| Momoru Shigemitsu Released From Sugamo Prison | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1554 |
| Catalog #: | 350961 | |
| Clip Number: | 350961-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 023-409-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:19:37 - 00:20:30 | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LAW: Enforcement, Prisons LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan, Tokyo WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: War Crimes | |
| Description: | Momoru Shigemitsu Released From Sugamo Prison Japan's wartime foreign minister, who signed the surrender on the 'Big Mo', is released from Tokyo's war criminal penitentiary after serving four years of a seven-year term. Gen. Macarthur paroled Mamoru Shigemitsu despite Russian objections. Foreign Minister Momoru Shigemitsu who served four years in the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo was released today, Foreign Minister Momoru Shigemitsu headed up the Japaneese delegation who surrendered to the United States aboard the USS Missouri, September 1945. Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. MLS Cornel Davis bids Momoru fare well. MCU Momoru Shigemitsu getting in a car. CU Of Minister Momoru Shigemitsu boarding the USS Missouri. LS USS Missouri and sailors standing at the rails. CU Momoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender papers. MLS The Minister returning to his home. MCU Momoru Shigemitsu with his family. | |
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