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Marines in Korea
Marines in Korea
Marines in Korea
Poor contrast and blurry imagery. LS of a silhouette of a hillside when the sun out and casting a shadow. Tracer fire is seen being shot at the hills. Artillery fire is being concentrated on the hillside as plumes of smoke are seen rising and dissipating.
Marines in Korea
Fixed MCU of a truck (possibly an early version of the Deuce and a Half or Studebaker US6) pulling a T66 rocket launcher behind it, through vegetation. Camera stays fixed until the truck and the equipment move out of the shot, screen right. There is a soldier in the background watching its movement. Another soldier is riding in the back of the truck.
Marines in Korea
Fixed MCU of eleven soliders pushing the T66 rocket launcher from screen left to right. Two additional soldier follow their path.
Marines in Korea
Fixed LS showing most of the Army truck and the equipment. Far in the background is another unit taking their position. One soldier is looking into the back of the canvassed truck, while two other soldier are digging holes right by the wheels of the T66. Six more soldier come into the shot (much closer to the camera) from the bottom screen right as they push their T66 into position. Another soldier comes into the frame from screen left in the background. CU shot of the soldier uncovering the equipment and putting it into place. The truck is being moved in reverse in the background.
Marines in Korea
MS of American soldiers packing a hole in the ground with explosives (TNT). The soldier on the left is passing the explosives down the other soldier, who is halfway in the hole, and is packing in the explosives. CU of the soldier placing the explosives in the hole. MS shot of the soldiers running towards safety off camera before the explosives are set off.
Truman Views New Arms
Master 1779 - Tape 2 Rear view MS U.S. Army soldiers wearing rain parkas while standing by railroad tracks, train pulling in to station at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. MS white male reporters and photographers including Associated Press standing in rain at train station. TLS/MSs U.S. President HARRY S. TRUMAN alighting train, shaking hands with U.S. Army lieutenant and major generals, posing for press. Sideview MS white male cameraman filming with wind-up 35mm short reel camera. LS U.S. Army marching band performing on foggy, misty field. LSs remote controlled artillery field guns firing. Great slightly low angle MS President Harry Truman watching through binoculars in gallery stands, then lowering glasses to reveal great smile. TLS gallery stand. LS M41 Walker Bulldog light tank in action on field. MSs Harry S. Truman standing in mess line, holding tray, receiving food. TLS/MSs U.S. Army soldiers in dress uniforms eating in mess hall. MS President Truman speaking: "I hope you'll all go home with the feeling that we are putting forth all these efforts for peace and not with any idea of destroying any other nation or any other government." VO: "Rain-soaked guards at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland await President Harry Truman, who cuts short the celebration of his daughter's birthday to inspect some of the newest weapons in the United States arsenal. The President, an artillery captain during WWI, doesn't seem to mind the weather. Recently-developed remote controlled artillery is unveiled for the Chief Executive who also sees the Walker Bulldog, the Army's new light tank named after the late General Walton Walker. At chow time Mr. Truman pushes his own tray through the G.I. mess line. Wounded veteran of the Korean War, now instructors at Aberdeen, meet the President who makes an after-lunch, off-the-cuff speech said to be an answer to Joseph Stalin's recent charges against the U.S."
1950s - Parachutes & Packages - Cargo Deliveries
Adult Caucasian male soldier marching a group of adult male prisoners on a road; white parachutes in BG. Men running to landed cargo.
Deserted Streets in Seoul
VS empty city streets in Seoul, South Korea; some adult male and female pedestrians walk along sidewalks.
U.S. Aids the Wounded
Injured young adult Chinese male prisoners hobble from U.S. cargo plane, board ambulance. Two captives are transported via stretchers.
1950s - Blood Drives - Waiting to Donate Blood
"Collection Room" sign. Adult Japanese woman comes to sit with other Japanese women (one male) sitting in hallway, waiting to donate blood; nurse sitting at desk.
1950s - American Soldiers - Moving Materials
Caucasian soldier tossing small duffel bag onto another bag. Soldiers rolling metal drum onto Army truck; muddy ground. Soldier rolling drum on ground; mountains, hills in distance.
1950s - Blood Drives - Packaging Plasma
Adult Japanese female nurses boxing plasma for shipment to Korea.
1950s - Blood Drives - Actresses Donate Blood
Three adult women lying down to donate blood for Red Cross blood mobile in Manhattan Chinese restaurant; two adult Caucasian nurses facilitate blood draws. Woman flexing arm with needle in it.
1950s - Aircraft Carrier - Tower
Three Caucasian U.S. Navy sailors looking out from tower of an aircraft carrier; man in the middle using binoculars.
