General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. JAPANESE SURRENDER TO GEN. STILLWELL, ON CKINAWA

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. JAPANESE SURRENDER TO GEN. STILLWELL, ON CKINAWA

General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. JAPANESE SURRENDER TO GEN. STILLWELL, ON CKINAWA

1945

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1) GtoA LS Allied aircraft in widespread formation flying cver Okinawa.2) CU GEN. JAMES DOOLITTLE; several undt. persons in the BG.3) MCU GEN. DOOLITTLE.4) CU Looking between the shoulders of two men chowing GEN. JOSEPH STILLWELL (SV).5) CU GEN. STILLWELL talking to two officers awaiting the Japanese for their currender.6) CU GEN. STILLWELL being followed by several officers; several of the troope in the BG.7) CU Two MP"s.8) CU The first R4D arriving with the Japanese.9) LA CU CAPT. R.G. ROGERS (pilot of the R4D).10) LA CU The co-pilot.11) CU PAN The open hatch of the R4D.12) CU The aircraft taxiing on the strip.13) MS Several US tanks lined up on the edge of the field.14) MLS The surrender area.15) MCU The surrender table; troops in the BG; anti-aircraft guns in BG.16) MS The troops lining up.17) MS Three US army tanks lined up at the edge of the field.18) MS A Jupanese officer surrendering to GEN. STILLWELL; other Japanese officers in the BG; PAN as one walks over to the table to sign the surrender papers.19) MCU Two army officers getting the papers ready on the Japanese officer signs.20) MCU GEN. STILLWELL signing the papers for the United States.21) MS The Japanese officers standing in formation in the BG.22) GtoA LS A group of bombers flying overhead during the surrender.23) MS The Japanese.24) LA MLS Several US troops up in the rocky hills looking down over the surrender.25) CU The army officers lined up during the surrender.26) MS PAN An army officer walking to the left with a Japanese during the surrender.27) MCU The Japanese officials and army officers that arrived in Okinawa for the surrender (SV).28) CU Two officers conversing with one another.29) MS Looking toward the surrender table showing a Japanese officer coming to a salute (SV).30) MCU The surrender table showing the army officers standing on either side of the Japanese as he sits at the table signing the surrender papers.31) MLS An R4D arriving with the Japanese and the Gen. and staff for surrender.32) CU The R4D which to the army is the U-47.33) CU The Japanese officials being greeted alongside the plane by COL. L.B. ELY & COL. GARFIELD (USA).34) CU The Japanese officers and the US officers walk away from the side of th plane.35) MCU The officers getting into a jeep and driving off.36) MS The group of jeeps driving off through the muddy water.37) CU The Japanese officers standing at attention; one of them shakes hands with one of the army officers.QUALITY GOOD

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