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Combat: The Constant Reality - Korean War
DO NOT USE Stills of dead. Still CU of battle weary soldier.
1950s - Korean War - Firing Mortar Rounds
Caucasian U.S. Army soldier firing mortar. Shirtless U.S. Army soldier firing multiple mortar rounds; handed rounds by soldier (o/s). White smoke billowing in remote area.
United Nations: Eden Backs U.S. On Korean Prisoners
United Nations: Eden Backs U.S. On Korean Prisoners Britain's foreign minister anthony eden delivers an elequent plea for peace in korea, before the u.N. General assembly. Russian's andrei vishinsky does not join in the ovation that follows. British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden speaks at podium to United Nations General Assembly about charges that have been made against the United States and urges parties first to resolve the issue of prisoners of war and then move on to other matters, to pursue a peace in Korea. Eden walks back to his seat while many people applaud, but not the Russian delegate (typical for Cold War era).
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
MS Japanese soldiers.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Soldiers fighting, in trenches, foxholes, artillery firing.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Yalta Summit 1945. Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Josef Stalin at Yalta in chairs.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur talking to soldiers on the deck of a ship.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Atomic blast, nuclear weapon detonated, cloud rises. TLS destruction, devastation in Japan.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Stalin and other Soviet heads of state watch a parade in Moscow.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Japan signs surrender at end of WWII on board a ship.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Map of Korea with demarcation line 38th parallel.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Men at large round table, some sort of international negotiations.
United Nations Security Council, Korean Conflict
Master 1791 - Tape 1 Sideview MS U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations ERNEST A. GROSS (Ernest Gross, Ernie Gross) speaking to the United Nations Security Council following invasion of South Korea by North Korea: "... unfortunate attack strikes at the fundamental purposes of the United Nations charter. Such an attack openly defies the interests and authority of the United Nations. Such an attack, therefore, Mr. President, concerns the vital interests which all the members of the U.N. have in this organization. The history of the Korean problem is well-known to the members--" TLS South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations CHONG-UN speaking to Security Council: "... and distinguished delegates of the Security Council. My country, whose government was brought into being by the United Nations, is now suffering from an unprovoked attack by military forces from North Korea." LS U.N. Security Council in session. MS Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations JAKOB MALIK (Jacob A. Malik) speaking to Security Council. TLS U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations WARREN AUSTIN (Warren Robinson Austin) speaking to Security Council: "The Soviet representative has expressed to this Council fantastic versions of the intent of the United Nations in Korea. Perhaps the Chinese Communists believe what their self-appointed attorney in this Council, the Soviet government, is saying. If so they should be told the truth. Upon their arrival here, if they ever come, the agents of this regime may be able to indicate to us whether or not their conduct is based on misrepresentation."
U.S. Forces Fighting in the Korean War
Sideview LS U.S. Navy cruiser ship aiming deck artillery guns off coast of Korea. MS U.S. Navy sailor ("C. Reeves" on back of shirt) opening artillery hatch below deck, large shell being loaded; excellent head-on MS artillery shell traveling along chamber, toward camera. TLS three naval deck cannons firing, lowering. High angle LS six ship cannons firing salvo. Great aerial shot of naval deck cannons firing, plumes of fire erupting from barrels. Air to air shots of U.S. B-26 Marauder bomber planes in flight. Excellent on-board TLS dumb bombs being released from bomber. Extreme high angle aerial shot of bombs falling to ground, exploding. TLS/LSs U.S. Marines (USMC, U.S.M.C.) patrolling over ridge, through wheat or rice paddy in Korea. Nice sideview MS U.S. Marine firing Browning M1916A6 light machine gun from behind cover, fellow Marine standing behind him. WLS/LSs U.S. Navy ships firing deck cannons, hurling salvos. TLS burning village hut, U.S. personnel carrier towing Howitzer crossing frame in FG. Air to air shot of F-84 Thunderjet in flight, firing four missiles.
Korea: Plane lands, POWs, Red Cross
Korean War POWs and Refugees
War In Korea
LS of male soldiers surrounding large weapon, various shots of weapon (likely artillery gun) firing. LS of large crowd outside, mountains in the background. Various shots of trucks driving down rural roads, civilians and supplies inside. MS of Korean man and woman walking beside water through urban area, pedestrians and gates in the background. Various shots of Korean civilians in conversation, holding papers. MS of American soldiers pouring gasoline on large barrels, MS of soldier running from large fire. LS of soldier walking away from burning building. Various shots of buildings on fire.
Reagan Addresses the Korean Airline Massacre
And make no mistake about it, this attack was not just against ourselves or the Republic of Korea. This was the Soviet Union against the world and the moral precepts which guide human relations among people everywhere. It was an act of barbarism, born of a society which wantonly disregards individual rights and the value of human life and seeks constantly to expand and dominate other nations. They deny the deed, but in their conflicting and misleading protestations, the Soviets reveal that, yes, shooting down a plane, even one with hundreds of innocent men, women, children, and babies, is a part of their normal procedure if that plane is in what they claim as their airspace. They owe the world an apology and an offer to join the rest of the world in working out a system to protect against this ever happening again. Among the rest of us there is one protective measure: an international radio wavelength on which pilots can communicate with planes of other nations if they are in trouble or lost. Soviet military planes are not so equipped, because that would make it easier for pilots who might want to defect. Our request to send vessels into Soviet waters to search for wreckage and bodies has received no satisfactory answer. Bereaved families of the Japanese victims were harassed by Soviet patrol boats when they tried to get near where the plane is believed to have gone down in order to hold a ceremony for their dead. But we shouldn't be surprised by such inhuman brutality. Memories come back of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, the gassing of villages in Afghanistan. If the massacre and their subsequent conduct is intended to intimidate, they have failed in their purpose. From every corner of the globe the word is defiance in the face of this unspeakable act and defiance of the system which excuses it and tries to cover it up. With our horror and our sorrow, there is a righteous and terrible anger. It would be easy to think in terms of vengeance, but that is not a proper answer. We want justice and action to see that this never happens again. Our immediate challenge to this atrocity is to ensure that we make the skies safer and that we seek just compensation for the families of those who were killed.
