LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

14 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:36

Description

Nick Wood reports on the Japanese surrender fifty years ago that brought the Second World War to an end. Includes speeches by President Harry Truman calling for Japan to surrender and announcing surrender; newsreel clips from the time; Sidney Laurence(?), former Japanese POW on hearing the Emperor of Japan announcing the surrender on radio; Barbara Smoker WREN who was serving in Sri Lanka on hearing the news; Clifford Bailey former Japanese POW; General Douglas MacArthur speech on signing of surrender; London resident.

Contributors

Barbara Smoker; Nick Wood; Clifford Bailey; Douglas MacArthur; Sidney Laurence(?); Harry S. Truman

Keywords

Anniversary celebrations; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Prisoners of War; VJ Day

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