Surrender in the Philippines of General Tomoyuki Yamashita | The "Tiger of Malaya" | September 1945

Friday, September 3rd 1945. Footage of the surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita of the Impreial Japanese Army to Allied military officers at the Governor's House in Baguio, a city in the Philippines. The footage shows Yamashita's soldiers being relieved of their sidearms and samurai swords. One soldier, Ishinyane Motoji has a live grenade taken from his person. Present at the surrender ceremony are US Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, US Major General Edmond H Leavey and Lt. General Sir Arthur Earnest Percival who surrendered to Yamashita in Singapore in February 1942. After the ceremony at which Maj. Gen. Leavey made a speech, Yamashita can be seen entering a cell at the Bilibid prison. Newsreel Credit: Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels.