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Events showing the surrender of Japanese forces to the Allied forces in the Pacific Theater at the end of World War 2

Following victory over Japan in World War 2, a map shows the surrender of Japanese troops to Allied forces in different regions of Pacific Theater during World War II. On Cebu Island in the Philippines, U.S. 8th Army soldiers march several thousand Japanese prisoners along a road. Command of Japanese 34th Army hands over his saber. American soldiers gather piles of swords received in surrender from the Japanese forces. View of mist hanging over Governor's Palace (The Mansion) in Baguio Philippines. General Wainwright and General Percival arrive by car at the mansion. Japanese General Yamashita arrives next and enters the building. General Tomoyuki Yamashita signs surrender documents as General Wainwright and other Allied officers look on. General Yamashita is taken to New Bilibid prison and is seen being escorted into a prison cell.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058332
Japanese troops surrender Marcus Island and Wake Island in the Pacific Theater

Part of ceremonies marking Japanese surender and victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese forces surrender Marcus Island on board USS Bagley (DD-386) in Pacific Theater. Japanese Rear Admiral M. Matsubara surrenders his garrison to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Whiting. Japanese and Allied officers sign the papers of surrender. View in September of American flag being raised on Wake Island by U.S. Marines after Japanese surrender. Colonel Walter Baylor accepts honors at the ceremony, having been the last to leave Wake Island, and now the first to return. View of destroyed Grumman F-4 Wildcats that assisted in efforts to hold off Japanese forces for 14 days of attack, earlier in the war.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058333
Japanese troops surrender in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nanking China at end of World War 2

Victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese troops surrender Singapore and Hong Kong to British troops in Pacific Theater. Aerial view of city in Singapore. Allied ships in nearby harbor. Allied soldiers of Britain landing and marching on streets in Singapore. Next scene shows ships of British fleet seen in waters at Hong Kong. Low-flying aerial views of port areas and buildings of Hong Kong. British Navy combat teams move from building to building in small groups, flushing snipers from alleys, streets, and buildings. A British soldier rests a Bren light machine gun on an elevated porch and fires at an enemy sniper position. Several Japanese soldiers surrender to British forces. Next scene is in Nanking, China. View of officials gathering in Nanking for Japanese surrender ceremony at the Central Military Academy, which had been the enemy Japanese headquarters during the war.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058334
Japanese troops surrender Shanghai and South Korea in the Pacific Theater at end of World War II.

Aerial view passing over Shanghai at end of World War 2, just after VJ Day surrender of Japan. People in Shanghai celebrate the surrender of Japanese troops. Citizens sew and the hold up a American flag. Various allied citizens celebrate together with Shanghai residents. A building with flags of America and China in front of it, a large "V" for victory, and a picture of Chiang Kai Shek on the wall. In Seoul, U.S. soldiers march and Korean citizens cheer the end of World War 2. A surrender ceremony takes place at Governor's Palace. Japanese and Allied officers sign documents. Lt. General John Hodge signs documents accepting the Japanese surrender. In front of the Palace, the Japanese flag is lowered from a flag pole, and the American flag is raised as officers salute.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058335
Allied leaders meet at Yalta conference and Potsdam conference

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Yalta conference in Ukraine. American and Russian troops meet at Elbe River in Aerial views of destroyed buildings in Berlin, Germany. German officers sign surrender documents in Rheims. President Harry S. Truman, Stalin and Churchill meet at Potsdam conference in Germany. American troops fight in Iwo Jima, Japan. American flag raised. Aerial views of ruins in Tokyo. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058351
Unveiling of 1st edition statue of U.S. flag raising at Iwo Jima, held at Times Square in New York, as 7th War Bond drive opens.

7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059046