3,700 Civilians Freed From Manila Prison (1945)

3,700 Civilians Freed From Manila Prison 02:35:18 MS Santa Tomas prison. High angle of jeep leading motorcade w/ Gen. MacArthur arrival, out of car, greeted by liberated mostly British & American civilians. People talking. 02:35:41 Japanese attack, troops run & w/ artillery firing back. 02:35:56 Freed civilians around covered stalls or tables for preparing papers for evacuation home. Underweight men chop wood, in line for food, eating, smoking, laughing. Getting & reading mail, crying. 02:36:38 MacArthur leaving Santa Tomas. People wave. WWII Liberation; Pacific; 1945;