US General MacArthur boards battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to receive formal Japanese surrender in World War II

US destroyer alongside USS Missouri, decks of both ships crowded with US military personnel / Gen. Douglas MacArthur walks across gangway from destroyer to battleship; he is greeted by Admirals Chester Nimitz on left and William Halsey; they shake hands, General Richard Sutherland, behind MacArthur, shakes hands with both admirals / Nimitz and MacArthur walk along deck / MacArthur followed by Nimitz climbs ladder, other officers behind them / MacArthur and Nimitz walk along upper deck, officers standing in formation along deck / overhead view of MacArthur and Nimitz walking past table where surrender will be signed / cameramen and correspondents lined up along rail of deck / shot of crowded decks of ship / closer view of Allied officers receiving souvenir cards / motor launch carrying Japanese officials approaching battleship / Japanese Foreign Minister Namoru Shigemitsu climbing onto deck from launch, crowd of Allied military personnel watching / Shigemitsu accompanied by US officer walking towards camera, other Japanese delegates behind him / Japanese delegation climbs up ladder to upper deck / Japanese delegation walks onto upper deck / military personnel on gun turret watching / Japanese delegation standing and waiting / MacArthur walks up to microphone, Allied officers standing behind and next to him / Japanese delegation walks onto upper deck