Military Newsreels 1945 Issue 57

Shot List:

00:01:06:10

Japanese troops boarding ships to embark on the conquest invasion of Manchuria in 1931. Japan was this war's first aggression nation. Shanghai lies in ruins in 1937 and full scale warfare against China. Japan's Diplomats walk out after addressing the League of Nations. CU of Japanese delegates exiting the building.

00:01:46:19

Japanese soldiers wage war in China. Italian troops invade Ethiopia. Franco's troops guard Madrid. A party celebrates the Axis Military Pact of 1940 between Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. Chinese refugees fleeing as China alone continued their fight against Japan. Battle scenes as Chinese soldiers fight the Japanese aggressors.

O0:03:01:18

Japanese Ambassador Nomura and Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu arrive in Washington. Scenes of the aftermath of attack on Pearl Harbor. Remnants of the U.S. Fleet assemble. CU of guns of battleship firing, amphibious assault on Guadalcanal. Suffering of Allied prisoners in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur back in the Philippines. Iwo Jima is attacked. Iconic raising the American flag over Iwo Jima. Shows General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. on Okinawa, CU image of General Buckner. Scenes of masses of Japanese prisoners of war POWs.

00:05:17:13

Japanese Kamikaze planes attack US Naval Fleet off Okinawa. CU Pom-Pom anti-aircrqaft guns firing. Excellent scenes of a Japanese Kamikaze plane crashes into the sea. American Aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga CV-145 struck by a Kamikaze plane. LS US ship burning after explosion. Navy ceremony of mass burial at sea as a tattered American flag waves in the breeze. Image of Military Cemetery with white crosses on a Pacific Island.

00:06:22:00

Boeing B-29 Superfortress lined up for take-off on Okinawa and in-flight for bombing mission over Japan. CU Image of Admiral William Bull Halsey Jr. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver plane in flight with island below. Brief scene of an atomic bomb explosion.

00:07:15:07

Scenes from the Potsdam Conference 1945. Prime Minister of England Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Russian Dictator Joseph Stalin at conference. Military parade in Moscow.

00:07:34:10

Emperor Hirohito riding white horse. Japan sues for peace. CU Image of Secretary of State James Byrnes. President Harry S. Truman with cabinet members. Flashback to footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur with Roosevelt. Other personages are Chairman Republic of China ROC Chiang Kai-shek and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. President Harry S. Truman shown with his cabinet. President Truman reads the Japanese surrender document. News reporters rush from room to announce his report.

00:10:07:05

Americans jam Times Square to celebrate total victory over Japan, VJ-Day. Night footage of VJ-Day celebration in Times Square.