I came across this very cool home video shot in Honolulu, HI on August 14, 1945, the day WWII ended. The film was shot in color and really conveys the sheer joy and exuberance people felt that day.
People took to the streets in impromptu parades, piled into and on top of cars and trucks, and for some reason dragging garbage cans along behind them.
It caught my eye that guys were stacked ten deep on trucks and sometimes sitting on the fenders, one dude was standing on the roof of a moving truck. You wouldn't see that these days. Not allowed, too dangerous, not sensible. Those guys probably figured that after what they had been through, they could stand on the roof if they felt like it.
It would be a terrible irony, though. Survive four years of bitter fighting while island-hopping across the Pacific only to meet your demise falling of the roof of a pick-up at 45 miles per hour.
I sure hope it didn't happen, nobody deserves that.
Check out the video here:
http://vimeo.com/5645171
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