Surrender Signed
Series
- Series Name
- World Pictorial News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- Atsugi: American seaborne force sweeps ashore in Yokusuka. Vice Admiral Carney accepts the surrender on behalf of the US Generals Wainwright, Doolittle and MacArthur the "Missouri". The Japanese envoys arrive, headed by Foreign Minister Shigemitsu. General MacArthur speaks. The surrender is then signed by the Japanese, followed by American, Chinese and Russian signatures.
- Keywords
- Ceremonies; Military
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Patrick O’Malley
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Film Archive
- Name
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- film@iwm.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
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- 020 7416 5291
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- Address
- Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ - Notes
- The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
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