After World War II, M. Kitagawa, Chief Japanese civilian, Merchant Marine Committee, speaking in Japan and file footage of Japanese surrender

[US Navy footage] Title card: "Mr. M. Kitagawa, Chief Japanese civilian, Merchant Marine Committee, Subject: Merchant shipping" / Masae Kitagawa sitting at desk speaking / [9/2/1845] file footage: wide shot from ship of US Navy battleship "Missouri" / closer shot from ship of USS Missouri sailing along / shot on board the Missouri of US Navy officers and Japanese officials present at Japanese surrender / Japanese official sitting at table singing surrender document / US General Douglas MacArthur sitting at table signing surrender treaty / US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz signing surrender document / Japanese delegation at surrender ceremony standing on deck of USS Missouri" // [present day, but date unknown]: US Secretary of Navy James Forrestal in Washington, DC, sitting at desk speaking to camera / card: "The End"