U.S. troops enter Manila, Philippines during World War II. The troops fire guns and rifles and advance in Manila. The attack Japanese positions and destroy Japanese pillboxes. Tanks and infantry advance. Smoke rises from the firing and bombardment. The troops throw grenades to mop up the area. A Japanese building is destroyed. Wrecked tanks and other equipment on a field. Units of U.S. 44th Tank Battalion and 1st Cavalry Division advance. The troops cross a bridge over a river. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur watch the troops crossing the river. 1st cavalry Division enters Manila. They advance in the northern outskirts towards Japanese concentration camps. They are greeted by Filipino civilians. People celebrate as the troops enter the area.
Filipino civilians greet Allied invasion troops in Manila, Philippines. United States Army troops and Filipino guerrilla soldiers aboard small boats. They advance towards beachhead. The troops walk on the street with Filipino children welcoming them. A Filipino woman waves the American flag. A man drives a horse drawn Kalesa on the street. Damaged buildings in the background. Filipino boys hoist American flag on a building. Soldiers drive an army Jeep on a road. (World War II period).
United States Army soldiers in Norzagaray, Bulacan, Philippine Islands during World War II. Commanding General of the 43rd Infantry Division Major General Leonard F Wing, British Army Liaison Officer Lieutenant General Charles H Gairdner, Commanding General of the Sixth U.S. Army General Walter E Krueger, and Commanding General of the XI Corps Major General Charles P. Hall talk. They stand at a ridge overlooking the Ipo Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan near Manila, Philippines. An officer looks at a map and points towards a location.
Interview in Manila with freed female internee Georgette Kramer from the Japanese operated Los Baños internment camp (liberated 13 days before the interview). A microphone is set on a tripod stand for the interview. Ms. Kramer relates how she was wounded by a stray Japanese bullet during the February 23, 1945 liberation operation. During the firefight with Allied forces a bullet went through her mother's arm, through Ms. Kramer's abdominal wall, and into her friend's hand. Wounded, they were rushed to a tank. She says one other internee was also shot through the hip. When asked what she wants to do now that she is free she says she is not sure. A young girl, Ms. Kramer's sister, Aoife Kramer, runs up to the camera and says she wants to say something too. The interviewer lifts up the child in his arms. The girl says she wants to go to the United States. (World War II period).
Three women prisoners released from Japanese-operated Los Baños internment camp being interviewed two weeks after the February 23, 1945 liberation by U.S. and Filipino forces in World War 2. The three Fernando sisters sing while a microphone is kept on a tripod in front of them. Their song about the "Three Little Sisters" tells the story of their internment and their expectant waiting for liberation by the U.S. armed forces which was finally realized.
General Akira Muto of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Yamashita trial in Manila, Phillippines. The court in the session. Officers seated in the court. The General answers in part the question about the military administration of Phillippines.