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Army-Navy Screen Magazine: 1946 - Issue 78 Reel-2
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keywords: Post-WWII, V-J Day, Japan Surrenders, General Douglas MacArthur
Synopsis: Day Of Victory Japan Surrenders Part-2...(read more)
- Date: 1946
- Duration: 00:07:03
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Japan
Day Of Victory - Japan Surrenders - Part 2
People throughout the Pacific and Asia celebrate V-J Day, the end of World War II with victory over Japan. Scenes of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) cheering. Shows the "living dead" liberated from Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp. Prisoners show the scars of torture by the Japanese guards in POW camps. Stacks of Red Cross packages stolen by the Japanese guards at POW camp. Scene of a POW cemetery. Relieved prisoners leaving POW camp in Japan. Many prisoners moved to hospital ship Benevolence off-shore of Japan.
The disarming of Japanese soldiers and disbanding of the Japanese Army. The Japanese people start to re-build their country. Flashback scene of the military war lords (military leaders) looking at a map on a table. The Japanese people are given the freedom to read and write and vote. Japanese citizens casting their ballots. Bulldozers clearing rubble from streets of Tokyo, printing of a Japanese newspaper. Scenes of Japanese children. American soldiers boarding ship to leave occupied Japan. Japanese people enjoying freedom. CU image of Emperor Hirohito and on horseback before surrender. Emperor Hirohito walking among the Japanese people and talking with a group of young children.
Women voting for first time in Japan. Image of Japanese woman elected to Japanese House of Representatives. Japanese men and women adopt western dress. General Douglas MacArthur said "It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice."
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- Army-Navy Screen Magazine: 1946 - Issue 78
