American prisoners of war at the Bilibid Prison near Manila, Philippines during World War II. Exterior of Bilibid Prison. Photographs of the wounded. War damage in the prison. A wrecked statue of Jesus Christ lying. The prisoners eat food. A prisoner talks over a phone. A prisoner with a wooden support on the damaged leg reads a paper. Mutilated dead bodies.
Film begins with a slate reading: " Cabanatuan." Next, American Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Philippine Guerillas are seen wading across a shallow river on their way to rescue American prisoners held at a Japanese prison camp near Cabanatuan City, in the Philippines, during World War 2 .Scene shifts to American prisoners of war standing in formation outside a large building. Their hands are tied behind their backs. A new slate appears reading: "Men Awaiting Hospital Treatment after Liberation." Liberating American soldiers stand beside a Sherman tank conversing with several former POWs (prisoners of war). One of them looks quite emaciated. Another slate appears reading: "Beri-Beri,"followed by a closeup of the emaciated American just seen conversing with American soldiers in front of a Sherman tank. Closeup of his legs shows they are swollen. Closeup of him smoking a cigarette. A new slate reads:"Cabanatuan Water Facilities." Liberated POWs are using water pumped by hand from a well. The next slate reads: "Cabanatuan Mess Facilities." Closeup of a smiling former POW sitting at a table with chopsticks. Then, many American soldiers are seen gathered together outdoors, as if waiting to enter a mess facility. American soldiers are seen inside a building. Some are writing letters. outside, the liberators mingle with former POWs. One shows a captured Japanese sword. Slate reads: "Hidden Red Cross Supplies." American soldiers unearth large drums and open them, They then partake of edibles like candy that were in some of the boxes. Finally, POWs gather their belongings and begin leaving the prison compound.
Liberated Allied prisoners of war in Rangoon, Burma during World War II. Exterior of a building. A flag on the flag pole at the top of the building. The prisoners march in the war damaged area. They carry a wounded on a stretcher. They walk near a harbor. Ships at the harbor. Houses in the background.
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.
German troops man a firing line on the Eastern front in World War I. Opening scene shows German army officers and soldiers in a trench. They all wear cloth hats, except for one soldier wearing the new 1916 model steel helmet. They don't seem too concerned about possible enemy fire. An officer stands up, relatively exposed, and points out directions. Several soldiers lean forward in the trench, next to one manning a 1916 model MG-08/15 machine gun with wooden gunstock and a pistol grip (Maschinengewehr 08/15).The principal gunner is suddenly struck by an enemy bullet and falls back from the line. Two other soldiers seize the machine gun before it can fall from its position. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Russian officials along with Tsar Nicholas II arrive at a field cemetery on the Eastern front during World War I. A priest accompanies them as they walk. The officers and soldiers walk into a fenced area where fallen soldiers, in uniform, are laid out. soldiers unload more war dead from wagons and place them on the ground. Some houses are seen in the background. In a different setting, war dead, with some snow on them, are laid out on the ground. Tsar Nicholas II and officers are seen proceeding on horseback, ahead of marching troops. Snow covered fields in the background.
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