San Francisco V-J Day

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San Francisco V-J Day is a short film from 1945 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Scenes of San Francisco streets and the streets of a San Francisco Peninsula city, probably Redwood City, as soldiers and civilians celebrate

San Francisco V-J Day
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Release date
1945
Running time
13:18
LanguageEnglish
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Scenes of San Francisco streets and the streets of a San Francisco Peninsula city, probably Redwood City, as soldiers and civilians celebrate V-J Day, August, 1945. Rioting, property damage and abandon.

00:10:13:05 Movie theatre sign War End Final Battle ; CU front page of newspaper Honolulu Star-Bulletin held up by man; headlines War! , Oahu Bombed By Japanese Planes, San Francisco, Dec. 7,- President Roosevelt announce this morning that Japanese planes had attacked Manila and Pearl Harbor. 1941.

00:10:32:05 CU newspaper San Francisco Chronicle with giant headline Peace!: Japan Surrenders Unconditionally, The Allies Issue Cease Fire Order.

00:10:41:20 Cars pass camera over littered streets; three navy men hang off side of car driving down road; American Trust Company Redwood City Office building; paper pouring out of Bank of American building with American flag out front; VS people celebrating in the streets of Redwood City, streets littered with papers.

00:12:44:03 San Francisco streets filled with people celebrating the end of WWII, confetti in the air, navy soldiers in the street celebrating, fires in the street, possible looting and violence in Chinatown area.

00:14:56:13 Pile of burnt papers; headline of burnt newspaper reads War Ended

00:16:02:23 Movie Theater sign reads Last Days As War Ends

00:16:12:13 LS Newsreel movie theater sign reads War Ends: Final Battles

00:16:30:21 Group of three Navy soldiers, one reads newspaper with headline Gas Rationing Ended. VS celebrations in the streets.

00:17:09:12 LS Newsreel movie theater sign reads Welcome Gen. Wainwright ; large crowd for parade outside of theater; VS military parade in San Francisco; VS large bomb shells, tanks and guns towed in parade; various floats for different units of the armed services.