The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands near the end of World War II. Liberated Allied Soldiers and officers gather outside a prison camp building. They listen to a radio broadcast. An officer tunes the radio. The progress of soldiers is followed by a pencil on a map. Officers and repatriated prisoners listen to the radio. The radio set is made from stolen parts from a Japanese radio set. The soliders demonstrate how the radio equipment is packed up and was kept in the bottom of a stool to keep it hidden from discovery by Japanese guards. The maker of the radio, Lieutenant Hutchinson, is seated on the stool and chats with a soldier.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. An officer seated in a chair. Two U.S. Army soldiers kneel beside the officer. The officer takes money out of his prosthetic artificial leg. He reads a note taken out of the leg prosthesis.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Liberated prisoners stand in a chow line. Men leave the line with food trays. Buildings in the area. People moving about in the area. A man walks with the help of crutches. A man cooks food. Fighter aircraft in formation flight overhead. Exterior of a building. A sign board reads: 'Los Angeles City Limits'. A group of ex-prisoners at the entrance of the building. Food is dished out from a large pot. Soldiers and repatriated prisoners in a chow line.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Ruined buildings and damaged Bilibid Prison. Debris on a street. A sign at the front entrance of the building reads 'Bureau of Prison'. Filipino Fire Department dousing the fire.
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.
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