WWII - 1945, Celebrations of Japanese Surrender in Los Angeles

WWII - 1945, Celebrations of Japanese Surrender in Los Angeles 14Aug45 HA shot workers to entrance to shipyards near Los Angeles (Long Beach); workers leave; shipyard workers walking down center of street waving hats and tossing them in air, etc. 08:33:3? Workers onto bus. Large lock cranes & scaffolding seen in BG, also oil well derricks. Pan shipyards as workers leave. HS Street intersection littered with paper, children throw paper into passing vehicles. Stalled traffic on Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. 08:35:59 HA Intersection of Hollywood & Vine Street, strewn with paper, children wave for camera, people wave papers saying ‘Peace!’ & ‘War Ends!’. 08:37:17 Sailor climbs on top of car to take still photographs. Good shot of sailor & woman showing headlines to camera, hugging & kissing - throw paper in air. WW2; Pacific War. VJ Day. US Home Front. End of War; Victory;