Japanese school children doing calisthenics under direction of instructor in Chichibu, Honshu, Japan. Boys walk through school yard.
Japanese civilians waiting in line in front of shop in Chichibu, Honshu, Japan. Two soldiers walk by. Women in line with infants strapped to their backs. One child is sleeping. (World War II period).
Street scenes in Chichibu, Honshu, Japan. Scene of a Japanese temple.
Huge stockpile of bombs near the Shrine of Chichibu, Honshu, Japan. Two United States soldiers on guard stop to examine shells. (World War II period).
Children running in yard in Chichibu, Honshu, Japan. Japanese bicycle mechanic repairs wheel in front of his shop. Japanese woman wheeling baby carriage.
Signing of the instruments of surrender formalizing the capitulation of Japan to the Allied Forces in World War II. The Battleship USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay. The U.S. Destroyer, Buchanan, pulls alongside bringing representatives of the Allied Powers to participate. U.S. General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces boards the USS Missouri and is welcomed by Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey. They proceed to the ship's Veranda deck for the signing ceremony. Japanese delegation led by Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, accompanied by General Yoshijiro Umezo arrives in a boat. Speech by MacArthur as Japanese delegation looks on. Japanese representatives sign the surrender instruments. General MacArthur then signs using several pens that he presents to U.S. General Wainwright and British General Percival and others. Admiral Chester Nimitz signs for all U.S. forces, followed by Admiral Halsey. Allied representatives then sign for China, the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, and New Zealand. MacArthur gives closing comments. Allied aircraft fly overhead after the ceremony.