Japanese prisoners of war work under guards in Mukden, Manchuria during last days of World War II. General camp area, prison kitchen in the background. Former American POWs (prisoners of war) Brigadier General Charles C. Drake, Staff sergeant Frank A. Pechek. Japanese POWs work under guards. Japanese prisoners of war scoops rubble and toss them to a cart. Prisoners of war march to stations. American staff including American GI, Melcolm D. Russell check Japanese rifles. Former POW's Major George Parker Jr., and Brigadier General Lewis C. Beebe. MKK factory where American POWs worked, general camp area. Latrine, accidentally bombed by U.S. during war, where 19 American POWs died. Japanese filling in foxholes to make baseball diamond.
The personnel policies of the Jack and Heintz Co. of Cleveland, to increase production in Ohio, United States during World War II. Manufacturers William Jack (Bill Jack) and Ralph M. Heintz in the office. Ralph M. Heintz determines the post war plans. Bill Jack presides the staff meeting and talks about employment and personnel policies of the company. Staff members listen. The staff members cheer and applaud. The members sing a song. Workers work at equipment.
Normal life of civilians resume after German surrender in some parts of France during World War II. Aerial view of flak in sky. Close-up view of two U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in flight. (Narrator incorrectly states they are British Lancaster bomber aircraft.) View from bomb bay doors of bombs away shot as the B-25 bomber aircraft drop bombs on U-boat pens at Brest. Explosions and smoke rise. The aircraft drop bombs over ground installation over enemy area. Canadian soldier scenes: Troops advance through a burning coastal town in France. Buildings collapsing and gunfire in streets. Smoke rising. Ruins of destroyed French town are seen. Allied Army tanks advance and fire artillery. German prisoners of war from Wehrmacht 7th and 15th armies being marched under watch by Canadian forces. Among the German prisoners is a 13 year old Russian boy who was forced to work by the Nazis. German prisoners in a soup line and seen drinking from mugs. Some appear to be very young boy soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers in Le Mans: American soldiers are welcomed by civilians of France. Happy French civilians waving to U.S. forces including a happy young woman who runs forward and pats a U.S. Army tank with her hand. Men and women collaborationists who assisted the Germans are rounded up by French and marched away. U.S. Army soldiers seated at stools in a French bar drink as the bar maid pours more into their glasses. French civilians line up at shops and groceries to buy food and goods in Le Mans. Pictures of General De Gaulle for sale. American women in U.S. Army uniforms (possibly nurses or Womens Army Corps WAC members) look in shop windows at French fashions. Voting cards: U.S. Army troops read pamphlets that read "requirement of soldiers to vote" and "Soldiers Voting". The U.S. Army GI's receive and mail postcards to their homes requesting absentee voting ballots for the upcoming November 1944 election. The soldiers line up to secure their application cards for absentee ballots.
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.
First ships at new dock after Allied liberation of Manila, Philippines during World War II. Dutch and American ships at dock area. “Fort Amsterdam” ship in Manila. Dutch and American flags on their ships. Trucks seen in foreground. Filipino workers load supplies. A crane hoists the supplies and load on to truck.
First ships at new dock in Manila, Philippines after Allied liberation during World War II. Ships at dock area. Trucks seen in foreground. A crane hoists the supplies and load on to truck. Fuel drums and ration dumps near dock. Filipino laborers at work piling rations. Piles of rations. Filipino men load trucks.
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