Interview in Manila with a released internee from the Los BaƱos Japanese-operated internment camp in the Philippines in World War 2. A microphone is set on a tripod stand for the interview. The liberated American internee, Bob Jones, is asked what the internees did for entertainment. Jones says that everything was ersatz entertainment and that they would make things up with old boxes and bamboo. He shows how he formed and "played" a pretend trumpet with his hands, and he performs his "trumpet" rendition of Sugar Blues by Clyde McCoy.
U.S. Army soldiers of the First Cavalry Division cross small stream bridged with a canoe. Soldiers walk down the bank of Cainte river. A bulldozer pulls a string of trucks across the river. Soldiers march across an open field. (World War II period).
Band of the Thirty Seventh Division play for the Santo Tomas internees in Manila in Philippine Islands. Civilian internees applaud the performers. Several internee children dance and perform on stage.
Civilian internees of various nationalities performing on stage at the University of Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila, Philippines during World War II. A pair of dancers perform a flamenco dance. A soldier hosts on stage. A Scottish man in kilt sings and dance on stage. He is joined by two female dancers. An Indian woman dancing solo. Audience sits and watches the show.
A small Japanese fishing boat in water. Strafing of the fishing boat during World War II. U.S. gun camera footage.
U.S. gun camera footage. Strafing of Japanese freighter tied up close to the beach during World War II. Tracer ammunition used. Strafing of Japanese plane. Plane explodes and catches fire. Strafing of some rice paddies. Small houses seen.
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