VJ Day In New York, The End of WW2
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2009
- Real colour footage of the celebrations at the end of World War Two, starting with VJ day in New York and then VE day in Britain and across europe. I thought these images were amazing, as we usually only get to see this period of history in black and white.
1945 looks much more modern in colour than it does in black and white. You'd guess this footage was from the 50s.
I agree, colour does make it more modern!!
This is why people should take a good care of these footages and colorize it, so the newer generations can relate to how the war really is and know that it happened not too long ago.
I remember this day. I barely remember it but I was only six. I was in Chicago at the time , I remember the parade, lots of noise, brings back good childhood memories
the76yearold Guy like when the cubs won in 2016
Nice 😇😇😇
Hope you’re not dead
thedabcrab 3 assuming he was 6 in 1945 he’s now be 80 or 81.
Red Arrow yeah I hope u realize his fucking name is 76 year old man he’s like 80. It’s right but it would’ve been easier
I would encourage everybody to read Floris Bakels' "Nacht Und Nebel (Night and Fog)". The last entry in that secret diary, after all he'd survived (I believe he was liberated from Dachau in 1945), is one of the most simple, powerful statements I've ever read, and ends this series beautifully. "One month after his liberation, concentration camp survivor Floris Bakels wrote a final entry in the secret diary he kept for his wife. 'This diary has now come to its end. I don't have to write to you anymore. I can talk to you, look at you, I'm allowed to *be* with you, for the rest of our lives.'"
amazing. i've re-listented to that part 100 times in my life. always thinking how lucky I am to not have suffered through such hell. thanks for recognizing that amazing line.
Thanks for posting this. I just saw it and I will endeavor to find that diary.
To go through hell in war ... to see your loved one , family again... the feeling is emotional beyond belief
Tears in my eyes
Yes, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was horrible, but the alternative was an Allied ground invasion of Japan, which would have resulted in millions of casualties.
which alot of ppl overlooked
Quite true.
Except Japan was going to surrender. The U.S. dropped the bombs to scare the russians.
Marcus Olsson Tell that to the men who fought in Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese we're willing to fight to the last man.
Ellijah De Leon Exactly.
Never forget what lead to this war or the fighting needed to end it or the 70 million who died in WW2.
Unfortunately, both WW1 and WW2 are being used to promote the very ideas that led to those wars: Extreme militarism, xenophobia, and nationalism.
@@romanbarna1316 Actually, WW2 and the mentality in the US of 'never again' gave rise to what historians are referring to as the Great Peace. In case you hadn't noticed, there haven't been any conflicts between major powers since WW2. Nationalism will always be a thing and is not an evil, nor is it specific to one political spectrum.
"there haven't been any conflicts between major powers since WW2."
This is more due to nuclear bombs than 'American mentality'.
And despite Nuclear bombs, we've come close to a third world wars several times, most notably during the Korean War and the Cuba Crisis. If not for nukes, war would've certainly broken out at some point during the cold war.
Extreme nationalism is what caused WW1 and WW2. This isn't up for debate.
The alliance system brought forth by nationalist movements of Europe seeking military conquest and colonial influence led to WW1.
The nationalist movements of Germany, Italy and Japan meanwhile gave us WW2.
There is nothing wrong with liking your country. But the moment you think your country deserves more influence through war and sabotage, you become a threat to decency.
Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Italy? Right-wing nationalists.
Soviets? Left-wing nationalists.
ISIS? Religious nationalists.
The people behind the Armenian genocide? Etno-nationalists.
Most of the misery in this world is caused by the nationalist. My entire point is that extremists are using the sacrifice of WW2 veterans to push for the kind of ideology that they were fighting against.
@@romanbarna1316 Root causes: WW1 was caused by European politics. WW2 was caused by the crippling terms put on the Germans at the end of WW1. Without those terms, Hitler would never have risen to power. The Cold War was caused by the successful German attempt to destabilize Russia during WW1. If you seek to say nationalism caused WW2, you must also say nationalism caused WW2 to be won by the allies.
