Ten minutes of footage of a historical film documenting the surrender of Japanese invaders at the end of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) was released on Monday in Zhijiang county, Central China's Hunan province, the first town in China to receive Japan's formal surrender in 1945.

Located in western Hunan and dubbed as a transport hub leading to Southwest China, Zhijiang Dong autonomous county was an important military fortress and a major air force base during the war, which housed more than 400 Chinese and US fighter jets.

On August 17, 1945, Zhijiang was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the first site to accept Japan's surrender. Yasuji Okamura, commander-in-chief of Japan's China Expeditionary Army, sent his envoy Takeo Imai who led an eight-member delegation to Zhijiang on August 21, 1945 to surrender.

Before the ceremony, the Chinese army defeated Japanese invaders in the last major battle in Zhijiang in April 1945, which expedited Japan's surrender.

Chaired by Xiao Yisu, chief of the General Staff of the Chinese army, China's delegation accepted the forces division map of the Japanese invasion troops handed by Imai, whose delegation arrived in jeeps with white flags on August 21, 1945, the footage shows.

Imai also submitted a memorandum stipulating information concerning 16 division chiefs and venues to accept Japan's further surrender.