Meeting of Filipino Rehabilitation Commission at Malacañang Palace (J.P. Laurel Street San Miguel, Manila, Luzon 1005 Philippines) in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Meeting of commission with President of the Commonwealth of Philippines, Sergio Osmeña in Malacañang Palace. United States Senator Millard Tydings (Maryland) seated next to President Osmeña. Commission include Senator Frank R. Lowe, Colonel Isams, Colonel Baumann Heater, Lieutenant Callahan, Admiral Tarrant, Captain Brierley, Dr. Elliot, J. Weldon Jones, A. Zimmer, Mr. G. Monick, Senator Tydings and President Osmeña. President Osmena in his office alone. Confessor in President Osmeña's office.
Remains of United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress that crashed in Tinian, Northern Marianas Islands during World War 2. It was B-29 number 42-65283, nicknamed "Big Wheel," from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron. Opening scene shows remains of two engines and bent propellers from the crashed B-29. Ocean and a B-29 coming in for a landing are seen in background. Two destroyed engines and props along with partially intact empennage, are the only recognizable parts of the airplane. Aircraft debris is scattered close to the beach. Three U.S. Army Air Force personnel stand looking over the wreckage.
Japanese prisoners of war in Philippines during World War II. The captured Imperial Japanese Army soldiers stand in a stockade. Trees in the background. A United States soldier questions them while another stands on guard. Young and old Japanese prisoners of war are seen.
A crowd of German soldier prisoners of war in a field in Czechoslovakia. A United States Army soldier frisks a German soldier P.O.W. Large mass of surrendered German troops in the field. Surrendered German equipment parked in the field. (World War II period).
German civilians in a field in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They climb into United States trucks. The trucks parked beside a street. A large crowd stands near the trucks. The civilians carry luggage. (During period of forced expulsion of German citizens from Czechoslovakia.)
Two U.S. marines in combat gear (without packs) stand at railing of a Navy Attack Transport ship (APA) as it transits a channel in World War 2. Tropical-style dwellings are seen on shore. Numerous U.S. warships seen in a bay. Sailors and marines stand at the railing of the APA underway. White caps on the water. U.S. warships in the convoy viewed from stern of the APA. A United States Coast Guard photographer, on deck, looks through the lens of an Eyemo Q movie camera.