World War II events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. Filipino guerrillas march and line up as they prepare to fight against Japanese soldiers. A Filipino guerrilla of European descent and Chinese Filipino guerrilla are seen. U.S. officers seated in a camp. A newspaper headline reads 'MacArthur invades Philippines'. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers land at Leyte in the Philippines. Filipino guerrillas receive rifles. U.S. and Filipino soldiers fire artillery and tanks roll across a field. A tank named “Luzon Liberator”. U.S. forces march through a city in the Philippines. General MacArthur gets off a car. A sign reads 'Victory Festival'. Filipino civilians cheer for American soldiers. Decorated floats at a parade to mark the end of Japanese occupation. Signs read ‘Mabuhay America & Filipinas’, 'Long live Philippines', ‘Mabuhay President Truman’ and 'Thanks Uncle Sam'.
African American women soldiers of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed “Six Triple Eight", Women's Army Corps (WACS), march in formation on February 15, 1945, during World War 2. Location is Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, at the time of the unit's arrival in Birmingham. A military band of male soldiers precedes the group of marching WACS. The long column of African American WACS, marching 4 deep, is led by commanding officer Major Charity Adams. Close up views of the women marching. WACS in front of the unit carry the American flag in the procession.
Square overlooking Danzig Town Hall (Długa 46, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland) is filled with flags and banners of Nazi Germany during World War 2. A crowd watches a Nazi marching band in the square. German 60th Infantry Division (60th Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle) marches in the streets of Danzig holding their banner. The Nazi Wehrmacht infantry marches past the front of Danzig ( Gdansk ) Główny Central Train Station (Podwale Grodzkie 2, 80-895 Gdańsk, Poland). Rows of German soldiers neatly lined up as Zug (platoon) marches into place. Soldiers execute the Inspector Arms formation, showing their rifles. Saluting SS officials in Danzig. German soldiers standing in formation. SS generals walking by soldiers as they do the Nazi salute. A group of German soldiers standing with a Nazi banner displaying the words “Feldherrnhalle”, “Deutschland” and “Erwache” (“Feldherrnhalle. Germany Wake up”). Danzig town square filled with Nazi banners and Feldhernnhalle Wehrmacht soldiers standing in formation. “Feldherrnhalle” banner on display. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching. General performing the Nazi salute. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching in the Long Lane (Ulica Długa in Polish, Langgasse in German) leading to the Danzig Town Hall.
Neon sign of the “Rockhead Paradise”, a night club in Montreal, Canada. A black stripper, wearing a tight dress, enters the stage. Teenage boys enter the night club and take their seats near the stage. Black stripper begins her striptease, her now visible head wearing a big bouffant wig, gyrating her body sensually. The young men watch strip show while smoking cigarettes. Stripper shows her back, her dress is partially backless, as she performs. Stripper begins to undress by taking off her long, white satin gloves. Teenage boy smokes cigarette while watching striptease. Stripper smiles seductively as she places her gloves in her shoulder. Black man watches striptease. Stripper zips off her dress onstage. A middle-aged white man watches striptease. Stripper takes off her dress. Stripper performs onstage only in her underwear. View of teenage girl with pixie-cut hair. View of stripper. Teenage boy arrives home and climbs stairs. Young man sits on his bed, takes off his coat, and lights a cigarette. Teenage boy looks at Playboy magazine, flipping through nudes, and centerfold before throwing it away. Narrators at end comment on societal attitudes about sex, including guilt and fear associated with sex, and also on the topic of masturbation.
United States Army M-4 Sherman tanks, carrying United States troops, roll along road toward Worms, Germany during World War 2. United States infantry soldiers engage in battle in a German town. United States infantrymen lead German prisoners of war out of building to the street. A United States M-4 Sherman tank rolls through town as infantrymen follow. German civilians on the street. White flags draped from windows of German houses as sign of surrender. United States M-4 Sherman tanks, carrying United States soldiers, roll through roadblock. German prisoners, with their hands in their heads, march out of town in a long POW line.
Various weapons and ammunition found inside a bunker in the Siegfried Line in Nazi Germany. Camera shows neatly-arranged rifles, artillery, artillery shells, and cannons inside a bunker. Long lines of light infantry artillery in storage including Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) is a 3.7 cm caliber German anti-tank guns and German le IG G18 75mm infantry support guns. Rows of cannons in storage and many shells. Sign says “Sechsscharten Turm” (German: “Six-slot tower”). German solders pull chains to lift armament up from storage. Soldier push a rail cart full of artillery shells into an elevator after track signal changes to indicate entrance clear. German soldiers aim artillery with cannon in foreground inside bunker. POV aiming cannon from inside German bunker through pillbox embrasure to outside. Various German artillery pieces moving into aiming position through embrasure as seen from outside bunker pillboxes. German soldiers marching into a bunker. View of Dragon's teeth tank barriers arranged on the Siegfried Line.
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