View of first atomic explosion (Trinity) on July 16, 1945, at New Mexico, United States. View of the battleship, USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay, Japan, with entire ship's company on deck in dress whites, Japanese military high command and several formally dressed Japanese diplomats standing on the ship's deck. Brief closeup of General Douglas MacArthur. Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, bending to sign the instrument of surrender ending World War 2, on September 2, 1945. Supreme Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, seated, signing the document. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright and British Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival stand behind MacArthur. General Hsu Yung-chang signs for China. View of sailors observing the historic moment from every possible place aboard the ship. Large numbers of aircraft flying over the ship. Scene shifts in flashback to Manila, Philippines, where dead bodies of civilians litter the streets in silent witness of Japanese wartime atrocities. Some have hands tied behind their backs. Views of destitute Filipino mothers and children wandering through the rubble. A sign identifies the 98th Evacuation Hospital. Inside, a doctor and a nurse stand over the bed of Japanese Prime Minister, Hideki Tōjō, who attempted suicide by pistol, when apprehended, but was taken for treatment and is seen resting in his bed. View of Japanese Adrmiral Shigetarō Shimada, Minister of the Navy, behind bars in prison. Also seen in prison are Japanese general of the Japanese Imperial Army and Governor-General of the Philippines, Shigenori Kuroda;. General Masaharu Homma; and militarist Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto. Scene shifts to bodies of numerous victims of German death camps. American Army medics attend to some survivors rescued from the camps.
Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, Japan. A launch approaches Missouri. Japanese envoys board and walk to surrender position. General of the Army (U.S. Army) Douglas MacArthur at a microphone. He addresses Japanese delegation. Japanese Prime Minster Shigemitsu Mamoru walks to a table and sits down. Russian emissary, Lieutenant General Kazma Derevyanko signs.
Airplanes in flight over USS (United States Ship) Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Views of the battle ship in sea, various navy aircrafts and B-29 aircrafts can be seen flying. (World War II period).
Airplanes in flight over USS (United States Ship) Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, Japan at end of World War II. Views of the battle ship in sea, various U.S. Navy aircraft and B-29 aircraft can be seen flying. Sailors on gun deck of Missouri, small crafts going through water. Japanese officials arrive, Sailors standing in attention, General Douglas MacArthur arrives on deck, person speaks on microphone.
Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, Japan. Sailors line up on Missouri's decks. A destroyer tying up to Missouri. Bow and forward guns of Missouri. Allied representatives greet one another on the deck. The representatives arrive. General of the Army (U.S. Army) Douglas MacArthur arrives. Cameramen take pictures. (World War II period).
Guns mounted on deck of the battleship, USS Missouri (BB-63), anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester A Nimitz walking on deck with other officials in preparation for signing of treaty to end war with Japan in World War II. Crew members crowd on deck. ( Note: The ship from which the action is photographed at the beginning, is the USS Buchanan, DD-484. She carried MacArthur and his entourage to the Missouri for the signing of the surrender.)