Jap Peace Mission Arrives (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. JAP PEACE MISSION ARRIVES: Two strange looking Jap air transports land at Ie Shima, bearing the Jap surrender mission on their way to Manila to learn Gen. MacArthur's terms. Giant U.S. ‘C-54’ air transports whisk them to Manila, where Gen. MacArthur has previously spoken, telling his troops it's over, and he trusts they can return to the U.S.A. before long.—HALSEY CELEBRATES: After British fleet units add their weight to Admiral Halsey's Third Pacific Fleet, news of the Jap surrender is received. Admiral Halsey entertains Sir Admiral Rawlings and staff aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. Following a round of toasts, "Bull" Halsey serves up a Japanese cake with plenty of gestures and pantomime that are his and his alone. 2. RED CROSS MUNITION SHIP: When a Jap hospital ship is searched in the South Pacific, it is found to be filled with munitions and able-bodied Japs. 3. DE GAULLE ARRIVES: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gen. Charles de Gaulle, French leader, meets President Truman to inaugurate official conversations. 4. NAVY DISCHARGES: LONG BEACH, NY - The U.S. Navy discharges its first gobs who are eligible under the newly adopted point system.—AMERICA RECONVERTS: With war plants shutting down, thousands of war workers are shifted to peacetime industrial jobs as industry gears up to satisfy the pent up demands for a flood of domestic products. Automatic wash machines roll out of plants, while Detroit rushes new cars down the assembly line. 5. DIAPER SERVICE DERBY: PALISADES PARK, NJ - Creeping cuties clad in diapers cut fancy capers as they clamber down the race course in annual diaper service derby. (LOCAL – CANADA) GOOD NEWS FOR ANGLERS. (LOCAL – CANADA) CWAC’S ??.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library