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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - The end of World War II
Crowds in Willis St Wellington on V.J. Day. [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]
Canadian sailor draped in streamers on Wellington street on V.J.Day [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]
Young people singing in Wellington street on V.J. Day [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]
Evening Post Special Edition 15 Aug 1945. [Courtesy Papers Past]
Couple celebrating VJ Day in Auckland [Courtesy Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 02465]
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