Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. American planes approach Atsugi Air Base in Japan. Wrecked Japanese planes on airfield. Japanese labor works on airfield. C-54 aircraft lands in Atsugi. General Douglas MacArthur disembarks the plane. USS Missouri in Tokyo bay. Surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamoru Shegemitsu (with cane), General Yoshijiro Umezu, Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Katsuo Okazaki, Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi on deck of USS Missouri. Cameramen record event. General MacArthur speaks on mike. American officers surround General MacArthur. Surrender Instrument on table. Eleven men Japanese Delegation move ahead to sign the Surrender Instrument. Mamoru Shegemitsu signs Surrender Instrument. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army step forward with General MacArthur to sign Surrender Instrument. Map shows surrender locations like China, Manchuria, South West Pacific, Central Pacific, Japan, South Korea and Philippines.
U.S. 6th Marine Division 4th Marines destroy Japanese caves in Okinawa. Japanese soldier holding his head, seated at mouth of blasted cave. Other dead Japanese behind him. Japanese in shorts comes towards a Marine in the foreground who holds a canteen of water. Japanese with arms and legs all burned. He is led along path. (World War II period).
Wrecked Japanese planes at an airfield in Naha, Okinawa. Wrecked Japanese planes and hangars. Wrecked Japanese revetment with demolished plane in it. Marines examine wrecked Japanese bomber at Naha airfield. Marine sits in cockpit of damaged Japanese fighter plane. Wreckage on airfield.
Action in Okinawa. Japanese plane makes a bombing run over hills. Japanese plane attacks advancing U.S. Marine units on hill. Explosions on hill. Dogfight between American and Japanese plane. The Japanese plane comes down in flames and crashes on hill. Marines advance up the hill. Marine fires rifles at Japanese snipers hiding in village. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Young Japanese soldiers drill. Soldiers march. Inspection of troops. Japanese soldier goose walks. Soldiers go through bayonet training. Teenagers eat food at table. Young soldier plays trumpet. Young soldiers get out of beds in morning. Soldiers eat and bow. Soldiers hand wet cloths. Japanese soldiers in full combat gear. Soldiers undergo training. Flags on flag pole. Japanese troops inspected by officials. Troops in formation. (World War II period; anti-Japanese propaganda).
Japanese weapons demonstrated to United States Troops. Japanese soldiers in action. Captured heavy machine gun Model 92 shown and its parts explained. A telescope demonstrated to troops. Its elevation and depression explained. Officers describe Japanese guns to troops. Japanese light machine gun model 1936 explained with its mechanism. Japanese infantry rifles 1905 and other models explained. (World War II period).
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