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US Soldiers and RoK at Camp
MS of male American soldiers in conversation and walking, shore in the background. High-angle shot of Korean soldiers in conversation, seated on ground. Various shots of American soldiers walkng down hill, opening rice bag.
Nixon Visits Syngman Rhee
Vice president nixon receives a cordial welcome from president syngman rhee as his round the world tour takes him to war-torn seoul. School schildren of the city present floral tributes. Establishing shot - President Syngman Rhee greeting Vice President Nixon. CUS - Korean youth. MCUS - Vice President Nixon waving to the people of Korea. MCUS - Vice President Nixon and his wife Patricia being greeted and presented with flowers from two Korean girls. MLS - Throngs of Koreans waving flags.
Battlefront In Korea Again Ablaze
Battlefront In Korea Again Ablaze U.S. Marines counter-attack, rout out Reds from savagely contested positions. Unusual close-up films show bunker retaken, Reds surrender. Several explosions on Korean hillside. A few soldiers advance slowly under a slight screen of smoke. Semi-subjective shot, almost as if from POV of gunner firing weapon. Troops use flamethrower. Man surrenders. Cutaway shot shows two South Korean soldiers smoking cigarettes; one points as if pointing out the new prisoner of war.
Korea: Throngs Protest Red Theft Of Plane
At Panmunjon reds reply a flat 'no' to American demands for return of a hijacked Korean airliner, forced north on the Bamboo Curtain with 32 aboard. A vast demonstration in Seoul protests the communist gangster tactics. Establishing shot - Korean and American high brass are walking out of military buildings. MS - Plane sitting on the tarmac with it engines running and the propellers turning on the plane. MS - Throngs of Korean's turn out protesting the hijacking of a Korean plane. MS - A solid mass of people standing shoulder to shoulder. CUS - A Korean woman addressing the crowd with streams of tears flowing down her face. OHS - Banners, signs and throngs of Koreans protesting. OHSLL - There must be at least several hundred thousand of Korean protestors.
UN Forces Drive Past 38th Parallel
UN Forces Drive Past 38th Parallel Hard on the heels of gen. Macarthur's surrender ultimatum to the Korean communists, south Korean troops storm across the 38th parcel in a drive to end the war. In Seoul, meanwhile, mopping-up operations continue against last-ditch red opposition, and on other fronts, victorious allies press the offensive. Australian and American fliers hammer home Aerial Shot - Military landing field. MS Airborne Elevation 58 Feet sign. MS Plane parked in an airplane hanger. MS US Troops coming into a town and greeted by its people. MS Army tank going up hill. MCU Two soldiers in a fox hole shooting their weapons and throwing grenades. MCU North Koreans coming out of a cave with their hands up, POWS. MS North Korean corpse. Camera Pans More North Korean corpses. Camera Pans A town pretty much destroyed. MS American soldiers take on more North Korean prisoners. MCU North Korean prisoners with hands on their heads, two women are included. They are stripped down with just towels to cover them up. MCU US Military attending to the wounded laying in fox holes. MCU The US military attending a field mass.
Fifth Air Force Saber Jet - F-86 Lands
Fifth Air Force Saber Jet - F-86 Lands Captain James Jabara of Kansas, ranking American jet pilot in the Korean theatre of operations, returns to his home base after his latest battle with Russian Mig's over the Yalu River. Captain James Jabara is a jet plane ace of the Korean war. Establishing shot - The F-86 lands. The pilot throw open his hatch and is taking off his oxygen mask. He is greeted by his fellow pilots, shaking his hand.
Retreat In Korea: Seoul Falls As Chinese Reds Pass 38th Parallel
Retreat In Korea: Seoul Falls As Chinese Reds Pass 38th Parallel Following General Walker's dance General Matthew Ridgeway is greeted by South Korean officer as he arrives at the front. To assumed command of United Nations Field Sources. With all the Red Chinese and North Korean's pouring down from the hills the Capital city of Seoul was evacuated. Seoul was left in ruins. Even civilian refugees took part in firing the towns so no possible advantage would possibly aid the Red Communist and North Korean's. Masses of South Korean's sought safety behind the United Nations lines. The United States Panther Jets and the 170 MPH Saber Jet gives the Red Sky raider more than they can send. The war in Korea again takes a bad turn for outnumbered United Nations forces. Seoul falls as red Chinese hordes press down below the 38th parallel hard on the heels of retreating Americans and their allies. Meanwhile, the war in the air provides spectacular action films. Captured Communist films show Russian jets taking off from airfield. CU General Ridgeway and General Walker shaking hands with the South Korean officers. MLS Hills of South Korea. OHS UN trucks evacuating the area. MLS Burning military building with South Korean's watching. MCU Refugees carrying their belongings on their heads, backs. CU South Korean mothers with their babies being carried on their backs. (Captured Russian News Reel Footage) MLS Russian jet planes, Migs and Yaks, MLS The Russian planes in flight formation. MCU United States Panther Jets on deck of a aircraft carrier. MCU Saber Jets taking off from the deck's of an aircraft carrier. MLS Aerial dog fights between Russian Migs and American Planes. CU The firing units of a fighter plane with bullets coming out. MLS Red fighter going down.
