China publishes video of Japan's surrender for first time

A Chinese museum has published footage of the surrender of Japanese troops in China for the first time.

A Chinese museum has published footage of the surrender of Japanese troops in China for the first time. This comes amid Chinese commemoration events honoring the 77th anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The three video clips document the moments that marked the end of 8 years of disaster for the Chinese people.

Rare footage of a historic moment. On August 21st, 1945, 6 days after the Japanese emperor announced an end to the war, his troops in China surrendered in Zhijiang city of central China. Japanese representatives signed the surrender memorandum, acknowledging defeat.

"This was the map showing the deployment of all the invading Japanese troops, some 1.1 million troops. Handing over the map meant a lot and was a very important process of surrender," Wu Jianhong, curator with Museum Of The Acceptance Of The Japanese Surrender, said.

Zhijiang City has special meaning to Chinese people: It was the site of the last battle between the Chinese army and invading Japanese troops.

There were massive casualties for both sides, but Japanese troops were halted there. Some believe that to be the symbolic reasoning behind China's choice to accept the surrender in Zhijiang.

This is the couplet Curator Wu used to describe the Chinese victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

"Starting from Lougou and ending in Zhijiang, Eight years' flame of war came to a capitulation."