War) camp at Nisson Mill Camp near Tokyo shows Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Japanese guards can be seen in the compound. A littered street.
Liberation of American prisoners in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. U.S. personnel wave as LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Personnel) loaded with released American prisoners leave a dock. A Japanese guard on the dock. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighters pass over LCVPs underway. A group of released prisoners of war on the dock waiting for transportation. A crane in the background. Released POWs in an LCVP underway towards hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) anchored off the coast. Litter patients are hoisted aboard USS Benevolence from the LCVP. The LCVP comes alongside, men are assisted aboard USS Benevolence.
Big Three meet at Yalta Conference in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during World War II. Prime Minister of United Kingdom Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin seated in courtyard of Livadiya Palace near Yalta. RN (Royal Navy) Fleet Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Marshal of the RAF (Royal Air Force) Sir Charles Portal, and USN (United States Navy) Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy stand behind the 'Big Three' seated. Mountains surrounding Livadiya Palace.
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