United States Military Police stand at a race track during Japanese surrender at Tsing-Tao in China during World War II. People seated in Grandstand. Houses on a hill in the background. Troops stand in formation. Jeeps in line with the troops. Crew stands in front of M 4 tanks. Documents marked 'Act of Surrender' lay on tables with pens and paper weights made from cartridges. Major General Shepherd of 6th Division of U.S. Marine Corps. Japanese General signs a document.
Animated maps show Japanese invasion in China. Air bases in China. Mountains in the background. Crew seen near aircraft. A plane taxiing at the air base. Liuchow (Liuzhou) Air Base and Kweilin (Guilin) Air Base after Japanese bombardment. Bomb explosion at the air base. Fire and smoke rise. Chinese civilians leave their cities. Refugees gathered at available rail space. Army Personnel and Chinese Army retreat. (World War II period).
Japanese equipment in Senaga Shima, Okinawa in Japan. A view of the huts in the area. A man measures a 6 ½ inch Japanese shell case with a scale. He holds a detonator and a nose fuse cap.
American Marines in action in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan. A marine interpreter tries to get Japanese out of a cave. Japanese comes out and marines search him for weapons. Marines carrying arms advance. They move up a hill.
Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War. A map of Okinawa. United States warships lie off the shore and bombard the coast in Okinawa, Japan. Shells burst on the coast and smoke rises. Japanese naval defenses destructed. American Naval personnel aboard a vessel hold a loudspeaker and a man speaks into a microphone. He announces the terms of surrender. Another man on board a vessel announces the terms of surrender near the beach.
Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War. American naval personnel set up a loudspeaker on a beach and a man announces the terms of surrender to the civilians. Civilians struggle through rocks and underbrush. A woman with a child tied to her back climbs up a cliff and surrenders. Civilians emerge and surrender. Japanese seated in a field. Some loaded onto a truck.
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