General Macarthur Speech (1946)

Unissued / unused material. Allied Council for Japan meets for first time. Sound begins at 01:34:57. General Douglas MacArthur of US army enters and shakes hands with the delegates. Various general shots of meeting - British, American, Soviet and Chinese delegates are present. MacArthur speaks from rostrum (natural sound) - he makes an impassioned plea to all nations to follow Japan’s example in forever renouncing war. Date given old record is 23/04/1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from