JAPANESE SURRENDER, CANTON, CHINA ; SURRENDER OF JAPANESE AND GENERALS IN PARADE, CANTON, CHINA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 5279 SOURCE: AFCF (7C and 8C-340) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 677 ea Silent 5279 Record Group 111 JAPANESE SURRENDER Accession III-NAV-210 Canton, China - 16 Sept 45 (8C-340) LSs, C-47 lands; guns in fg fire salute. VS, cavalcade of cars bearing US and Chinese staffs arrives at tomb of Gen Sun Yat-sen. Brig Gen Harwood C Bowman, CG, 2nd Comd, CCC (US) and his Chief of Staff are followed by Chinese Marshal Fah-Kwei, Cdr of Chinese 2nd Gp Armies and the Mayor of Canton as they approach memorial. Gen Tanaka (Jap) followed by staff walks twd memorial. Follow shots, Jap general and staff leaving mem- orial after signing of peace treaty and entering car. SURRENDER OF JAPANESE AND GENERALS IN PARADE Canton, China - 15 Sept 1945 (7C-340) LS, Jap delegation leaves bldg where surrender was signed. Seq: C-47 taxis to a stop. Marshal Chang and Gen Bowman alight and are greeted by welcoming party. The party enters jeeps and leads parade through streets. Excellent scenes, Gen Bowman and Chinese generals in sedans moving along streets. MLS, Chinese generals greet boys in uniform and their drum corps. (Note: There are numerous underexposed shots of signing which cannot be used and are, therefore, not described.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities