Formal Jap Surrender

Identifier
irn1001515
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.174.1
  • RG-60.0493
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Universal News (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 431. Release date, 09/06/1945. According to UN advance information: "Japs Sign Surrender Papers." On the broad decks of the USS "Missouri" in Tokyo Bay, the official Japanese delegation signs the formal surrender documents. Military representatives of each of the victorious Allied powers, then affix their signatures, and hostilities are ended. Gen. MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allies, speaks to the gathering, and to the world, stating that hostilities have ceased, and that with God's help, war will be ended forever.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • JAPAN
  • SURRENDER

Places

  • Tokyo, Japan

Genre

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