British Indian Army 19th Infantry Division beachhead in Kwauk-Myaung area, Burma during World War II. The troops get into an assault boat. The troops in boats cross Irrawaddy river near Singu. The troops with their supplies walk along side the river. The troops get into a boat. They cross the river. The troops row the boat using oars. Native Burmese water elephants on river bank. The elephants drink water from the river. The natives in a raft. The troops pull the raft towards the river bank. the They get into the raft to cross river.
The laborers employed in Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic bombings during the end of World War II . A locomotive standing on a siding at Nagasaki railroad yard. A man using shovel to put the coal in a basket. The human chain method as they dump the coal into the tender. The laborers use wicker baskets to pass the coal up to the tender. The coal in the tender. The laborers on a ladder passing coal in the tender. The laborers dump the baskets into a coal bunker of the tender. A man using shovel to put the coal in a basket.
U.S. troops on the Nazi German liner Europa arriving in New York harbor after the end of World War II. Europa approaching the New York harbor. U.S. troops seen aboard, on the deck of the ocean liner. A Nazi flag on the ship. The troops stand on the deck. A banner reads 'Hiya Butch'. Captain of the liner is seen. U.S. Marshal James MacKay signs a document and takes possession of the vessel for the United States. The Naval officers stand in a group.
Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo attempts suicide in Japan. People walk outside a hospital. A sign board reads' U.S. 98th Evacuation Hospital'. Sergeant John Archinal donates blood to save Hideki Tojo. The doctors perform blood transfusion. A close view of Sergeant John Archinal. The gun from which Tojo shot himself. The troops look out from a window. The doctors treat Tojo in the hospital. A close up view of Tojo. Tojo on a bed in the 98th Field Evacuation Hospital. 1st Lt. Rebecca Schmidt, Hideki Tojo’s nurse, stands by his bedside. A view of the damaged buildings. U.S. Army troops in Tokyo look at the damaged Imperial Diet building 1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). Flashback scene shows Japanese Emperor Hirohito visiting the damaged city before the surrender in World War II. The emperor looks at a chart on a table. Subordinates and Japanese officials stand in the background. U.S. soldiers read a sign which reads "No Trespassing - The Emperors palace" outside the Imperial Palace. Japanese boys bowing in front of the Imperial Palace. Dismayed Japanese people read news bulletins. A woman distributes a one page newspaper on the street in Tokyo. People crowd outside a movie theater. Japanese people buy movie tickets from a box office booth. A Japanese elderly man walking. Japanese people wait for a tram or trolley or streetcar. They get in the tram. American troops riding inside the tram or streetcar. Admiral William “Bull” Halsey rides a white horse. Admiral Halsey stands beside the horse and smokes. He sits on horseback and rides the horse, having promised that he would ride a horse through the streets of Tokyo after the Japanese defeat in World War 2.
Japanese troops surrender to British forces in Singapore at the end of World War II. A view of the England naval base in Singapore. The Japanese troops at the base. A Japanese guard with a bayonet. Japanese troops putting barricade away. A view of the city. The British troops disembark a ship. The troops with guns on their shoulders walk on the port. Singaporean civilians greet British troops on trucks. Starved British prisoners cheering from behind a fence. A prisoner smokes. The prisoners light each other’s cigarettes. The Singapore prisoners at the Japanese prison camp. Several views of the prisoners showing emaciation under Japanese captivity. Emaciated British prisoners of war only wearing white fundoshi or Japanese undergarments. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives for a meeting. Japanese delegation lead by General Seishiro Itagaki enters a hall for the meeting. The Japanese delegates and British officials in a hall for the meeting. Mountbatten investigates the surrender document. Itakaki signs the surrender document. People seated during the meeting. The British troops stand in formation in the background. The British flag is raised. (World War II period).
U.S. Marine Commander of Wake Island, James Devereux returns from Japan in Washington DC. Paddy son of Commander James wait at a railroad station to greet his father. A close up of Paddy. James Devereux gets off the train. His son greets him. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, head of marine corps greets Devereux at the station. James Devereux with his son Paddy poses. Under Secretary of Navy Artemus L. Gates awards him the Navy Cross. Men in the background take pictures. Gates shakes hands with James Devereux. Paddy looks at him. Paddy shakes hands with his father.
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