Further, saying "American Mentality" has nothing to do with the Long Peace is factually incorrect. The fact that the US developed its military to project power globally, when instead it could have simply developed it to secure its own hemisphere or continent, forced the peace into place. Otherwise, the Soviets would have invaded into Western Europe, Korea would be entirely communist, and nukes likely would have already been used on Western Europe by the Soviets and Japan by the Chinese.
We only avoided China being nuked in our own history because the President, at the time, thought that the Chinese threat didn't warrant a nuclear response and denied his general release of nuclear arms. Otherwise the border between North Korea and China would still be radioactive today. We didn't discover the world ending capabilities of nuclear weapons until long after we already had them. When we had found out, there had already been several instances where the US and USSR could have gone to war but didn't. If you honestly believe the USSR would not have invaded Western Europe without the US being there, you are ignorant of how Soviet leadership actually was and that for a very long time, nuclear bombs were just considered a highly expensive bomb and nothing more.
@@RedneckRapture What do you think led to those harsh terms imposed on Germany after WW1?
A French nationalist desire for revenge. No matter how you try to spin the wars, it always boils down to militaristic, flag-worshipping nationalists causing most of the issues.
(Besides, contrary to popular belief, the treaty of Versailles was neither too strict nor too lax. The economic downturn was largely caused by Germany trying to trick the French with irresponsible economic policies. The idea that Versailles was too harsh comes mostly from American interwar figures like John Maynard Keynes. Modern historians reject that claim.)
Besides, it's intellectually lazy to blame WW2 entirely on Versailles and ignore the long tradition of etno-nationalism that had existed in Germany since the early 19th century.
And yes, 'defensive nationalism' ended WW2 as well, but we wouldn't have had WW2 if people were less nationalistic to begin with. If people had spent less time worshipping their flags and more time worshipping their common humanity.
Nationalism is without a doubt the most destructive and disgusting ideology that exists, be it right-wing nationalism or left-wing nationalism. Hundreds of millions of people killed or displaced since the 19th century in the name of "national and ethnic pride".
Dang that fella in the first scene kissed every girl in that car 😂
Wouldn't you?
Lol Yeah
Living his life
@@adriansproho5379 Yup
As soldier or veteran you were a hero all girls wanted you.
so many gave their lives and never got to see the end of it..
God bless those that served whether they survived or not they deserve our respect and our honor thank you
This is a brilliant film The 1940's in this color film seems to jump out into the 2000's. For some reason it seems more real than surreal. Thanks Ghostwatching for this wonderful video. More Please!
People don't have these manorisms anymore. So much pride and theatrical behavior for their country. It's amazingly beautiful
There's no more patriotism because the US is a career war country. There have been so many wars that the US has been involved with since WWII that no aggression was ever initiated to us. We can't stay out of other people's business.
#triggered
@@seywhut2985 Nice try communist troll. Ain't gonna work
@@seywhut2985 Yeah, Europe started the 2 worst wars in the history of humanity. Shut up, cretin.
@@thorshammer7883 Afghanistan prooved you wrong, years of ocupation just leaded the US to their biggest humilliation since Vietnam and the Taliban took it in less than 1 month
It is incredible how F****** cool EVERYONE LOOKs in this video. The swagger, the style, everyone is dressed to the 9's. The service members wore their uniforms in such a cool manner, all the hats cocked just right. Nothing out of place, EFFORT was put into everyone of their appearance. Awesome video.
I can only repeat what others have written, this footage is amazing. I have just been reading, 'The Terrible Rain', the war poets 1935-1945, by Brian Gardner. There is no doubt that people's experiences were pretty intense and this particularly came through in the faces in this film. Fantastic.
It must have been the greatest day of their lives. And they earned it!! They damn well earned it!!
55 million lives, of ANY kind is a tragedy.
I LOVE this! I love Ghostwatching videos! WWII is my favorite period in history to learn about!
When the war ended, there wasn't many jobs because the U.S. was in a war economy. However, as the industries converted back to making civilian goods, the economy took off by 1947-1953. Despite the Soviet Union being the new enemy, this was the finest period in U.S. history because people saved up money during the war and they were eager to buy much needed things!
