From a sequence of interviews with freed former prisoners from the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. At the former Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, a man interviews Reverend Leopold Damrosch (grandnephew of the famous composer and conductor Walter Damrosch) and Ned Davenport (son of famous movie actor Harry Davenport). The two men had not seen each other in 11 or 12 years. Davenport asks Damrosch about how he feels to be liberated and what he thinks of the U.S. Army personnel and equipment. Damrosch expresses delight at his liberation by the paratroopers from Los Baños and that it was great to be liberated by the U.S. forces. The two of them talk to each other over a mike and shake hands.
A man interviews Jessie Trival, an ex-soldier, with a wounded arm at Bilibid prison in Muntinlupa, Philippines. He speaks into a microphone as he tells how he got injured. (World War II period).
A man interviews two Allied prisoners of war who became good friends at Los Banos camp during World War II. They speak into a microphone at Bilibid prison in Muntinlupa, Philippines. They speak about their profession, life at Japanese prison camp and their friendship.
Newsreel "Speed plans for San Francisco security meeting" shows staff working speedily at the State Department Communications Center in Washington D.C., preparing for the upcoming United nations Security Council meeting in San Francisco. United states Secretary of state Edward Stettinius,British delegate Lord Halifax, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese Ambassador Wei Tao-ming in a meeting in Washington D.C. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, explains the purpose of the new United Nations.
A film titled ' Management labor sign for post war unity' shows William Green,Phillip Murray and Eric Johnston sign a pact at labor-management conference in Washington D.C.,United States for better labor management relations after World War II.
A film titled ' Airborne armies join big attack on Germany' shows Allied airborne troops getting into planes to join the attack on Germany during World War II. Planes take off and paratroopers land in Germany while in mid air to reinforce Army units in field.
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