/ men and boys gather in Chinatown to let off firecrackers and celebrate VJ day / men in suits, uniform and street clothes gathered together smiling / huge amount of firecrackers pop and smoke simultaneously. VJ Celebration in Chinatown...

/ General Douglas MacArthur approaches microphone and explains why everyone is gathered and invites the Japanese to sign the surrender document / finishes speech and points to the paperwork. General Douglas MacArthur speaks at Japanese...

/ sailors happily throwing papers into the air / sailor holds woman in tight embrace and kisses her / woman tries to push the sailor off / women and children line the streets / another woman is bent over nearly to the ground and being...

/ 1,900 planes in the sky above USS Missouri where the Japanese have just formally surrendered / Admiral Ernest J. King addresses the troops who fought in WWII and thanks them. Admiral Ernest King addresses WWII soldiers after Japanese...

[Captured Japanese footage] Aerial shot of coastline from Japanese plane / Japanese warplanes flying overhead / aerial shot of Hong Kong from Japanese plane / Japanese seaplane flying overhead / aerial shot from Japanese plane of...

Truckloads of Japanese prisoners of war are moved away from the Ishikawa civilian areas. They are being escorted by US Military Police / The Tokyo tribunal would later be set up to try war criminals.

Aerial view from plane as it flies over Tokyo Harbor and the USS Missouri and other US Navy ships, where the surrender of the Imperial Japanese Army took place.

North American P-51 Mustang's takeoff to participate in the flyover during the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri ending WWII.

The initial surrender of Japan occurred on the Okinawan Island of Ie Shima / The Japanese delegation was flown on a C-54 that would carry them to the Philippines to meet with General Douglas MacArthur.

Airplanes return from the flyover of the USS Missouri on the day of the Japanese surrender, ending WWII.

Aerial view from plane as it flies over Tokyo Harbor revealing US Navy supply ships for the fleet.

The 233 Combat Engineers make headquarters inside a Ryukyuan religious site.

Aerial view of Okinawa military airbase / The initial surrender of Japan occurred on the Okinawan Island of Ie Shima / The Japanese delegation was flown on a C-54 that would later carry them to the Philippines to meet with General...

Enormous excited crowds throng New York City's Times Square and San Francisco streets on VJ Day to celebrate Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.

Civilians and members of the United States military crowd Times Square to celebrate the Japanese Surrender on VJ Day.

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Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a national ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a national ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the nation's surrender and the end of World War II (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

/ Huge American flag waved above the packed crowd in Times Square / suited man crowd surfing / woman kisses soldier intensely / soldiers drinking beer and hugging women / night falls on the crowd still cheering and waving / floodlights...

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Citizens of Japan react with sadness as Emperor Hirohito announces the Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945.

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