Japanese surrender leaflets being printed at printing press. Soldier holds leaflet that reads 'I Cease Resistance'. Men roll and wrap leaflets. Surrender leaflets loaded on truck and taken to an airstrip. Men unload packets of packed leaflets. Officers look at a map in camp area. Airmen briefed. B-25 bombers drop leaflets on Japanese position. Japanese prisoners held at gunpoint by the United States soldiers. (World War II period).
Flashes from Naval guns firing at night, during bombardment of Corregidor, during World War 2. Flare persists in the dark. Large explosion with fire and smoke in the night.
Filipino President Sergio OsmeƱa y Suico seated at a desk in his office. Past events show President Manuel Luis Quezon who died in the United States. A map on a wall. Soldiers march. Vehicles passing on a street. (World War II period).
Japanese Zeke fighter aircraft (Misubishi A6M Zero) strafes USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and bullets splash in water. Destroyer underway and flak bursts in air. USS Sangamon underway and Japanese plane burns in waters of the Leyte Gulf in background. Other vessels in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") seen in the footage. Shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. (World War II period).
Plane handlers lounge on flight deck of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and eat ice cream. U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Trathen (DD-530) approaches and transfers wounded Japanese fighter pilot to USS Sangamon (CVE-26) via breeches buoy. (The guns of the USS Trathen had shot his plane down). Japanese pilot received on USS Sangamon and transferred to stretcher.
Red Cross volunteers pack Red Cross parcels for American prisoners imprisoned in Germany during World War II. Parcels include food cans, cheese, cocoa powder, box of Jack Frost, box of raisins, cream, cigarettes, biscuits, Milkao milk. Stacks of soap bars and multi vitamin tablets for Allied prisoners. Red Cross parcels move through conveyer belt into a truck.