The steamship, "SS Marine Flasher," arrives in the port of New York, after steaming from Bremen, Germany. In addition to U.S. citizens, her passengers include many refugees, and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, who benefited from President Truman's directive of December 22, 1945, giving preference to Displaced Persons in obtaining visas. Views among the crowds gathered at the dock to welcome loved ones. People waving and smiling. One woman angrily shouting at a guard. Men, women, and children aboard the ship, many wearing identification ribbons. Passengers enter the dock area. Their relatives and friends greet them warmly. A man kisses a woman and weeps. Two men embrace. (World War II period).
Clip opens with very brief image of buildings at Mauthausen concentration camp during World War 2. Next, scene changes to Lambach, Austria, on the banks of the River Traun, on a large open field in which German prisoners of war (POW) are seen camping and cooking food over open fires. They are German soldiers captured in the Austrian Alps by U.S. Army infantry soldiers of the 80th Division, 3rd U.S. Army, at the time the unconditional surrender was signed. The weather is warm and many are lightly dressed. Some men are lined up behind a truck carrying a tank of fresh water. A section of the camp has been cleared as a football (Soccer) pitch and men appear to be trying to organize a game. Scene shifts to a far end of the encampment, bounded by many trees. Everyone at the camp seems occupied in adjusting their tents and other matters related to their shelters. More views of men at the football pitch. Closeup of a man with stove and cooking gear under an unusual shelter. Closeup of a man eating soup as a group of young soldiers stand behind him. Closeup of three very young German soldiers, two of who are wearing German uniform caps. Closeup of an older man smoking a pipe. Another young man wearing a German soldier's cap.
A big white cross monument with inscription 'Lest we forget' on edge of prison camp grounds. Soldier's line up in formation. Japanese soldiers blow buglers and serve as honor guards. Japanese official salutes to pay homage and thereafter reads out a speech from a paper in Japanese. He places a wreath at the monument and salutes followed by British and Australian officials. (World War II period).
Allied officers move towards a large cross monument at a Japanese prison camp in World War II. One of the officers places a wreath below the memorial and salutes to pay homage. Other soldiers and troops also salute.
A film titled 'Anti Reds are freed in Korea' shows 22,000 anti Chinese and North Korean prisoners of war being released from stockades of Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, who begin to trek South wards in Korea. Anti Reds carrying flags march in a procession. Loaded in trucks they pass by roads in Seoul, where people give them a warm welcome.
Italian Prisoners of War carry their baggage and move down the gangway as they disembark the United States Navy ship USS Wasp (CV-18) in Naples, Italy after World War II. They load the baggage on to military trucks on the dock.
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