Thankyou for posting!!
Man thank you for this gold
Absolutely beautiful, it made me cry to think my mother was graduating H.S. that year, and the girl with the yellow top in front of the Pepsi sign, looked as if she could have been from the 1970's, times may change, but people are always the same, aren't they. All there at that moment in time, we saw them, the happy, the sad, the little shivering boy, they are all still here, with us, in celluloid, in memories, in spirit, or maybe they're just back, but in different bodies now. Thanks Lilly!
2018 here from Philippines I loved Historical and about WW2 people who fight in, Those hero are liberated to this .
0:56 this is in LA. The gal with the dark hair by the flag is Elizabeth Short, AKA: the Black Dahlia.
Really?
@@marianpetriz7642 yes check it out on Steve Hodells website
@@mistervacation23 holy crap! It is her!
@@Omar-Vazquez I sure think so anyway
@@mistervacation23 has it been confirmed ? Sources ?
The last military triumph and last time the country was united towards a goal.
Thanks for posting this video. The color makes it all seem so real and so close. Times Square, for all it's modern changes, still looks the same.
I love the little boy with the big smile. He looks as though he might have been in a concentration camp, with those patches sown on to his coat. He's about 10 years older than I and I can't help wonder if he is not somewhere watching this video.
The little boy's name is Joseph Schleifstein and he was part of the inspiration for the movie Life Is Beautiful. After Buchenwald was liberated he and his mother and father went to live in New York. I believe he is still alive today, age 78.
Awesome video - very touching. 55 million lives lost in that war - very sad that humanity can do that to it's own kind.
Just so appreciative of that generation and their service and sacrifice and example they have set esp thinking about those Marines on those Islands .
Great clip!
To whom may it concern.Hello. This is Junghyun Kang who is on tvN, Korea broadcasting system as producer.
We are on production period for new broadcast and it is about the world greates leaders.
The programme will start from 9th of Sep.
The point is, our team wants to ask that we can use some scenes about the end of WWii.We are waiting for your reply.
Kind Regards,
Junghyun Kang
I love this video is amazing,,,thanks
0:42 Young Boys and Girls were Kissing each other and getting drunk🍺🍾🍸
Me: Well That's The 1940's for yeah lol🤣
Well that was just beautiful.
The name of this documentary ?
what documentary is this from?
I was born in 45. My mother told me that whenever the Western Union Messenger came to the neighborhood when World War 2 started and ended, everyone in the neighborhood was in full dread. She said that the messenger himself did not had a very unpleasant job in those days. One could see the wear and tear on the guy.
When someone opened the door because the door bell rang and the messenger was there, anyone knew what it meant and it was real strain for the messenger.
On the other hand when the Japanese surrendered everyone was in ecstasy. It meant an end to Telegrams telling people that a husband, son, the kid down the street, was killed in action, MIA, became a POW, was severely wounded or lost a leg(s) or an arm.
How many of our grandparents were conceived that night?
Look at those celebrations many people were just overwhelmed with pure happiness that this awful brutal war was finally over "the greatest generation" indeed. The New York celebrations was also when that infamous WW2 kiss photo took place between the sailor and the woman who was a dental assistant not a nurse. And who was also a complete stranger to him as well.
It was a wonderful time New Hope and New Beginnings America was rich and I don't mean rich in money either I mean Rich with hope and happiness
I've got to start watching the entire video before I comment
Thanks for the upload. I would have loved to been in New York to see this. We watched this in US History and I was so happy seeing how happy everyone was and then they showed the destruction and said how many people died and that happiness faded. The end of war is always a bitter sweet thing
thanks for that its incredible
brilliant!
Some of this was in L.A.
Had things been different, Steve and Bucky from the first avenger would be among the crowd
is it realy fro0 1945? its amazig this colored film o0 its so moving.
Black daliya in that jeep.!!omg.😲
Says the guy with no uploads...
