Reel Number: 220469-17
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1945,1940s
Country: Philippines,USA
Location: Manila
TC Begins: 03:36:07
TC Ends: 03:37:43
Duration: 00:01:36
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WWII - 1945, Philippines: US Prisoners Freed & Greeted by MacArthur Intertitle: Americans Freed From Manila Jail Hail MacArthur. 03:36:13 Americans (incl. women) cheer as MacArthur hangs US flag from balcony in Manila. Manila streets w/ natives & emaciated POWs. CU American man & woman drinking in tent or shelter. 03:36:38 Liberated POW man walks w/ baby son. Released prisoners w/ picks & shovels digging during shelling of prison by Japanese. Soldiers run out of large prison building hit by artillery. US artillery fire retaliates. Casualties evacuated, stretchers into trucks. 03:37:11 Released at table getting family news via Red Cross, CU of forms; reading letters & crying. 03:37:28 General MacArthur arriving at Santa Tomas prison w/ others. WW2 Prisoners of War Liberation; Philippine Islands; 1940s;