General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña address the members of the legislature at Malacañang Palace in Manila, Philippines during World War II. On the rebirth of Philippine Commonwealth Government General MacArthur criticizes Japanese attacks on the country whereas President Osmeña talks about the problems of reconstructing the country in post war times. After coming out from the Malacañang Palace, the president salutes a Filipino honor guard and drives into Manila.
Interview with Doreen Garwick, wife of United States Navy officer Warren Garwick from Los Angeles, California. Garwick recounts her experience taken as a prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II in Manila, Philippines. During the interview she hopes of meeting her husband soon after the liberation of Manila.
An American soldier named Gene Kneebone from Grass Valley City, California being interviewed in Manila, Philippines. Kneebone recounts his experience as prisoner by Japanese forces in World War II during the interview. He states how he was beaten up at military police headquarters after two of his friends escaped from the Japanese prison camp.
Mrs. Gray along with her son Billy during an interview states how her husband was beaten to death by Japanese during World War II in Manila,Philippines.
Margaret Moule, the wife of William Moule, is seen along with her three children, Billy, Eileen, and Linda, late in World War 2. She describes how they hid from the Japanese in 1942, but were captured by the Japanese in 1943 and lived in a concentration camp in Manila, Philippines.
United States Army missionary and Allied prisoner of war Alfred L. Griffith recounts how he was tortured and made to dig trenches by Imperial Japanese Army troops during World War II in Manila, Philippines.