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United States11th Airborne division, B-29 aircraft landing near Tokyo bay.

A United States 11th Airborne division, B-29 Superfortress, a four engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft, flies overhead, over Tokyo bay. Various landing craft in bay heading toward shore. The Allied occupation of Japan begins. United States Navy and the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division land in the country. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, August 30
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025835
U.S. Army aircraft bombing raids on Japanese cities in 1945, and atomic bomb explosion in World War 2.

Air raids and battle in Japan in the Pacific Theater near the end of World War II. A cemetery of United States military soldiers in the Japanese island of Okinawa. Memorial at the tombstone of Ernie Pyle built by the 77th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. General Doolittle, General Henry Arnold, General George Kenney, General Ennis Whitehead and other officers during a discussion standing before planes at the 48th Air Force base. B-29 aircraft advances towards Tokyo. Bomber aircraft dropping of a number of guided bombs towards their targets. Targets include Japanese airplane factories, shipping industry, military supply chains in the cities of Tokyo, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Okinawa and Yokohama of Japan. Explosion and smoke arises from bombed targets on ground. Aerial wide and close up views of a B-29 aircraft in flight. Narrator notes that on 05 August 1945, Enola Gay, a B-29, carries the atomic bomb and flies towards Hiroshima. Atomic explosion seen signifying the one in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, but narrator indicates the image seen is that of the first atomic explosion (the Trinity test) during on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. Immense cloud of smoke and light. This atomic explosion, the first of two, was pivotal in compelling Japan to surrender unconditionally. Film ending includes public service announcement image "Buy Bonds. Hold Them. Victory Loan."

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036307
Liberated American prisoners embark on USS Benevolence anchored in the Tokyo Bay in Japan towards the end of World War II.

Liberation of American prisoners in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. U.S. personnel wave as LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Personnel) loaded with released American prisoners leave a dock. A Japanese guard on the dock. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighters pass over LCVPs underway. A group of released prisoners of war on the dock waiting for transportation. A crane in the background. Released POWs in an LCVP underway towards hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) anchored off the coast. Litter patients are hoisted aboard USS Benevolence from the LCVP. The LCVP comes alongside, men are assisted aboard USS Benevolence.

Date: 1945, August 30
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075125
U.S. Navy airplanes take off from the deck of an carrier aircraft and bomb Tokyo in Japan during World War II.

The U.S. Navy task force underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The U.S. Navy planes take off from an carrier aircraft. U.S. sailors on the deck. The airplanes take off from the deck one after the other. A signal man gives a signal. Insignia of the United States on the airplanes. The airplanes in flight. The aircraft carrier underway. The airplanes in flight over the Tokyo Bay. The airplanes drop bombs on the Tokyo area. Explosions on the ground. Smoke rises due to explosions. Rockets are dropped at the Japanese War Installation on the field. The installation being shelled. Aerial view of the bombed area. An airplane in flight and drop bombs. The Japanese planes parked on the ground and are destroyed. The planes burn on the ground. An airplane in flight.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069351
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo, Japan.

Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. American planes approach Atsugi Air Base in Japan. Wrecked Japanese planes on airfield. Japanese labor works on airfield. C-54 aircraft lands in Atsugi. General Douglas MacArthur disembarks the plane. USS Missouri in Tokyo bay. Surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamoru Shegemitsu (with cane), General Yoshijiro Umezu, Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Katsuo Okazaki, Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi on deck of USS Missouri. Cameramen record event. General MacArthur speaks on mike. American officers surround General MacArthur. Surrender Instrument on table. Eleven men Japanese Delegation move ahead to sign the Surrender Instrument. Mamoru Shegemitsu signs Surrender Instrument. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army step forward with General MacArthur to sign Surrender Instrument. Map shows surrender locations like China, Manchuria, South West Pacific, Central Pacific, Japan, South Korea and Philippines.

Date: 1945, September 2
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052560
Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Officers on bridge of USS Missouri Japanese flags painted below during Japanese surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay. Coast line of Japan. Allied officers gathered on deck of USS Missouri. Japanese delegation. General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz and Halsey walk across deck. Japanese delegation at attention. General MacArthur speaks over a microphone. Allied delegation on the right. Photographers in background. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, September 2
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034756