Comments on “VJ Day in Kodachrome | Hawaii August 14, 1945”
Darren Goreon August 14, 201010:24 AM:
No real victors in war, let’s not forget that…
As well as servicemen, let’s pause for a second to remember the untold number of civilians who lost their lives in the Pacific War.
Peace.
Shawnon August 14, 201010:26 AM:
Statement at the end stays is all. Great post.
unitedstyleon August 14, 201011:27 AM:
beautiful.
Rebeccaon August 14, 201012:16 PM:
I’m speechless.
artisanfanon August 14, 201012:19 PM:
Thanks for sharing this incredible footage.
Zachon August 14, 201012:37 PM:
Wow.
Blakeon August 14, 20101:07 PM:
Thanks for sharing, incredible footage. We are indebted to them all. God bless America.
vanderleunon August 14, 20101:35 PM:
Indeed. That’s what America looks like when it is happy.
ib carrawayon August 14, 20102:19 PM:
a healthy, happy america. beautiful, but bittersweet, as i couldn’t help but think of the suffering being endured by hiroshima and nagasaki residents at that moment in the aftermath.
J.W. Coffeyon August 14, 20103:18 PM:
Good work, Michael.
Steveon August 14, 20103:45 PM:
Get stoned, listen to Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” and watch this video over and over again. It’s the best. Thanks ACL
Jayon August 14, 20107:25 PM:
Michael,
Thanks for sharing. I could watch that clip over and over again.
Cheers,
JDG
Joseph Wallison August 14, 20108:09 PM:
Wow, we were a badass country back then. I wish we could get that greatness back.
will ton August 14, 201010:28 PM:
Great video, very moving. Too bad hald of those people would be arrested and beaten by police if they tried to pull that today.
John Darkon August 15, 201012:11 AM:
Hi Michael,
Thanks for another stunning post. I picked this up immediately after a long conversation with my young son who was concerned that parents were so proud of their kids being soldiers when he knew that soldiers killed people. I assured him that soldiers (generally) take no joy in killing, nonetheless, it’s a tough topic. This video, showing the true joy at the war with Japan ending, will be a perfect punctuation to that.
91Bearon August 15, 201012:26 AM:
@ib carraway Be sure and remember American soldiers who worked, starved, suffered and died in Japanese prison camps when you remember the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Alain Lajugieon August 15, 20106:07 AM:
A great post for great people who fought a terrible war in pacific may their memory never forgotten, who ought them part of our today freedom.Sorry for my pidgin american english (I’m french) but after visiting a couple time the Normandy cemetery I do know how much we ought you.
God bless America.
Michael Mundyon August 15, 201010:09 AM:
Great Post. Such a moving piece. Imagine the relief those people felt. Makes you wish you were there to share in their emotion.
Thanks for the post.
Jayon August 15, 20102:56 PM:
“@ib carraway Be sure and remember American soldiers who worked, starved, suffered and died in Japanese prison camps when you remember the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
Or the estimated 4 million Chinese that were killed by Japanese starting in the mid-1930’s. Had the Emperor of Japan any sense of duty to the citizens of his country he could have spared the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki their hellish fate by surrendering when he knew pronging the war was futile. But he chose to fight on.
Ralph Ton August 15, 20106:10 PM:
What a great post, and in Kodachrome, too ;-)
Cheers,
Rafael T
vintageleatherjacketson August 15, 201010:00 PM:
Incredible! What a fantastic post.
Matton August 16, 201010:00 AM:
Simply amazing!
Carlon August 16, 20104:08 PM:
The 40″s version of a flash mob!
Props to Kodak.
usmadgirlon August 16, 20107:07 PM:
What a soul-stirring video!
And to Alain Lajugie, thank you for your comment! There are so few people in the world who appreciate what our great country has sacrificed for all of them & us!
Your English is much better than my French & I had 3 years of French in school!
God Bless Our Troops (past & present) & God Bless America!
Phil Wrobon August 16, 201011:09 PM:
What a wet blanket you are. All those people are joyful that another two years of killing have been avoided. It makes me smile to see all that happiness. Those who lived are victors (but at tremendous sacrifice). And we are victors, because we are not ruled by a vicious totalitarian regime.
tonyon August 18, 20109:40 AM:
so awesome i cried.
phil mullenon August 19, 201010:59 PM:
yo, darren, lets remember th THOUSANDS of civilians th japanese slaughtered, then reread our history. ummm, actually, we kicked their ass = bad!!
Bernardon August 20, 20109:47 PM:
It’s sad and alarming to be reminded how unified we were as a nation back then, and then contrast those common national values with the cesspool our corrupt government leaders have created today. We have become a divided nation, and a nation divided against itself will fall.
Andyon August 24, 20102:04 PM:
Just great. It makes me happy and sad to see it.
Chris Guerreroon August 24, 201010:56 PM:
Mr. Sullivan,
1945 seemed so distant in the black and white reels most of us usually see. We feel a bit detached in a “that wasn’t us” kind of way. In Kodachrome, that all changes.
Watching your video, I felt like I was watching a recent home video. It really bridged the gap of 65 whole years. Hearing cars and people just off-camera, I felt like I was there. celebrating. We were all celebrating. Victory!!! We won!! The war’s over!!!!
It didn’t feel like an “era” then. It felt like a day. Just a really GREAT day!!!! Going outside and …hey look at those guys over there.
