- Title: CF242
- Date:1940s
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Summary:
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Silhouetted British soldiers walk across field. GVs Yalta conference, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin sit together, GVs President Roosevelt’s funeral procession 1945. Mourners line the street, old lady crying, men crying. Harry S. Truman sworn into office. Karl Donitz signs Germany’s surrender. WWII. CU document of surrender. Some great shot of Japanese kamikaze fighters being shot down, crashing into battleships, sailors diving for cover. Fire crews putting out fires, anti-aircraft guns, aerials of battle groups, amphibious landing craft. LS B/W nuclear explosion, atomic blast. Japan surrenders delegation 1945 on board USS Missouri. GVs of dead bodies in street, Japanese refugees. Horrendous footage of mistreated POW. Japanese atrocities, Man preying. - TYPE:
- DATE:1940s
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- Colour:B&W
- Keywords:WW2, WORLD WAR TWO, END OF THE WAR, PRISONER OF WAR, JAPAN, USA
- Master Title:CF242
- Segment:16
- Sound:Silent
