Munster concentration camp in Germany after World War II. The 9th Army of the Allied military forces arrives at the camp with their tanks and weapons and liberates prisoners of the camp. An inmate washes his wounds. Inmates cook food for them, supplied by the Allied troops. The liberated French and Belgian prisoners. Water tanker for prisoners. A happy old man smiles.
Prisoners of war at a Japanese camp remove weeds from a field during World War II. A man gathers water from a jug. Prisoners having their meals together. A Japanese official offers cigarette to Allied POWs. Prisoners smoke cigarettes.
Allied prisoners at Japanese camp dive and jump into the pool and enjoy swimming in World War II. They play Bowling and rugby. Audiences cheer and enjoy as two teams of POWs try to win a tug of war. Prisoners participate in a chase a bird race. A band of POWs plays as officials look on. Prisoners cheer and enjoy in a boxing match.
A board reads United States Penitentiary as officers check baggage at Alcatraz island in California,United States. A light house is also seen at the island. Officials enter the registration office to inspect the prison. Officials inspect the prison cells and the mess as photographers take pictures. One of the inspecting official talks to an officer on duty and looks at some of the paintings. Officers line up and they fall out as a senior officer calls out their names from a list. An officer on duty at the prison office where keys of various cells hang on a huge keyboard.
A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan's 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and then were rescued by U.S. forces during World War II. Private first class Eugene Nielson tells how he was captured soon after the fall of Pearl Harbor. He also speaks about food, medical facilities and living conditions at Japanese camp in Palawan. Corporal William J.Balchus shares his experiences about the life at the prison camp.
A film titled 'Interrogation of prisoners' shows an American officer speaking about the do's and don't s for Prisoners of Wars. He also introduces the cast of the film to follow. An enactment shows British airmen being caught by enemy in World War II. Their uniforms being searched and enemy recovers a slip of paper which ultimately proves handy for them. Enemy officer interrogates the prisoners.
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