Japanese prisoners surrender

Accession Number F01628
Collection type Film
Measurement 2 min 20 sec
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Driver, Roy
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Date made August 1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Shots taken from American gunboat with loud speakers fitted to bow as it cruises along jungle foreshore calling on Japanese to surrender. Japanese on shore waving white flags and in water wading out to gunboat. Members of Far East Liaison Office (FELO) interrogating Japanese shortly after surrender.

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