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24 results found for '"VJ Day"' in Keywords.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years on (1985)
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- News report; Speech
Report on the war in Japan and the Pacific on the 40th anniversary of VJ day. Looks at the war effort in the Pacific and the prisoner of war camps and the effect of the atomic bombs on Japan. Speeches from...
The force of the sun (1985)
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- Documentary; Interview; News report
The Force of the Sun, a documentary marking the 40th anniversary of VJ Day and focusing on the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima (06/08/45) and Nagasaki (09/08/45). Dave Loyn reports (from Hiroshima?)....
Defining moments of World War II (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Defining moments of the Second World War through a series of archive clips, no commentary given. Numerous news reports including actuality from the Blitz bombings; Mussolini stepping down, and the liberation...
VJ day commemoration plans (1995)
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- Interview; News report
Paul Chapman reports on plans for the commemoration of 50 years since VJ day at Westminster Cathedral. Speaking are Arthur Titherington, former Japanese POW, on inability to forgive; Japanese nuclear bomb...
Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII (1995)
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- News report
Nick Wood reports on a memorial service in Tokyo, Japan to their war dead on the fiftieth anniversary of their surrender at the end of the Second World War. Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama made a statement...
Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII (1995)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
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;...
Royal Yacht Britannia arrives for VJ day celebrations (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Alison Hodgkins reports on the arrival of the Royal Yacht Britannia to the Pool of London for the 50th anniversary VJ day celebrations. Likely to be one of the last of its engagement as it will be...
VJ day anniversary - Speech by the Queen (1995)
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- Speech
The Queen is leading the final celebrations in central London to mark victory in Japan fifty years ago at the end of the Second World War. Thousands of people, young and old, have packed Horse Guards Parade...
VJ day anniversary - Duke of Edinburgh speech (1995)
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- Speech
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh says veterans who suffered at the hands of the Japanese should not be expected to forgive and forget as the 50th anniversary of VJ Day celebrations continue. Prince Philip...
VJ day anniversary - Dame Vera Lynn interview (1995)
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- Interview
Dame Vera Lynn on her meetings with many Second World War veterans in London for VJ day 50th anniversary commemorations.