Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. JAPANESE SURRENDER MORE TERRITORY [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. JAPANESE SURRENDER MORE TERRITORY [ETC.]

1945

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Part 1, Japanese surrender documents arrive at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Japanese surrender to the Chinese at Chingkiang. American prisoners of war leave Japanese prison camps. Shows the surrenders of Marcus Island aboard the destroyer and of the last Japanese holdings in the Philippines to Gen. Wainwright and Brit. Gen. Percival by Gen. Yamashita. Part 2, traitor Vidkun Quisling is sentenced at Oslo, Norway. Part 3, Gen. Clark reviews a parade as the allies occupy Vienna. Includes shots of Nijinsky, famed dancer. Part 4, the 1st Cavalry Division enters Tokyo and is reviewed by Gen. MacArthur.

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