A North Korean prisoner of war being interrogated by Sergeant George Taniguchi near a river in South Korea during the Korean War. Prisoner points out enemy position on a map leaning against a tree. Sergeant along with another South Korean officer and the prisoner goes back to the table, where the prisoner draws lines on a paper.
A newsreel titled 'Victory crowns Italian march through Ethiopia.' Film opens showing Italian troops riding in a column of armored personnel carriers. Closeup of Italian soldiers riding in one. An open truck moving uphill on sandy ground helped by Italian infantrymen who push on its sides. Italian soldiers manually moving an artillery piece up a shallow slope, as viewed through a thicket of bamboo. Soldiers running beside a canvas covered army truck that is out of control and rolling rapidly backwards downhill. It stops suddenly, as it hits a tree. An airplane is seen maneuvering low over some hills. Next, white smoke rises from the area. Italian infantry running freely and rapidly towards a native village of houses made mud, sticks, and thatch. Gunfire is heard. Then, two Italian officers are seen standing near some Ethiopian tribesmen prisoners seated on the ground. Italian Colonial troops carrying a wounded comrade in a sling. View from an overlooking hill of Ethiopian tribesmen prisoners in an outdoor enclosure. Closeups of some of the prisoners. Italian officers standing near a large stack of captured arms. Closeups of the stacked rifles and of an artillery piece. More prisoner closeups. Stacks of captured small indivual boxes containing rifle cartridges. Marshal of Italy, Pietro Badoglio, and another officer are seen at TC:01:06 through 01:10. Italian troops marching past the frame and propeller of an aircraft completely devoid of covering. Glimpse of Italian Camel Corps contingent. Mounted Italian cavalry dressed in ponchos and carrying the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, ride over a small bridge. A good number of Ethiopian tribal men and some women dancing and singing as Italian officers and troops pass on horseback. The Ethiopians bow in unison. The leading Italian officer salutes. Closeup of Italian officer by the Kingdom of Italy flag.. A large number of Ethiopians, some carrying large umbrellas, follow the Italians.
People fill forms as officer helps them at the Italian Red Cross (Croce Rossa Italiana) office in Rome, Italy during World War II. An Italian woman speaks to an officer as she fills her form. Relatives of Italian prisoners of war submit their forms to a clerk. Female Red Cross employees sort out mail for prisoners of war. Photographed letters are hanged, later to be sent negatives on rolls of microfilm. Italian women typing on typewriters. Officials classify prisoners, interview prisoner's relatives and sort postal mail letters and packages. Red Cross officers pack parcels in boxes before shipment.
World War 2 scenes related to the Philippines. Opening shot shows Japanese troops unceremoniously taking down American flag in 1942, followed by superimposed images of Japanese soldiers boots trampling over U.S. flags. Next, U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright with members of his staff, are seen seated at a table in the Japanese headquarters building on Bataan to discuss surrender with General Masaharu Homma, Commander of the 14th Japanese Imperial Army. Homma has General Wachi at his left and Colonel Nakayama to his right. Repetition of the superimposed Japanese army boots trampling American flags. Next, U.S. defenders of Corregidor are seen surrendering to Japanese troops in 1942, and then being marched under guard to Mariveles, where the infamous Death March commenced. Several views of the American and Filipino prisoners marching under guard. Glimpse of American combat helmets piled up in a heap. Views of the POWs without helmets, using white cloths over their heads to protect from the sun. Huge numbers of POWs held in an open area for the night, and then marching again during the day. One who had fainted is carried in a blanket by several others. Illustrations of POWs being tortured by Japanese soldiers. Views of two POWs, who died during the march, lying on the ground. Next scene shows emaciated Allied POWs in 1945 being freed by American soldiers from a Japanese prison camp. American soldiers speaking with another group is a section of prison behind a sign reading: "Dysentary, Keep Out." Undernourished former prisoners of war eating a meal. One smoking a cigarette. Aerial view showing large swaths of Manila, Philippines, destroyed by Japanese forces retreating from advancing American forces. Smoke rising along a line of destruction in the background. Bodies of numerous Filipinos lying amid rubble in the streets of Manila. Many have hands tied behind their backs. Glimpse of dead children. Cadres of Japanese soldiers raising victory cheers. New Japanese conscripts in large formations during military training for new recruits following draft. Japanese naval trainees in white uniforms, waving their hats. Huge crowd of Japanese people cheering, followed by view of Emperor Hirohito, in Army uniform, saluting as he stands on a balcony. Cheering Japanese people, at a rally in a stadium.
Activities of American First Army advancing eastward in Germany in December of 1944 during World War 2. Units of the 9th Divisions are moved up by truck and meet retiring units of the 1st Division at a road intersection. They enter town of Lucherberg after an artillery barrage, then attack through Inden and close in on Pier Germany. View of ruined buildings and wreckage in Pier, Germany. Sign of 'Duren'. U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division enters into German town on trucks and army tanks. 3rd Armored Division fires artillery at town of Schlich Germany, and are joined in the attack by soldiers of newly arrived 9th Infantry Division. Artillery barrage underway, with targets in Schlich visible in distance. Armored vehicles and soldiers move through mud advancing on Schlich with new piece of equipment known as a rotary mine exploder. German troops are rounded up as prisoners by U.S. Infantry. Gunners fire. On December 11, German prisoners assemble for inspection. Some of the German prisoners appear to be young boys. Smoke screen thrown up by Allies to cover movement of armored column heading into German towns across open field. U.S. Army soldiers enter into wrecked town of Geich, Germany, where buildings are destroyed and still burning. Armor and supply vehicles move through mud. Infantry of 83rd Division arrive as reinforcements and march in snow covered area toward a suburb of Duren. U.S. mortar fire pins Germans retreating toward Ruhr. Infantry attack to clear town outside Duren, and Infantry mop up, clearing German snipers. German troops and female collaborators are rounded up as prisoners. American First Army infantry forces marching on a road, continuing eastward.
Map shows West coast of Italy and principal cities. Scenes of British and American armor destroyed during the Allied invasion at Nettuno, Italy. A sign on roadside reading, "Gefangenen-Sammelstelle" (Prisoner assembly place). An American prisoner of war (POW) soldier smoking a cigarette. One with arm in sling. German medic bandaging minor cut on hand of a British soldier POW and attending to another. American soldier prisoners in an open field and in a prison courtyard. They look up at contrails from Allied and German airplanes in dogfight at high altitude. German antiaircraft battery firing at Allied bombers overhead. Bombs exploding nearby. Closups of the German gunners. Black flak clouds fill air above.
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