Victory over Japan

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

224

Date Released

20 Aug 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Victory over Japan

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Shots of the Japanese Emperor on horseback, sending his men to war. Chinese civilians lying dead in the streets, after Japanese bombing. Chiang Kai-shek speaks to his people; soon they begin to learn the arts of war and begin to fight back. The bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese. Roosevelt expresses determination to crush Japan. The Japanese move on to Burma, Malaya, Singapore. British troops fight back - seen landing in India; Australian soldiers in the jungles of New Guinea. Allied Air Forces destroy Japanese fleets in the Coral and Bismarck Seas. British and American troops on the offensive, land on Japanese held coastline. Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek meet at Cairo to discuss policy. Island hopping in the Pacific under General MacArthur. British troops frustrate Japanese invasion of India. The role of the RAF in bombing the enemy wherever he is to be found. Chinese convoys in trucks move along the new Burma Road. General Stilwell. General MacArthur and troops land in Manila. The invasion of Iwo Jima. Americans capture Okinawa Island. Louis Mountbatten visits recaptured Mandalay. Tokyo under fire from Allies. Shots of Hitler and Mussolini interspersed with shots of German prisoners. The Potsdam Conference: Stalin, Churchill, Truman and Attlee. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 11 min, sd, B&W, 35mm Recapitulates events leading to Japan’s defeat. Shows Hirohito; Japanese planes bombing a Chinese city; corpses in the streets; Japanese tanks and infantry advancing in China; Pearl Harbour under attack; President Roosevelt addressing Congress; debris in Singapore; British troops debarking in India; jungle warfare in New Guinea; naval-air action in the Coral and Bismarck Seas; US troops in Australia; Churchill, FDR and Chiang Kai-shek at Cairo; a British advance in Burma; landings on Iwo Jima, Luzon, and Okinawa; close-ups of Hitler and Mussolini; Stalin and Churchill at Potsdam; Mountbatten in Mandalay; and General MacArthur in Manila. Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Vehicles; Aviation; Ceremonies; War damage; Prisoners of war; Navy; Diplomacy; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Patrick O’Malley

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Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

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Notes

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