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Yokosuka Japan 1940 stock footage and images

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Surrender of Japan after atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. V-J Day (Victory over Japan) celebrations in August 1945. Americans celebrate as newspaper headlines announce V-J Day. Close up view of man holding Boston Post with headline "War Is Over." Teeming crowds in New York City's Times Square celebrating the news. Crowd of citizens, soldiers, and sailors in uniform surrounds a newspaper with headline "U.S. Announces Jap Surrender." Happy crowds of people waving, jumping, and smiling in jubilation. People show V signs. U.S. warships underway at sea. U.S. soldiers aboard ship. Japanese troops parading in Japan. Japanese aircraft lined up in flight line ready for take off to defend the Japanese mainland. Japanese amphibian tanks lined up ready for use against a possible allied invasion. Aerial view of actual atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima as seen from second B-29 aircraft accompanying the Enola Gay on the bombing run on August 6, 1945. Ruins of twisted metal and debris in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and civilians walking among the devastation. Japanese civilians along road. Japanese Generals deplaning and meeting U.S. General MacArthur on an airfield. Troops of 11th Airborne Division land in Japan. Marines reach Japanese shores at Yokosuka Naval Base in Landing crafts. American soldier raises American flag in Japan. American troops aboard Japanese battleship Nagato after Japanese surrender. View of the Nagato (later used as a target ship during Operation Crossroads).

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052559
Lt. Col. James Doolittle directs the Doolittle Raid on Japan and receives an award from Madam Chiang Kai-Shek.

From a 1943 newsreel covering the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942. United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in Japanese waters. B-25 Mitchell medium bomber planes lined up on the deck of the carrier. Lt. Col. James Doolittle and Hornet skipper Captain Marc A Mitscher with the 80 volunteers seated near a 500lb bomb on board. He ties a Japanese medal (awarded to U.S. officers for humanitarian aid to Japanese people) on the bomb. The carrier in heavy seas 800 miles off the Japanese coast. A Japanese patrol boat is sighted and sunk. The survivors are taken prisoners. The crew readies the loaded bombers. General Doolittle in the cockpit as he leads the takes off. The planes take off in rough weather to bomb Japan. The Yokosuka Naval Base bombed and ablaze. The planes bomb armed plants, rail yards and oil refineries all over Japan. Soldiers examine a wrecked B-25 in Japan. U.S. pilots hold traditional Chinese umbrellas and pose with a Chinese man. Chongqing: Soong May-ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, awards General Doolittle and his men for the gallant raid. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, April 18
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020885
United States 7th Naval fleet change of command ceremony in Yokosuka,Japan

Vice Admiral S.H. Ingersoll stands before speaker's stand and speaks to Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley who sits in his chair at the change of Command ceremony of United states 7th Naval fleet in Yokosuka,Japan. Ingersoll sits in a chair as Beakley speaks into a mike from the speaker's stand. The two officers salute as Marines salute in response on board United states ship Bon Homme Richard.

Date: 1957, January 28
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038493
Vice Admirals Ingersoll and Beakley during 7th Naval fleet change of command ceremony in Yokosuka,Japan

Vice Admiral S.H. Ingersoll and Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley arrive at speaker's stand on board United states Navy ship Bonn Homme Richard in Yokosuka,Japan for 7th Naval fleet's change of command ceremony. A Naval Captain and Ingersoll speak into the mike. Ingersoll and Beakley converse with each other on bridge of a ship.

Date: 1957, January 28
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038494
Change of command ceremony of United States 7th Naval fleet on board Bon Homme Richard in Yokosuka,Japan

Change of command ceremony of United states 7th Naval fleet ship on board Bon Homme Richard in Yokosuka,Japan. Vice Admiral S.H. Ingersoll and W.M. Beakley,the new commander of the fleet, salute along with other officers in background. Officers and civilians in the audience stand at attention. Officers and civilians walk away. 7th fleet band plays on the deck of the ship.

Date: 1957, January 28
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038496
Change of command ceremoney for United States 7th Naval fleet on board USS Bon Homme Richard in Yokosuka,Japan

Change of command ceremony of United states 7th Naval fleet ship on board Bon Homme Richard, CV-31, in Yokosuka,Japan. Vice Admiral S.H. Ingersoll speaks at the speaker's stand as Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley,the new commander of the fleet, sits in a chair. The two officers salute and the officers in audience salute in response. Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley, the new fleet commander,gives a speech at the ceremony.

Date: 1957, January 28
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038497