Amphibious War Landing, 1950
Two amphibious landing crafts near shore, two adult Caucasian male U.S. Marines walking along beach carrying rifles and gear. Amphibious transport in open water, door opens and troops trudge through water to shoreline.
Battle for Korea
"Battle for Korea!" continued -- VS U.S. Air Force fighter attacks on North Korean supply routes, aerial machine gun fire on roads and waterways. Rockets firing at night. Adult male U.S. Army soldier silhouetted by rocket fire. Title card: "The End, Castle Films."
Men, Women, And Children Rebuld Korea
Same as catalog # 515012 After three horrendous years of fighting and men still missing, and guns stilled, the women and children of war-ravaged Korea turn to their land and cities. Once again the fields will be tilled, after much back-breaking labor of reclamation. Mountains of rubble and debris must be cleared in Seoul, Korea. Establishing shot - Women and childing working the fields. Military trucks in the back ground. MCUS - A nun and children breaking up the clumps in the soil. MLS - The capital of Korea, Seoul in complete destruction. MCUS - Young children stacking bricks. Ground up - Korean men fixing a building. MCUS - Korean men filling in the holes on a street.
Men, Women, And Children Rebuld Korea
Same as catalog # 352777 After three horrendous years of fighting and men still missing, and guns stilled, the women and children of war-ravaged Korea turn to their land and cities. Once again the fields will be tilled, after much back-breaking labor of reclamation. Mountains of rubble and debris must be cleared in Seoul, Korea. Establishing shot - Women and childing working the fields. Military trucks in the back ground. MCUS - A nun and children breaking up the clumps in the soil. MLS - The capital of Korea, Seoul in complete destruction. MCUS - Young children stacking bricks. Ground up - Korean men fixing a building. MCUS - Korean men filling in the holes on a street.
News in Brief: Reds Repatriate Koreans.
News in Brief: Reds Repatriate Koreans. Tumultuous scenes of departure in Japan, as 5,000 Korean refugees elect to be repatriated to Communist-ruled North Korea, and police hold back South Korean sympathizers in the crowd who try to prevent the return. Nighttime scenes. People carry belongings and walk through crowd. Folks in the crowd wave flags. Some people in station wave as train pulls away.
News in Brief: Korea, Child 'Spy' Released.
News in Brief: Korea, Child 'Spy' Released. Dramatic story of war's other side unfolds when Reds release terrified South Korean boy, eleven, accused of being a spy. Kim's reunion with his grief stricken family is a touching scene. VS boy, head shaven, with military officials. Family members rush up to him and hug and kiss the boy. The boy and at least one woman (mother?) seem to be crying.
Fighter Planes on Display
Brilliant color footage of World War II Fighter planes on an airstrip, Slightly dirty but great color footage of something you never see in color. Starts with two men walking among a lineup of warplanes; then several great CUs of planes with names and women painted on them (fusalage art), there are also swastikas to indicate Nazi kills. Several GVs of unfinished planes leaving a factory. GVs plane in flight. GVs of Korean War-era jet fighter and larger jet planes landing.
One-Man Charity In Korea
A US Army Private, Fritz Moller, operates a one-man- orphanage for 30 Korean war waifs, most of them blind. Moller organized the charity himself, spending hundreds of dollars of his own money, and facing court martial for his cutting of military red tape, but won approval. The story continues as Moller now faces new and greater problems. Establishing shot - A large tent erected next to a building. MS - Private Fritz Moller. MCUS - A blind young Korean lad. CUS - Blind Korean orphans. CUS - Private Moller and blind orphans. CUS - A blind young man holding a little boy and other children standing next to him. CUS - It looks like a injured little blind boy and a sighted little girl standing next to him.
Big Switch: Prisoner Of War Exchange Speeded
Same as catalog # 515016 'Operation Big Switch' continues smoothly, with contingents of prisoners arriving from each side for the exchange. A dramatic contrast is visible between healthy, well-fed, and still arrogant reds, and returning GI'S -underfed, bone-weary-and after critically ill-living testimony to communist brutality. MLS - Army trucks queue bringing back POW'S from North Korea. MCUS - POW'S getting off the trucks. CUS - North Korean Reds. stripping off their American provided clothes. I guess they had it too good. CUS - Americans taken off the trucks on stretchers, some look not too healthy. MCUS - Helicopters air lifting the wounded to hospitals. CUS - North Koreans in army trucks waving toilet paper, looking clean, healthy and rested in contrast with the Americans who were not taken care of a tortured and released sick. MCUS - Red officers greeting the Koreans who stripped off their clothes in defiance, the disregarded clothes are kicked into the gutter. CUS - General Maxwell Taylor commander of the 8th army greeting the released POW'S. CUS - Secretary of State - John Foster Dulles. CUS - Corporal Cox Right. CUS - John Dulles and Corporal Sherman Raymond. CUS - Injured GI smiling and waving at the camera.
