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.
Scenes of Allied soldiers celebrating Victory over Japan at the end of World War 2. Most scenes show liberated Allied prisoners of war as they celebrate being freed from Japanese prison camps. Many of the former POW soldiers are emaciated, starved, and thin, and show signs of abuse. Smiling liberated prisoners gather at a dock beside a prison camp compound and cheer an approaching relief boat. Letters painted atop bombed out building include "US Army Come After Us" alerting allies to the presence of their prison camp. Freed prisoners in another camp pose together, smiling and cheering. Freed prisoners pass around a flask of booze and share drinks in celebration. Views of a prison complex and prison grounds, after liberation, with U.S. Army and other Allied soldiers eating food and washing. Many are emaciated. U.S. Army officer interviews a liberated prisoner and takes notes. Two freed prisoners hold up a bat that was used to beat prisoners, among various atrocities committed by Japanese guards. A soldier holds up his burned and battered hands. His right hand is possibly also missing the thumb. Interior view of a barren prison barracks is shown, with only thin blankets on floors. An Americna soldier stacks up boxes of Red Cross supplies that had been sent to the camps for the prisoners, but which were stolen by Japanese guards. Liberated prisoners stand beside the graves of several dead soldiers. Final scene shows three Japanese former prison guards bowing before two liberated prisoners as the freed soldiers exit the Ofuna prison camp, near Yokohama, Japan.
U.S. forces occupy abandoned Japanese outpost on Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska during World War II. An American soldier samples Japanese rice ration and another drinks a bottle of Japanese beer. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett, Commander of Amphibious Force 9, Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt Commander of Western Defense Command, and Assistant Secretary of War, John J. McCloy, inspect the island. Heavy construction equipment and supplies unloaded at the beach. U.S. Army engineers commence building a U.S. base on Kiska. Soldiers hold a Japanese flag.
'Naval operations off Okinawa '. Japanese ships underway in the sea, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan. A Japanese plane shot down by American carrier aircraft. It also strafes a Japanese ship. Japanese planes attack American ships and shot. Fire on United States Navy cruiser Bunker Hill fought by men. Seamen rescued as they climb onto a ship. A fighter's belly tank drops on a carrier while landing and causes fire. (World War II period).
American prisoners of war being interviewed at a Japanese prison camp in Honshu, Japan after World War II. A U.S. officer interviews a prisoner who has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp. The prisoner says that his name is James Robertson. He says that he is from St. Louis and was born in Chicago, United States. He speaks that he came to fight against the Japanese on April 22, 1941. He states that he was captured by the Japanese on May 6, 1942 in Corregidor, Philippines. He narrates an incident to prove that they were tortured at the prison camps. He also states how hot tea was poured on the legs of a prisoner.
American air raid on Japanese positions in Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped and they hit a Japanese airfield. Smoke rises as a result of the blast. A Japanese Zero aircraft being fired at from a gun aboard a B-17. Bombs hit a Japanese ship underway at sea and smoke rises.
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