Exterior of India Office. Sign 'India Office'. Office of Mr Leo Amery, the British Secretary of State for India. Mr. Leo Amery in conference with Maharajah of Kashmir, Hari Singh and Sir Feroz Khan Noon. Mr Amery discusses the Indian question. Both Maharajah of Kashmir and Sir Feroz Khan Noon, representatives of India at the war cabinet. Exterior of India Office. Sir Feroz Khan Noon leaves accompanied by his advisors. Mr Amery leaves. He gets into his car. (World War II period)
Los Baños Internment Camp in Laguna, Philippines during World War II. Freed civilians from camp being loaded to move out from the liberated camp. Soldiers and local Filipino civilians in small banca boats. Burning barracks in camp. Internees move out. William Henry Donald, Australian newspaperman and former advisor of Chiang Kai-Shek, being interviewed by war correspondent Frank Smith of Chicago Times. Crowd of freed internees loading into LVTs (Landing vehicle tracked, also called Amtracs) of the 672nd Amphibious Battalion and driven out of the camp, headed for Mamatid, Cabuyao, Laguna.
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.
Civilian internees (prisoners) in Japanese-occupied Philippines at a Christmas party at University of Santo Tomas, Manila civilian internment camp during World War II. View of the university’s main building. Christmas tree visible. A man dressed as Santa Claus distributes gifts to children. Children playing with toys.
Interview in Manila with freed female internee Georgette Kramer from the Japanese operated Los Baños internment camp (liberated 13 days before the interview). A microphone is set on a tripod stand for the interview. Ms. Kramer relates how she was wounded by a stray Japanese bullet during the February 23, 1945 liberation operation. During the firefight with Allied forces a bullet went through her mother's arm, through Ms. Kramer's abdominal wall, and into her friend's hand. Wounded, they were rushed to a tank. She says one other internee was also shot through the hip. When asked what she wants to do now that she is free she says she is not sure. A young girl, Ms. Kramer's sister, Aoife Kramer, runs up to the camera and says she wants to say something too. The interviewer lifts up the child in his arms. The girl says she wants to go to the United States. (World War II period).
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.
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