Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. JAPANESE SURRENDER AND AMERICAN OCCUPATION--TOKYO

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. JAPANESE SURRENDER AND AMERICAN OCCUPATION--TOKYO

1945

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Reel 1, Part 1 shows panoramic views of liberated Shanghai, China, and closeups of the British, U.S., and Nationalist Chinese headquarters in the city. Part 2, U.S. officers confer on Tokyo's Atsugi Air Field. Air Transport Command planes land with U.S. occupation troops who are trucked into Tokyo. Two Russian officers and a Soviet civilian deplane. The transport "Bataan" lands and Gen. MacArthur deplanes. Reel 2, MacArthur is besieged by cameramen, confers with his aides, enters a staff car, and is driven off. Shows views of rubble in Tokyo.

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