The liberated Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Soldiers and Filipino civilians standing in the front yard of the Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas, used during the war as a concentration camp by the Japanese forces for Filipino prisoners and prisoners from the United States, United Kingdom and other Allied countries. Heavy columns of smoke rise from a building where an explosion has occurred. People in the yard are mainly curious. American soldiers drive into the yard in jeeps. A squad of American soldiers marches across the yard. Soldiers and civilians carry wounded on litters. Some damage seen on exterior of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building, with holes in the damaged building. Several U.S. soldiers on guard duty are silhouetted against the light sky. A dead and bloated Japanese soldier in a wrecked car. U.S. soldiers running take cover near a truck. Several mutilated and burned dead bodies in various stages of decomposition on the street.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A crowd gathers in front of a building. The crowd applauds. Soldiers stand at attention. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur comes out of the building. A Japanese headquarters building. A guard seated on a truck in front of the building. The observation tower top of a building. The town of Santo Tomas. Repatriated, liberated Allied prisoners seated in front of shacks. A child drinks canned milk. The mother holds the glass. Men and women have drinks. Three children drink milk from a glass.
United States Army engineers and troops construct a pontoon bridge in Manila, Philippines during World War II. A pontoon bridge across a river. Engineers inspect the bridge. The original bridge wrecked by the Japanese in the background. The engineers work on the bridge. They tie ropes on the new bridge over Pasig River. Filipino civilians waving and standing along the shore. Damaged buildings. Truckloads of troops cross the bridge. The Filipino civilians wave at them.
Filipino women and girls greet United States soldiers in Bulacan, near Manila, Philippines during World War II. Soldiers stand beside a sign that reads 'Manila'. Filipino girls place flowers on the helmets of U.S. soldiers. The soldiers wave to Filipino natives on the road to Manila. A Filipino girl places flowers in soldiers' helmets. Soldiers playfully put flowers on top of Filipino girl’s head. A sign reads ‘Bigaa’ and 'Manila'. Soldiers aboard a jeep cross a river in a native ferry.
Filipino civilians return to their homes in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Filipino civilians walk along a road to Manila on the way back to their homes. They carry a few personal belongings. Men, women, and children walk along the road. Filipino men and women flash the victory sign (V sign) as they walk on the road. The Filipinos cross a field to get to the highway.
United States soldiers advance towards Manila, Philippines late in World War II. A dead Japanese sniper along a highway to Manila. U.S. Army soldiers with rifles march along both sides of the road. The soldiers drink beer in front of Balintawak Beer Brewery in Barrio Torres Bugallon, Polo, Bulacan (now part of Valenzuela City). The soldiers and Filipino civilians outside Balintawak Beer Brewery. A soldier drinks beer from helmet. The soldiers cross a bridge across a river. Allied liberated civilian prisoners in front of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building. They cheer and wave. A group of nurses walk. Street scenes in Manila. A soldier holds two children. Children stand on a tank in the middle of a street. Elderly freed prisoners talk to a soldier. The soldiers continue to walk. A jeep moves past. A soldier drinks water. They cross a pontoon bridge. Civilians gather outside a building. They wave. Girls walk. A soldier carries two children. Civilians and children climb aboard a tank and look in through the top. Three older freed men seated in chairs talk. Two of them are thin and emaciated from meager food rations.