We can never allow this to happen again
At 0:57 the (black dahlia) aka Elizabeth Short can be seen in the car with all the other woman shes the lady with the black curly hair underneath the flag.This is apparently the only known film of her in history.
Sources OP ?
@JavierNYC423 Steve hotel
Is this from History Channel? if not, Can you tell how you get this. just gonna watch the whole documentary
This is from a documentary series from the bbc and can’t find out what the source video is but I’d like to know too.
powerful powerful video all too real....surreal!
They look so happy
This was 75 years ago like almost all the people you seen this footage died
shouldn't those sailors be in their whites...? love this color footage
0:48
That man was holding the Confederate flag, HERITAGE NOT HATE
That's not a Confederate flag
Nor does the Confederate flag represent hate
@@autisticpain1960 yes it does, just like the nazi flag. You literally can't deny that as it's a historical fact. Just move on from the stupid fucking flag, they lost the war lol
@@runninggames771 I can tell you don't have a very high IQ
@@autisticpain1960Confederacy was a nation of slaveholders first, I'm justified in saying that its flag is as much a symbol of hate as the Nazi flag
@@pabloulloa2091 It's a symbol of hate because of some bad history that happened a long time ago and only now people want to get mad about it even though no one cared about it 10 years ago. Yeah okay.
Where's the Captain America?
Everywhere.
Da doolittle raid was actually their vengenace,not the dropping of of hiroshima bombs.
1:10 the guy and the girl walking behind have so much rizz. It's weird to think these same people would now be 100+ year old vegetables rotting in some nursing home (if they haven't died already).
good
touching.
America was the beautiful before all he'll broke loose the the late 60s then went down hill ever since
Went down hill? Culturally you mean. Now USA has to deal with problems even bigger than before. For example the fact of not being 1st economic power in the world amymore, and in 30 years, will be passed by India also.
Yup everything went down hill after the 60s
@deegan45 Sad commentary... The sacrifice of this Nation during WWII does not compare to the death of one evil man. Osama's death, while symbolically important, does not mark the end of world suffering at the hands of terror. The end of WWII meant so much more than this generation may ever appreciate.
2019
Hi
The didn't know that Korean war and Vietnam war about to come :P
Korea was almost a decade away and Vietnam was two decades away. And neither of those wars were even remotely on the scale of the Pacific Campaign.
@@Longlius exactly!
Definitely, the UK and France fought the Nazi's valiantly years before we got directly involved, but our supplies and workforce we're always helping.
as well as the UK,France and other countries, they were in the war longer
End of Covid be like
we only do it because we are at the top of the food chain. when you are the best you can be. they only opposition you have is yourself.
@Andrew- So you're saying nobody should've celebrated the worst war on Earth? I'm also assuming you're Chinese with a last name like Chan, so wouldn't you appreciate it too?
fuck, that become so deep...
300 thousand, not million.
🇺🇲🦅🎆
thank GOD it END that way
Well, THOSE people weren't fucking jaded by the fucking propaganda machine like we are Andy. :-)
만세!
When the pandemic is over
cant wait man.
No comparison. Idiotic.
This reminds me of the death of Osama bin laden.
Yes Japan surrendered but still people were suffering for food and water in Japan and they lost their children moms brothers sisters and fathers and baby's too
They shouldn't have started a war they couldn't win.
V-E Day was a cake walk. No more than a few Hundred Allied troops died. Try and look it up. In the biggest Battle on Western Front "The Battle of the Bulge" the combined losses on both sides was 38,000 yet the Allies pretend it 2 or 3 times that. However all major Battles on the Eastern Front against the Russian were measured in Millions. The Russians beat the Germans in WW-2 and don't let anyone tell you different.
Yeah, Russia beat the Germans singlehandedly, which was why Stalin spent the two years between 1942 and 1944 begging the other allies to open up a western front against Germany.
Wars aren't won exclusively with men. They're won by strategy, materiel, and resources.
A "few hundred Allied troops died"? WTF? The Russians could not have won without the materiel and support from the other Allied nations. You are deeply devoid of facts.