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Signing of the surrender note aboard the USS Missouri after the surrender of Japan to the Allied Forces in World War II.

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.

Location: Tokyo Bay Japan
Date: 1945, September 2
Duration: 8 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035988
Film juxtaposing German defeat in World War 1, with its defeat in World War II, and comparative postwar impacts.

Film begins stressing the historic aggressive military traditions of Germany. A brief view of thousands of Adolf Hitler's Nazi troopers assembled in dramatic formation at the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Germany. The Nazi eagle, with swastika, atop the Zeppelintribüne grandstand, being blown up by Allied soldiers at end of World War 2. Germans celebrating the armistice ending World War One. German soldiers captured, in unconditional surrender, ending World War Two. Huge open field filled with defeated German soldiers in the second world war. German armies parading through Berlin at the end of World War One. American troops occupying the entire country of Germany after the second world war. A Nazi eagle being destroyed on a German government building at end of the second world war. Old photograph of the German general staff, led by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, that was still intact, after World War I. In contrast, after World War 2, the entire Nazi military was held and subject to trials at Nuremberg. Großadmiral Erich Raeder seen being taken in custody. Closeup of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. German industry unimpaired by World War I, contrasted with utter destruction in the second world war. American officer coordinating resumed operation of of a postwar plant. View of German diplomats remaining in office after WWI. Proclamation barring Nazi party members from all offices after WWII. German Kaiser Wilhelm II in peaceful exile in Holland after the first world war. A Nazi officer war criminal, is taken in custody by American Military Policemen, and executed by a firing squad. World War 1 did not affect German schools and curriculums. After World War 2 all Nazi doctrines were destroyed. New text books and curriculums were prepared by the Allies for German use. Map shows small area of post World War 1 occupation, in contrast the the entire Germany after WWII. Weimar Republic government, post WWI is contrasted with post World War 2 government by the Allied military powers. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery, American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Marshal Zhukov, and French General Charles de Gaulle, are shown. Views of American soldiers interacting with German citizens during their occupation of Germany. Images of Germans: Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, and Kaiser Wilhelm. Views of German farmer sowing seed, postman delivering mail, policemen escorting children. Normal activities resumed in Germany, in areas of culture such as orchestral concerts, etc.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035996
British car racer sets a world record with his Bluebird at Daytona Beach in Florida.

British car driver Campbell sets new world record. He drives his sport car named Bluebird at 246 miles an hour at Daytona Beach in Florida USA. Other cars escorting the Bluebird. Campbell congratulated.

Location: Daytona Beach Florida USA
Date: 1931, February 5
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035997
Tanks and infantry of the United States Army enter Leipzig in Germany (WW2)

Tanks of the United States Army and infantry men drive in the streets of Leipzig in Germany after taking it over during World War II. Signboard 'Leipzig 69th Infantry Division'. A dead German military officer's body covered with overcoat. Dead bodies of Deputy Mayor of Leipzig, his wife and daughter. They were Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig, Germany). Damaged buildings in Leipzig. Scattered waste and debris of demolished buildings from Allied bombing.

Location: Leipzig Germany
Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036084
British Members of Parliament visit German concentration camps after Allied victory in Germany (WW2)

British Members of Parliament (MP) visit sites of German atrocities including Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen after the end of World War II. The Members of Parliament at a concentration camp witness piles of dead bodies of German prisoners, a whipping block, the crematory ovens. The MPs also visit the Belsen camp of political prisoners. Starving and dead prisoners at the camp. Ground near the camp covered with dead bodies. A mass grave with piles of dead bodies. Dead bodies of prisoners burnt, shot, fired, and trapped in barbwires. Scenes of Chief Warden and commander Josef Kramer, Gestapo guards, and women guards of the Belsen camp arrested. Security guards of the camp arrested. Escaped prisoners of a Stalig near Leipzig guide the MPs towards more jails and dead bodies killed when trying to escape the burning building. Dead bodies of Germans in Leipzig who committed suicide by cyanide poisoning before being captured, including Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso, all in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus Neues Rathaus Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig, Germany). Body of Volksarmee General, who also died by suicide.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036149
U.S. Air Force runway strips and airfields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II.

U.S. Air Force runway strips and airfields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. A new runway strip at Carney airfield being constructed for U.S. Air Force fighter aircrafts nearby the sea shore of the island. Landing strip between dense forests with coastal trees. equipment and trees cut down for the runway. Another landing strip with few planes parked and houses near side the strip.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036194
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