Documentary ·War ·History · United States of America · 1945 · 56m

Appointment in Tokyo

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Director
Jack Hively
Cast
Douglas MacArthur as Himself (archive footage) Chester W. Nimitz as Himself (archive footage) James Craig as Narrator George C. Kenney as Self
Synopsis

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner Bros. for the War Activities Committee shortly after the surrender of Japan. Follow General Douglas MacArthur and his men from their exile from the Philippines in early 1942, through the signing of the instrument of surrender on the USS Missouri on September 1, 1945. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Mood & Themes
world war iiphilippinespacific wartokyo, japanarchive footagepacific theaterjapanese surrendernaval battlenaval battleshipnews footagemacarthur
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