The liberated Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Soldiers and Filipino civilians standing in the front yard of the Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas, used during the war as a concentration camp by the Japanese forces for Filipino prisoners and prisoners from the United States, United Kingdom and other Allied countries. Heavy columns of smoke rise from a building where an explosion has occurred. People in the yard are mainly curious. American soldiers drive into the yard in jeeps. A squad of American soldiers marches across the yard. Soldiers and civilians carry wounded on litters. Some damage seen on exterior of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building, with holes in the damaged building. Several U.S. soldiers on guard duty are silhouetted against the light sky. A dead and bloated Japanese soldier in a wrecked car. U.S. soldiers running take cover near a truck. Several mutilated and burned dead bodies in various stages of decomposition on the street.
Santo Tomas Internees leave the Santo Tomas University internment camp in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Santo Tomas Internees on truck, truck driven to beside C-47. Internees get into the C-47 from truck. C-47 taxis and takes off. Signal officer signals. Another plane taxis. Trucks driven out from building, Horse carts and vehicles move along road in the foreground. The trucks drive along road and move towards air strip. Aircraft in the background.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Exterior of a building inside the University of Santo Tomas internment camp. Makeshift huts on the yard of school building. High altitude view of the area. American women ex-prisoners cook food. Food in pots. Shacks in the area. American soldiers get out of tanks in a street. Soldiers in front of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building. An old and undernourished man talks to a group of soldiers. The chest of the man shows ribs. His legs showing the effect of Beri-Beri. Heavy columns of smoke rise from burning buildings. Soldiers look through binoculars. They fire artillery.
Allied prisoners hold American flags at a Japanese prison camp in Santo Tomas University in Manila, Philippines. General Douglas Macarthur arrives at Santo Tomas on February 6. Japanese forces fire artillery at the camp on February 7 and injured prisoners are carried away for medical aid. Malnourished men and women work at the camp. People outside their thatched roof huts. Women and children eat and drink. A woman shows gratitude in finally being able to smoke a cigarette. Red Cross field workers hand over mail to the internees. Prisoners read their mail. (World War II period).
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A crowd gathers in front of a building. The crowd applauds. Soldiers stand at attention. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur comes out of the building. A Japanese headquarters building. A guard seated on a truck in front of the building. The observation tower top of a building. The town of Santo Tomas. Repatriated, liberated Allied prisoners seated in front of shacks. A child drinks canned milk. The mother holds the glass. Men and women have drinks. Three children drink milk from a glass.
American civilians in Santo Tomas, Philippines. People gather at a place. Buildings along the side of a street. Girls walk and discuss amongst themselves. U.S. soldiers in jeeps and military vehicles. Nuns sit outside a building. Some people stand on the terrace of a building. Other people watch them. A group of old men discuss amongst themselves and smoke. (World War II period).
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