End of World War II in Europe. Quiet street scene. U.S Army soldiers collect German prisoners of war in Linz, Danube, Upper Austria. The prisoners are assembled under guard around the base of the Trinity Column in the Town Square of Linz. A German General is seen at front of one contingent of prisoners, as they walk under guard to the holding area. M4 Sherman tanks and army vehicles are seen in the area.
View of the prisoners at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. Prisoners demonstrate a scaffold, including the trap and noose. Close ups of prisoners who were professors and doctors. (World War II period).
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.
Camera pans past body of fallen Japanese soldier to U.S. Marines spread out along a shoreline as landing craft maneuver nearby and an American aircraft flies low overhead. Japanese prisoners along with women and children walk in a line. Glimpse of body of a dead Japanese soldier. Another group of Japanese prisoners and civilians. Several stand near American soldiers looking out at the small craft maneuvering offshore. A man (interpreter) speaks into a microphone, giving instructions to the Japanese persons on the shore. Body of dead Japanese woman. Bodies of numerous dead Japanese soldiers along the shore. Japanese prisoners with shovels begin recovering the bodies, placing them on makeshift litters and carrying them away.
U.S. 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment brings in a Japanese prisoner from a cave just blasted in Shima. Two Marines bring a Japanese prisoner through a jungle path. The prisoner walks up hill under guard. (World War II period).
Interrogation of Japanese prisoners by U.S. Marines in Okinawa. Prisoners lined up inside stockade. Small child cries in MP's (Military Police) arms. Marines interrogate prisoners. Marine writes on POW card. (World War II period).
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