1950s - Parachutes & Packages - Cargo Deliveries
VS of cargo parachuting to the ground; cargo planes fly away in formation. Adult Caucasian male pilot in cockpit. Cargo falling to the ground.
Army Equipment Crossing
LS of military trucks and soldiers gathered on rural bridge during the day, crossing slowly with soldier guiding them forward.
1950s - American Soldiers - Bazooka Man
Caucasian soldier marking his anti-tank rocket launcher with tank drawing in white paint, symbolizing a kill; looking at his artwork.
1950s - American Soldiers - Transporting Explosives
Two soldiers scooping water out of boat loaded with explosives. Soldier trying to open box of explosives. On land, soldier lifts bundle of explosives out of box; “I.C.C.–14 High Explosives Dangerous”.
Dead Body Covered in Snow
Fingers of frozen adult male dead body sticking out of snow mound.
US Navy Battle at Night
Flashes in darkness from twin barrel turret gunfire. USAF bomber planes in flight (silhouette). Glowing sparks from artillery fire aboard ship. Large fire-ball explosion in distance.
Sikorsky H03S-1 Helicopter in Korea
TLS U.S. Marines dressed in winter fatigues standing by HO3S-1 Sikorsky helicopter in snowy field. Great tilting & panning MS HO3S-1 Sikorsky helo taking off, lifting off.
French Army Soldier & Binoculars
Master 1804 - Tape 1 MS haggard, bearded French Army soldier standing in hilly wooded area of Korea, looking through binoculars, lowering them, squinting.
Biography: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
RESEARCHERS, CHECK RESTRICTIONS. ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 210393 Tight LS of Madame being honored in the US House of Representatives. CU's of the youthful and beaming Madame.......... opening credits and Wallace's intro.......... 1920 newsreel of the Man-Chu Dynasty and the birth of the Nationalist Party: hazy EST shots of vaguely Chinese monuments, followed by MS's of political speakers speaking to crowds of men, then MS's of CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) walking with fellow Nationalist soldiers.......... stills of Madame (aka MAY LING) as a young woman. Newsreel of her marriage to Chiang Kai-Shek.......... newsreel of Nationalist soldiers battling in rural fields, squashing political rebellions. Montage of likeable Madame (a former social worker) visiting Chinese hospitals, inspecting surgical tools, meeting with kids, tossing a ball with them.......... 1937 newsreel of Japan invading China: MS of bombs being released from bomber; MS's of people fleeing city, taking shelter; LS's of explosions, building facades crumbling. MS of Madame's appeal to the United States, intercut with tight LS's of damage control and MS's of people weeping over the dead and dying. MS's and tight LS's of soldiers battling on the front. MS's of large crowd of Chinese refugees scrambling for meager subsidies (namely, food) at an encampment.......... newsreel of THE RAPE OF NANKING (Japanese soldiers raising flags, breaking into and looting homes, beating residents; panning LS's of corpses (animals and human) littering the streets. MS's of retreating Chinese setting fire to fields. MS's and LS's of people fleeing Chinese coastal towns en masse. CU's of sad children, some crying. MS's of roundshouldered POWs slumped near a wall, Jap captors walking by.......... MS's of Chiang and Madame at home, playing with their rambunctious dog. MS's of them meeting with Allied diplomats after the attack on Pearl Harbor. MS's and CU's of Chiang meeting with US General JOSEPH STILWELL. MS's of WENDELL WILLKIE meeting with Madame in China.......... newsreel of Madame visiting the White House, meeting with ELEANOR and FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, and speaking at the House. She then tours the nation, meeting with politicians and speaking at benefits.......... 1945 newsreel of Chiang and Madame returning to Nanking after the formal Japanese surrender (followed by shots of the couple relaxing at various scenic spots). MS and CU of MAO TSE-TUNG (ZEDONG) at his mountain retreat, followed by a montage of Chinese Communist forces mounting an attack on the Nationailst army. MS of GEORGE MARSHALL arriving in China, meeting with Madame and representatives of opposing sides, culminating in the truce signing. MS montage of the inflated Chinese economy (the currency is suddenly and grotesquely unstable).......... 1949 newsreel of Madame arriving at the White House to meet with President HARRY S. TRUMAN; her appeal is turned down. Newsreel of chaos in Shanghai, the last Nationalist stronghold on the mainland: MS's of state police executing several suspected Communists in crowded streets (graphic depiction of the bound men shot in the back of the head). MS's of Mao arriving in conquered Shanghai. MS of Madame talking about the fight they mus carry on, and the shame Britian had bestowed by formally acknowledging the Communist government.......... tight LS's and MS's of male and female Nationalist soldiers training in Taiwan. 1950 newsreel of American arms flooding Taiwan at outset of the Korean War (conflict)........... Wallace's closing comments, end credits.