Japanese envoy and delegation board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Mamoru Shigemitsu, Foreign Minister of Japan, General Yoshijiro Umezu and other Japanese staff on the deck of USS Missouri. Japanese General signing the surrender document. Russian General Derevyanko, General Sir Thomas Blamey from Australia, Colonel Moore Cosgrave General Jacques P. Leclerc of France and Admiral Cel Helfrich from Netherland signs the peace treaty concluding with General MacArthur from United States.
Officials of various countries arrive. Sailors standing at attention. General Douglas MacArthur arrives on deck and stands in front of a microphone. Japanese officials, military and civilians standing in groups. Japanese General signing the surrender document then the Russian General Derevyanko, General Sir Thomas Blamey from Australia, Colonel Moore Cosgrave General Jacques P. Leclerc of France and Admiral Cel Helfrich from Netherlands signs the peace treaty.
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).
Japanese emissary with wooden leg prosthetics sits down to sign at Japanese surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay at end of World War 2. Other Japanese emissary signs. Japanese delegation waiting to sign.
United States General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sign during surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay following the surrender of Japan in World War II. General MacArthur and Admiral Halsey talk at right. Japanese delegate signs surrender document. Russian officer, Australian or British officer, French officer, and other Allied representatives sign in succession. Japanese delegates sign in succession. Too many photographers in background. (World War II period).
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.