News in Brief: California, Asiatic War Brides.
News in Brief: California, Asiatic War Brides. Eleven war brides - ten Korean and one Chinese - arrive in the land of their G.I. husbands and along with them little GIs. Sign, Travis Air Force Base. U.S. soldiers and their wives from Asia, a few carrying babies, disembark plane and pose for the camera. Some of the married couples hug for the camera. Interracial marriage. Biracial children.
War Orphan Gets A New Life
Eleven-year-old song Yong Cho, legless orphan of the Korean war arrives in America to begin a new life in Father Flanagan s Boys Town. He was rescued by GI's and sent to America to begin a new life. MCUS - Yong Cho walking down the steps of the plane. MCUS - Mrs. Gormason hugging little Yong. MCUS - Military man escorting Yong to customs.
Gen. Taylor: Inspects New Command On Korean War Front
Dull in imagery and contrast General Maxwell Taylor tours the front as he prepares to take over the field from General van Fleet, who is retiring. He displays particular interest in the rok units now in training. CUS - General Maxwell D Taylor tours his command area MCUS - Genera Taylor and other high ranking officials looking over the command area MCUS - Captured enemy equipment MCUS - General Taylor getting a close up look at the enemies captured tank MLS - Chopper picks up the General and takes him to Co-chi prison island MCUS - General Maxwell D Taylor posing in front of the camera with other officials and guards of the island
Cold War Propaganda War in Berlin, Germany
Master 1779 - Tape 1 LSs construction of scrolling electronic ticker board in West Berlin, Germany. MS public billboard with West German flag: "Anfang Des Demokratischen Sektors Berlin" (Start of the Democratic Sector of Berlin). LS West Berlin Press newspaper-sponsored tickerboard, construction crews standing on skeletal tower. MSs white male electricians working on board. TLS crowd gathered on street, peering upward. LS scrolling news flash on ticker, night: "Helmut General Mac Arthur Hat Heute Die Nordkoreanischen Truppen." Korean War newsflash, MacArthur has crossed the 38th parallel. VO: "-- before the so-called elections in the Soviet sector of Berlin this week, the Western zone unveiled a new weapon in the propaganda war. This electric soundboard, towering high above the center of the city, is easily seen in the East Zone. Sponsored by West Berlin newspapers, the sign will carry uncensored news, something East Berliners haven't seen since the Russian occupation began. Despite Communist threats, people read the bulletins. First item to be flashed through the night: General MacArthur's troops have penetrated into North Korea. This is one ray of light that passes through the Iron Curtain." MSs ballot box on street in West Berlin, police officer crossing frame; MS sign on bulletin board-- "An Alle Wahler im Ostsektor Berlins!"-- white men placing ballots into box. The propaganda war between East Berlin and West Berlin intensifies, and the democratic right of voting is the pawn. TLS Deutsche Post newspaper delivery truck coming to stop at curb. MSs white men in matching dark blue uniforms unloading mail bags from truck, delivering and emptying contents of sacks in office; MS stack of bundled ballots. MSs white woman opening ballots with letter opener; CU letter. TLS West Berliners opening mail in large room. MSs East Berliners walking past camera, entering polling place, casting ballots; MS four white male press photographers taking pictures, flashbulbs snapping. VO: "Another step to counter the rigged election in Soviet Berlin: these ballot boxes set up in the Western sectors give East Berliners a chance to show their real feelings, since in their own elections they can only pass on a single slate of Communist candidates, and to vote against them might be dangerous. The ballots are brought to West Berlin's city hall. They are in the form of expired ration cards, making sure that no one votes twice. Over half the population of East Berlin took this opportunity to register their voice against Communism. In the Soviet Zone election, where the choice was between casting the ballot in public or secret with suspicion at least falling on anyone voting in secret, officials reported that the Communist Party received 95 percent report. Secret Police were stationed at every polling station. This letter from the Soviet Zone says the Communists are a plague fiercely hated by the people. Western estimates indicate that this attitude is shared by 9 out of every 10 East Germans. Films of the Communist elections were not permitted. Here are unusual pictures of voting in a typical Iron Curtain country. A yes and a No ballot are given to each voter. One must be dropped in the box, the other discarded..."
RoK Irregulars March to War, Civvies Flee Seoul
Nice TLS Republic of Korea (RoK, South Korea) Army officers marching irregular army soldiers through streets of Seoul, South Korea, shortly before Communist forces invaded the city; soldiers march with carbine rifles shoulderbound. Panning TLS South Korean man fleeing city, pulling cart loaded with bundled belongings, passing by marching Rok irregular army soldiers. VO: "... some get only three days of training before marching to the front. As soldiers move up into the lines, civilians flee, taking with them all their earthly belongings."