Liberation of the Los Baños Internment Camp in Laguna, Philippines. A priest fallen in water from LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) being rescued by U.S. Army soldiers during liberation of the camp from Japanese forces in World War II. Soldiers help the internees including men, women, children, and Roman Catholic nuns get off the LVT. Crowd of freed internees on beach. Liberated internees loaded into the LVT (also called Amtracs) and trucks during evacuation.
Interview in Manila with a released internee from the Los Baños 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.
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 Japanese soldier surrenders to U.S. military police in Baguio, Philippines during World War II. Damage in the city due to bombing. The Japanese soldier dressed as a civilian surrenders to U.S. military police. He is transported in a jeep. An M4 Sherman rolls into the city as crowds on sidewalks cheer. Wreckage in the city caused due to bombings.
View of Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral with people all about it, in Baguio City, Philippines, several months before the end of World War 2. A young boy with a baby. A Japanese man surrendering, carries a white sign reading: "I cease resistance." He is escorted by two U.S. soldiers. U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles F. Craig, 37th Division Deputy Commander, looks over maps with staff officers, in front of Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral.
United States soldiers blow up caves holding Japanese soldiers in Baguio, Philippines during World War II. Explosions in a cave targeting the Japanese soldiers. United States soldiers assist civilians who are returning to the city from the hills. A soldier carries a small baby in his arms. Another soldier leads an elderly Filipino man along a road. Soldiers and civilians climb up a cliff. Filipino soldiers carry a woman on a bedspring through hilly terrain toward U.S. lines. Filipino woman lying on rattan bedspring. The soldiers stand in some wood. Soldiers distribute chocolate bars to civilians as they rest.
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