First Pictures! (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FIRST PICTURES! / OCCUPATION OF JAPAN: Under the terms outlined by General MacArthur, the Allied forces of occupation move into Japan.—The powerful U.S. 3rd Fleet lifts anchor and steams into Tokio's lower bay, where Jap pilots board our vessels to assure safe conduct through the enemy waters. Admiral Halsey on his flagship, the dreadnaught Missouri, welcomes Admiral Nimitz aboard.—From Okinawa, huge air transports, including the Tokio Trolley, bring the 11th Airborne Division to a landing at Atsugi Airfield, 18 miles from Tokio. Jap officers turn the field over to the Yanks, and the Stars and Stripes are raised over the enemy homeland. Jap soldiers become more bewildered as overjoyed Yank soldiers are freed from prison camps. The field made ready, General MacArthur arrives in his plane, the Bataan. Sporting his corn cob pipe, he is soon whisked away by car to Yokohama, where after driving through the ruined city he sets up headquarters at The Grand Hotel.—U.S. Marines land at Futtsu Saki and fleet units enter Yokosuka Bay to take the surrender of the huge naval base there, from strange looking Jap officers. In the harbor lies the shattered bulk of the 43,000 ton battleship Nagato—symbolic of the depths to which the Rising Sun has fallen. (LOCAL – CANADA) WELCOMES DEGAULLE. (LOCAL – CANADA) HAS ?? BOOM. (LOCAL – CANADA) VICTORY PARADE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library