Volcano 'Hibok-Hibok' erupts in the Camiguin island of Philippines and claims lives of approximately two thousand natives. The fuming volcano and rivers of magma as seen from a flying plane. Natives evacuated nearby villages move in trucks and by other means. Remains of a Nipa hut (Bahay Kubo) after it was destroyed by lava. A man pokes at molten ash. Burnt dead bodies of animals and humans. Medics treat the injured in Mahinog hospital.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II . Soldiers put up tents on the beach. Palm trees in the background. The soldiers drive a U.S. tank on the beach. Tents in the background. A completed tent and mess equipment in side the tent. A loaded truck pulls out of an LST ( Landing Ship Tank ). A truck enters the camp site. A grader levels a part of the beach. A ship convoy anchored in a distance. A crane unloads equipment and supplies from the LST onto the truck. The truck pulls away and drives along a muddy road.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. Tents at a camp area. Palm trees in the background. Improvised showers and pipes running into shower heads. Soldiers eat food in a new mess tent. They stand in a chow line. The soldiers cook food in huge containers
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group leaves a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. A camp area after tents have been taken down. The tents after being torn down. The beach in the background. Soldiers in a group. Ashes of burnt scraps. Trailers parked at the camp area. The torn tents at the camp.
Air raids and battle in Japan in the Pacific Theater near the end of World War II. A cemetery of United States military soldiers in the Japanese island of Okinawa. Memorial at the tombstone of Ernie Pyle built by the 77th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. General Doolittle, General Henry Arnold, General George Kenney, General Ennis Whitehead and other officers during a discussion standing before planes at the 48th Air Force base. B-29 aircraft advances towards Tokyo. Bomber aircraft dropping of a number of guided bombs towards their targets. Targets include Japanese airplane factories, shipping industry, military supply chains in the cities of Tokyo, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Okinawa and Yokohama of Japan. Explosion and smoke arises from bombed targets on ground. Aerial wide and close up views of a B-29 aircraft in flight. Narrator notes that on 05 August 1945, Enola Gay, a B-29, carries the atomic bomb and flies towards Hiroshima. Atomic explosion seen signifying the one in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, but narrator indicates the image seen is that of the first atomic explosion (the Trinity test) during on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. Immense cloud of smoke and light. This atomic explosion, the first of two, was pivotal in compelling Japan to surrender unconditionally. Film ending includes public service announcement image "Buy Bonds. Hold Them. Victory Loan."
President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines and United States Vice President Richard Nixon visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Entrance to the Malinta Tunnel, a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island during World War II. Sign on post reads “Malinta Tunnel”. United States Vice President Richard Nixon, President Ramon Magsaysay and others visit the Malinta Tunnel. Nixon and Magsaysay looking at relics from the Pacific War. A guide shows Nixon and Magsaysay the entrance to the USFIP (United States Forces in the Philippines) Headquarters. A sign 'Gen. MacArthur H.Q.'
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