World War 2 interview in Manila with a released male internee, Stanley Kingsbury, of the Los Baños camp following its liberation from the Japanese by U.S. and Filipino forces the month before (13 days before the interview). A microphone is set on a tripod stand for the interview. An interviewer is present. He introduces Stanley Kingsbury. Mr. Kingsbury (possibly Mr Kingsley?) describes twice daily roll-call operations in the camp and that it was announced there would be no role-call that day, and that the internees knew something was different. He talks about hearing a drone sound later in the day and trying to interpret what it meant (on his 1144th day in camp). He recounts seeing planes flying very low, and a white sheet dropping out of a plane and realizing suddenly that there are many paratroopers jumping out. He says they lay down on the barracks floor during the firefight that ensued between the Allied forces and the Japanese. U.S. GI's came in and told the internees to evacuate and that they could only take a few things and had to leave immediately. They rolled down to the shores of Laguna de Bay nearby where they came under fire from a Japanese machine gun nest that was subsequently taken out. He relates all the internees crossing the lake to safety under well armed escort. He expresses how delighted he is to be free again. (World War II period).
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.
Three women prisoners released from Japanese-operated Los Baños internment camp being interviewed two weeks after the February 23, 1945 liberation by U.S. and Filipino forces in World War 2. The three Fernando sisters sing while a microphone is kept on a tripod in front of them. Their song about the "Three Little Sisters" tells the story of their internment and their expectant waiting for liberation by the U.S. armed forces which was finally realized.
A film titled 'VIII Fighter Command Lt. Putnam 83 Sqdn.(Squadron) 78 F.G.(Fighter Group) attacking ME-109 on 22 December 1943'. Luftwaffe (German Air Force) aircraft ME-109 explodes in Germany during World War 2 following aerial attack.
A film titled 'VIII Fighter Command Lt. J.T Godfrey 336 Sqdn.(Squadron) 4 F.G.(Fighter Group) attacking 2 ME-109's on 23 December 1943'. Luftwaffe aircrafts ME-109 explode in Germany during World War II.
View from the air as U.S. aircraft bomb and strafe Japanese planes lined up at an airfield in Okinawa during World War 2.
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