Thank you,Mr. Sullivan, thank you….
..and thank YOU veterans, who served our country, then and at anytime, for keeping our country a land of the free.
We will always be indebted to you.
E Hutchinsonon September 1, 20103:03 PM:
Carraway, before you agonize over the victims at Heroshima & Nagasaki, think of the thousands of American lives it would have cost to assault the mainland of Japan.
Great video.
Elizabeth Herronon September 1, 20103:06 PM:
Michael, Thanks for the “reminder lest we forget.” It was a touching film. I remember that day as people drove through our neighborhood blowing their
horns and shouting, “The war’s over!”
Audre Zon September 8, 20102:45 AM:
Thanks for the memories, I was 10 years old and my brother came home. I
will always remember – he was a pilot, I remember at 2 in the morning a paper
boy, yelling “The War is Over” and people running out to get the paper.
No real victors in war, let’s not forget that…
As well as servicemen, let’s pause for a second to remember the untold number of civilians who lost their lives in the Pacific War.
Peace.
Statement at the end stays is all. Great post.
beautiful.
I’m speechless.
Thanks for sharing this incredible footage.
Wow.
Thanks for sharing, incredible footage. We are indebted to them all. God bless America.
Indeed. That’s what America looks like when it is happy.
a healthy, happy america. beautiful, but bittersweet, as i couldn’t help but think of the suffering being endured by hiroshima and nagasaki residents at that moment in the aftermath.
Good work, Michael.
Get stoned, listen to Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” and watch this video over and over again. It’s the best. Thanks ACL
Michael,
Thanks for sharing. I could watch that clip over and over again.
Cheers,
JDG
Wow, we were a badass country back then. I wish we could get that greatness back.
Great video, very moving. Too bad hald of those people would be arrested and beaten by police if they tried to pull that today.
Hi Michael,
Thanks for another stunning post. I picked this up immediately after a long conversation with my young son who was concerned that parents were so proud of their kids being soldiers when he knew that soldiers killed people. I assured him that soldiers (generally) take no joy in killing, nonetheless, it’s a tough topic. This video, showing the true joy at the war with Japan ending, will be a perfect punctuation to that.
@ib carraway Be sure and remember American soldiers who worked, starved, suffered and died in Japanese prison camps when you remember the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A great post for great people who fought a terrible war in pacific may their memory never forgotten, who ought them part of our today freedom.Sorry for my pidgin american english (I’m french) but after visiting a couple time the Normandy cemetery I do know how much we ought you.
God bless America.
Great Post. Such a moving piece. Imagine the relief those people felt. Makes you wish you were there to share in their emotion.
Thanks for the post.
“@ib carraway Be sure and remember American soldiers who worked, starved, suffered and died in Japanese prison camps when you remember the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
Or the estimated 4 million Chinese that were killed by Japanese starting in the mid-1930’s. Had the Emperor of Japan any sense of duty to the citizens of his country he could have spared the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki their hellish fate by surrendering when he knew pronging the war was futile. But he chose to fight on.
What a great post, and in Kodachrome, too ;-)
Cheers,
Rafael T
Incredible! What a fantastic post.
Simply amazing!
The 40″s version of a flash mob!
Props to Kodak.
What a soul-stirring video!
And to Alain Lajugie, thank you for your comment! There are so few people in the world who appreciate what our great country has sacrificed for all of them & us!
Your English is much better than my French & I had 3 years of French in school!
God Bless Our Troops (past & present) & God Bless America!
What a wet blanket you are. All those people are joyful that another two years of killing have been avoided. It makes me smile to see all that happiness. Those who lived are victors (but at tremendous sacrifice). And we are victors, because we are not ruled by a vicious totalitarian regime.
so awesome i cried.
yo, darren, lets remember th THOUSANDS of civilians th japanese slaughtered, then reread our history. ummm, actually, we kicked their ass = bad!!
It’s sad and alarming to be reminded how unified we were as a nation back then, and then contrast those common national values with the cesspool our corrupt government leaders have created today. We have become a divided nation, and a nation divided against itself will fall.
Just great. It makes me happy and sad to see it.
Mr. Sullivan,
1945 seemed so distant in the black and white reels most of us usually see. We feel a bit detached in a “that wasn’t us” kind of way. In Kodachrome, that all changes.
Watching your video, I felt like I was watching a recent home video. It really bridged the gap of 65 whole years. Hearing cars and people just off-camera, I felt like I was there. celebrating. We were all celebrating. Victory!!! We won!! The war’s over!!!!
It didn’t feel like an “era” then. It felt like a day. Just a really GREAT day!!!! Going outside and …hey look at those guys over there.
Thank you,Mr. Sullivan, thank you….
..and thank YOU veterans, who served our country, then and at anytime, for keeping our country a land of the free.
We will always be indebted to you.
Carraway, before you agonize over the victims at Heroshima & Nagasaki, think of the thousands of American lives it would have cost to assault the mainland of Japan.
Great video.
Michael, Thanks for the “reminder lest we forget.” It was a touching film. I remember that day as people drove through our neighborhood blowing their
horns and shouting, “The war’s over!”
Thanks for the memories, I was 10 years old and my brother came home. I
will always remember – he was a pilot, I remember at 2 in the morning a paper
boy, yelling “The War is Over” and people running out to get the paper.
thanks for letting everyone see this.