San Diego and San Francisco V-J Day Celebrations
Ephemeral film · 11 min
- War
Synopsis
Content warning: Contains images of non-consensual kissing and grabbing. Unedited newsreel footage of V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) celebrations in downtown San Diego (with some footage from San Francisco), with excited crowds of military personnel and civilians on city streets expressing joy, enthusiasm, freedom, freewheeling behavior, and also harassing behavior. The footage, probably shot on August 14, 1945, was filmed by a military cameraperson and sourced from the by The Archives…
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