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Weekly Review No. 208 - VJ Day Celebrations
Short Film (Full Length) – 1945
And for this Chinaman, this is the greatest day of all: Japan has been defeated.– Narrator Rex Walden
For young children, peace is a new experience.– Narrator Rex Walden
This is the day we’ve all been waiting for: six years is a long time when a country is at war. But in the end we’ve done it, we’ve won through.– Narrator Rex Walden
This is the time for celebration, this is the time for everybody to be together: the whole country rejoices.– Narrator Rex Walden
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