Enquiry Sent!

Thanks for getting in touch. We’ll get back to you very soon.

Go Back to Homepage

Post-WWII - 1945, Japan Occupation, Japanese War Criminals, 04Nov45; US Troops Move In

Reel Number: 220303-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Japan

Location: Tokyo

TC Begins: 04:14:52

TC Ends: 04:25:52

Duration: 00:11:00

Post-WWII - 1945, Japan Occupation, Japanese War Criminals, 04Nov45; US Troops Move In Hideki Tojo in prison yard, dressed in suit, talking to US officer & taking exercise. Walking w/ Admiral Shimad & Lt Gen Shigeru Sawada. Head-on shot, Col Kingoro Hashimoto, Black Dragon Society; Yasutaka Ueda, Japanese Geopolitical Institute, & Lt Gen Kuroda walking outside prison. CU, Tojo talking to Lt Col A L Selby, CO of Omori Prison. CU, Yasutaka Ueda. Head-on, Lt Gen Masaharu Homma walking w/ Col Selby. CUs, war criminals w/ Tojo. High pan of prison grounds. LS, CU, entrance w/ sign Stockade Omori POW Camp, MP guards. MS, CU, Gen Genki Abe, former Home Minister & Chief of Metropolitan Police in Tojo Cabinet, leaving PW building w/ MPs. MS, war criminals entering mess building. MS, CU, Tojo & other Japanese eating. 04:19:38 8th Cav Regt, 1st Cav Div Moves Into Japanese Imperial Guard Bks. Tokyo, Japan. Exteriors barrack buildings, Japanese laborers w/ brooms and other equipment entering buildings to begin work. Ints, US officers in charge of cleaning operations giving instructions to Japanese men & women interpreters. MSs, CUs, Japanese woman w/ baby on her back cleaning windows. MSs, troops march to barracks led by Maj Gen William C Chase. Military Ceremony follows with the raising of the US flag over the former Imperial Guard Barracks, the presentation of Samurai swords to members of the regiment. Gene Chase decorates officers; troops march to barracks. CUs, Maj Gen Chase with a Col Bradley. Post-WW2; War Crimes; Military Prison;

Show more