Synopsis
Unedited footage of World War II U.S. prisoners of war being carried onto a ship on stretchers, receiving American Red Cross rations, and arriving in Nagasaki by train, greeted by a U.S. military band. Also included are brief close-ups of individual service members and images of the bombed-out countryside. Footage concludes with the following message written on a film slate and held up for the camera by a smiling soldier, perhaps the cameraman himself: "Hi Gang - Nagasaki stinks / This film will make a good fire - nothing else / But orders is orders / Having a lousy time / wanna go home / Ex-P.S.L.'er Rocky" Film slate states: 9/15/1945 Combat Photo Unit Photographer R. Rock Scene: Ex-P.O.W.'s from Kokura arriving Nagasaki 9/16/1945 Combat Photo Unit Photographer R. Rock Scene: Robert Cates W. Terre Haute Larry Sandoval Albaquerque N.M. Can states: "U.S. POW's in Nagasaki 9/15/45 + cu of "Rocky""; "ORIG. B/W M.O.S. U.S. POWS IN NAGASAKI + "Rocky" Slate cu"
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Details
- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1940s
- World War II
- Military
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