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Post-WWII - Japan, Occupation: First Pictures, Occupation Of Japan

Reel Number: 220472-46

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: Japan,USA

Location: Okinawa, RYUKU ISLANDS,Tokyo Bay

TC Begins: 10:28:21

TC Ends: 10:31:33

Duration: 00:03:12

Post-WWII - Japan, Occupation: Naval Base, Ships & Airbase Turned Over To Americans Intertitle: First Pictures: Occupation Of Japan 10:28:27 US Navy ships off coast of Japan. Japanese pilot boat approaches & Japanese climb aboard US warship to direct it towards Tokyo Bay thru mine fields. CUs. 10:28:54 Mount Fuji on horizon. 10:28:58 American landing craft on Tokyo Bay to shore as Japanese look on. Troops run ashore w/ litters & equipment to Japanese naval base. Raise American flag. 10:29:32 Cruiser San Diego at dock. Ceremony of Japanese handing over papers / paperwork for naval base to Americans. 10:29:56 Damaged Japanese battleship Nagato turned over and US flag hoisted on ship. 10:30:13 Admiral Nimitz arrives, greeted by Admiral Halsey, shake hands. 10:30:20 Aerial Okinawa air base w/ many parked aircraft. Aerial of Mount Fuji in clouds. Landing of US troops on C-54s at Okinawa air base, run off plane & march across tarmac. 10:30:47 Japanese general talking w/ American officers. US flag hoisted. Liberated American POWs shake hands w/ truckload of arriving troops, pose. 10:31:06 USAAF transport plane, CU of name Bataan; taxiing at Atsugi airport; MacArthur out of plane. MacArthur smokes large corn cob pipe, greeted. Post-WW2; History; Winners; Losers; Defeated;

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