Jubilation fills the frame as residents of Newark, New Jersey, celebrate the news of Imperial Japan's surrender in August 1945, effectively ending WWII.⁠ The announcement had been made in Japan by Emperor Hirohito at noon on 15 August, one of the first occasions that the Emperor had addressed his nation at large, in a broadcast delivered in Classical Japanese. The anniversary is now commemorated in Japan as "the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace".⁠ A formal surrender followed on 2 September in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri, with both dates observed as V-J Day in different nations around the world.⁠ Follow our bio link for vintage footage from gettyarchive, reviving the events of 75 years ago.⁠ 📷: Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images l 18 August 1945 l #GettyImages25 #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #vjday #WWIIhistory #WWII #WWIIphoto #pacificwar #1945 #1940s #newark #newarkhistory #newjerseyhistory #UShistory #japanesehistory #jewelvoicebroadcast #ussmis...