Title card reads, "Peace, It's Wonderful." People celebrate as Japan accepts peace terms, ending World War 2. President Harry S. Truman of the United States announces Japan's acceptance of peace terms and the end of World War II. Reporters rush out to deliver news. Many scenes of American citizens, soldiers and sailors celebrating V-J Day in various cities of the United States. Crowds celebrate peace on V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) in Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. Crowd outside White House waving. Woman holds newspaper with headline, "Japan Surrenders." A sailor dances with a girl. In San Francisco's Chinatown, firecrackers are lit up. In Seattle Washington, soldiers grab young women and kiss them. Aerial view of crowds celebrating the end of World War II at Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. Ticker tape falling in the air. Joyous, happy, and excited citizens cheer the end of World War 2. People waving newspapers with headline, "Japs Accept Terms." Spotlights illuminate nighttime crowds celebrating in New York City.
Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) as the Japanese surrender is signed in Tokyo Bay. Sailors stand in attention. U.S. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. greets U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz. Sailors sit and watch the ceremony. General of the U.S. Army Douglas MacArthur leads his party aboard and to their place. Uniform representatives of the Allied powers stand in attention. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamoru Shigemitsu leads his party aboard and to their place. Douglas MacArthur opens the ceremony with a speech. Documents of surrender on table. General MacArthur,Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey leave. (World War II period).
Disarmament of Japanese soldiers by Allied troops in the Pacific Theater after World War II. Japanese troops walk along a road. The troops pull a loaded cart. They stand near carts. Allied soldiers check supplies in the carts. Streetcars in the background.
Disarmament of Japanese soldiers by Allied troops in Pacific Theater after World War II. Soldiers pull loaded carts. Houses in the background. In the background the soldiers wait to board a train. Allied soldiers check Japanese soldiers' bags and supplies in carts. Military vehicles driven on a road. Pedestrian traffic on the road.
Disarmament of Japanese soldiers by Allied troops in the Pacific Theater after World War II. Japanese soldiers walk on a road along a rail track. The soldiers pull loaded carts. Japanese soldiers are checked by Allied soldiers and their carts are being checked. An ambulance is driven past a crowd. The soldiers move around. A soldier gives guns to another soldier. Two soldiers walk away.
Disarmament of Japanese soldiers by Allied troops in the Pacific Theater after World War II. A soldier opens a bag and checks it. Japanese soldiers pull a loaded cart after it has been checked. Another group of soldiers arrives pulling a cart. They are being checked. Soldiers stack arms and then stand in a group.
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