Big Switch: Prisoner Of War Exchange Speeded
Same as catalog # 352782 'Operation Big Switch' continues smoothly, with contingents of prisoners arriving from each side for the exchange. A dramatic contrast is visible between healthy, well-fed, and still arrogant reds, and returning GI'S -underfed, bone-weary-and after critically ill-living testimony to communist brutality. MLS - Army trucks queue bringing back POW'S from North Korea. MCUS - POW'S getting off the trucks. CUS - North Korean Reds. stripping off their American provided clothes. I guess they had it too good. CUS - Americans taken off the trucks on stretchers, some look not too healthy. MCUS - Helicopters air lifting the wounded to hospitals. CUS - North Koreans in army trucks waving toilet paper, looking clean, healthy and rested in contrast with the Americans who were not taken care of a tortured and released sick. MCUS - Red officers greeting the Koreans who stripped off their clothes in defiance, the disregarded clothes are kicked into the gutter. CUS - General Maxwell Taylor commander of the 8th army greeting the released POW'S. CUS - Secretary of State - John Foster Dulles. CUS - Corporal Cox Right. CUS - John Dulles and Corporal Sherman Raymond. CUS - Injured GI smiling and waving at the camera.
War Damage in Korea
Master 1848 - Tape 2 Panning TLS United Nations coalition forces laying on slight hill in open city during sniper attack in Korea. TLS wood boat exploding at dock. Tilting LS massive smoke cloud rising in distance. Panning, tilting TLS burned rubble, debris of several leveled buildings. LS howitzer (field artillery, cannon) firing. VO: "Artillery pounds the Reds."
Flag Salute: UN Units In Korea Parade For Ridgeway
U.S. Chief of staff general Matthew Ridgeway revisits Korea. After a visit to President Syngman Rhee, he review crack troops of the UN. Forces in the most impressive dress parade since Korean war began. MCUS - Chief of Staff, General Ridgeway and Generals Taylor and Hull shake hands with President Syngman Rhee. MCUS - General Ridgeway reviewing crack troops of the 8th army. MCUS - The jeep is stopped, and General Ridgeway mounts the stand to review one of the most dressed parade since the beginning of the Korean war. MCUS - The flags of all belligerent nations are represented. MCUS - United States troops march by General Ridgeway. MCUS - The British troops march by. MCUS - United States marines marching by. MCUS - The Australians march by.
Battle for Korea
"Battle for Korea!" continued -- U.S. military helicopter deploys adult male American troops on hill. U.S. Army soldiers take cover from North Korean mortar fire. United Nations soldiers taking cover, return fire. U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress aircraft dropping bombs.
Truce Talks: U.N. Wins Admission of Newsmen to Parleys
Truce Talks: U.N. Wins Admission of Newsmen to Parleys Bowing to Gen. Ridgway's demands that Kaesong be cleared of all armed troops and that United Nations newsmen be allowed to attend truce parleys, the cease-fire talks get underway once again. Hopes of speedy truce rise as new talks begin. Meanwhile, patrol action along the front goes on. The war is not over yet. Convoy of jeeps; armed Korean men stand guard. Men enter building. Korean woman offers some sort of food to Caucasian troops. Men exit building.
U.S. Tanks in Korea
United States M4A3R3 (105) Sherman double-barreled tank leads convoy down South Korean residential street; UN military troops seated along stone wall in BG, next to sandbag barricade.
Amphibious War Landing, 1950
Adult Caucasian male U.S. Navy frogmen wearing wet suits boarding transport boat aside ship. Heavy equipment on beach, military tank convoy and helicopter in distance. Amphibious landing crafts. Adult Caucasian male U.S. Marines trudging through water from transports, carrying rifles and gear onto beach. Group of transports headed to shore.
Aid for Korea
The first of three trains bearing aid for Korea stands on its sitting in New York. Members of the Korean Children s Choir open the ceremony in the presence of notables General Van Fleet and Cardinal Spelling. The tape is cut for the inaugural run for the freedom trains with hope of having 600 cars loaded with necessities for the war ravaged lands. The trains will start from Boston and Philadelphia on their erons of mercy to Far East. Establishing shot - Throngs of supporters gather to see the train bearing aid for Korea, off. CUS - The train. MCUS - Korean Children's Choir. MCUS - Cardinal Spelling and Korean children. MCUS - Cutting of the tape. MCUS - Train leaving on it long trip. MLS - Band playing and people waving at the train.