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American G.I.s Board Buses
Young adult Caucasian male U.S. Army soldier wearing full dress uniform and cap, walking down barracks steps, carrying bag. Young adult Caucasian and African-American male U.S. Army soldiers board Greyhound passenger bus, adult Caucasian military officer checks names off clipboard; "Caswell’s" coffee advertisement on side of bus.
Signal Corps Marching with 1st Cavalry
Master 1783 - Tape 1 Rear view LS U.S. Army soldiers taking positions behind a knocked-down M4 Sherman tank on hillside. Rear view TLS M4 Sherman tank following soldiers marching along dusty road. MS Signal Corps photographers & soundmen marching w/ soldiers. Nice MCU still cameras in hands of cameramen during march. Sideview MS two soldiers talking, pointing to something off-screen. MS Signal Corps cameraman walking into frame, then ducking for cover. VO: "What's it like to film front line stories for the people back home? Here, Signal Corps combat photographers moving forward with the 1st Cavalry Division demonstrate the job being done by the Defense Dept & new service cameramen."
G.I.s Board Train
Young adult Caucasian male U.S. Army soldiers wearing full gear, boarding train; Army officer counts men with pointer stick. U.S. Marines smiling and waving from open train car windows.
US Marine Combat Exercises
Caucasian adult male U.S. marines exit amphibious transports and run up beachfront. USAF bomber planes in flight over shoreline. USMC troops run down ramp from transports onto beach. Caucasian adult male soldiers lay on stomachs, arming machine guns (including M1919 air-cooled machine gun). Groups of troops on beach firing weapons; crowd of spectators watching action atop hill in BG. Side-view of middle-age Caucasian adult male Navy Captain aboard ship, looks through binoculars. Aircraft over open water, explosion in BG.
American Servicemen Board Trains
Adult Caucasian male U.S. Navy personnel load medical supplies onto train car. Adult Caucasian male U.S. Army soldiers wearing full gear board trains; troops march past in BG. Adult Caucasian male Army Sergeant views troops. Adult Caucasian male servicemen climb into train car, African-American adult male porter stands in BG.
Recommissioning the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62)
Master 1791 - Tape 1 TLS U.S. Navy sailor removing wooden planks from beneath sixteen inch deck artillery of the battleship New Jersey (BB-62) docked in Bayonne, New Jersey. Panning MS U.S. sailors removing metal covers from anti-aircraft (ack-ack) guns. High angle TLS diver emerging from water beside ship in slip. Nice LS docked battleship New Jersey, looking every bit the mothballed vessel. VO: "... 16 inch guns of her sister ship, the Missouri, proved so valuable in Korea that battleships are no longer called obsolete. Divers grope for bolted vents 30 feet below. 1000 men are working on the New Jersey, a task that will take a month to complete."
Medevac Wounded to USS Consolation
Medevac Wounded to USS Consolation Great over the shoulder MS helicopter pilot flying helo over ocean, approaching U.S. Navy hospital ship USS Consolation (AH-15). Aerial shots of approach to USS Consolation hospital ship, Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly medevac helicopter landing on deck pad. TLS Dragonfly rescue helo landing on deck pad of hospital ship. TLS/MSs U.S. Navy sailors walking to landed helo, opening side-mounted protective tubes covering stretchers for wounded soldiers. MS white male wounded soldier on stretcher, reading paper while talking with captain. TLSs sailors carrying wounded soldier away from copter on stretcher, helo taking off from landing pad.
U.S.A.F. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Korea
Master 1779 - Tape 1 LS United States Air Force transport plane parked on icy, rough airfield in South Korea, military personnel mingling about. LS military personnel walking to helicopter in FG. MS U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General HOYT S. VANDENBERG (Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg) seated on helicopter with U.S. Army Chief of Staff General JOSEPH L. COLLINS (Joseph Lawton Collins). MS General Hoyt Vandenberg alighting helicopter, shaking hands with officer. MS General Joseph Collins shaking hands with officers, pan right to General Hoyt Vandenberg smoking cigarette, shaking hands. MS Gen. Vandenberg smoking cigarette, boarding transport plane. MS Gen. Vandenberg smoking cigar, seated beside window on plane. High angle LS Gen. Vandenberg standing beside transport plane, talking with USAF officers on tarmac. MSs Gen. Vandenberg in air force uniform, talking with generals. CU folder being held by aide, "Secret" stamped on cover. VO: "When a transport can't get him into certain areas he uses a helicopter to observe at close range the difficulties of tactical air support in the mountainous terrain of Korea... Vandenburg's tour of Korea was top secret until it was completed, as the envelope carried by an aide indicates. Not top secret is the General's pleasure in smoking."
U.S. Marines Retake Seoul
U.S. Marines Retake Seoul
U.S.M.C. Reserve Departure Parade
Adult male Caucasian U.S. Marine Corps reservists march in parade formation, pedestrians lining street. Adult male Caucasian and African-American Marines perform a “column left” along parade route. Adult female Caucasian Marines follow in step, New York City Police Officers and taxi cab in BG. Crowd of adult male Caucasian and African-American pedestrians clapping hands. Adult male Caucasian members of the 1st Infantry Battalion Band pass camera. Adult male Caucasian reservist walks with arm over adult Caucasian woman’s shoulder. Young adult male Caucasian reservist lets go of blond girl's hand, her mother walking alongside.
Wounded U.S. Marine Evac in Korea
Wounded U.S. Marine Evac in Korea MCU/MSs clear bottle of plasma being shaken, mixed into another bottle by U.S. Marine Corps (USMC, U.S.M.C.) medic in Korea, wounded white male Marine laying on ground; note the camouflage helmet cover. TLS/MSs Marines carrying wounded man on stretcher, loading him onto waiting U.S. Marines Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter. Tilting TLS HO3S-1 helicopter lifting off, evacuating causalities, flying over camera.
New Zealand Sends Troops to Korea
Master 1848 - Tape 2 TLS/MSs artillery unit soldiers of 16th Regiment of K Force, Royal New Zealand Army (RNZA) pushing field artillery canon into ditch for test range firing, one fellow almost getting run over by the weapon's large tires; MS mustachioed RNZA officer standing in field with binoculars; MS RNZA soldier using field telephone; TLS unit commander calling unit to fire; LS/TLSs field artillery unit firing weapons from under camouflage netting cover; panning LS twin engine fighter bomber sweeping low across field. MS/CUs RNZA soldiers standing and talking on dock in Wellington, New Zealand; MS/CUs soldiers boarding troop transport liner ship, all smiling and almost clowning around for the camera-- full combat gear, berets, rifles, etc; high angle TLS crowd gathered on dock for send-off; MSs soldiers talking, holding, hugging, shaking hands, kissing loved ones on dock before shipping out; MSs young white women waving goodbye; rear view TLS crowd waving goodbye from dock, ship in BG. VO: "The country gives a refresher course to 1000 combat veterans before they head for Korea. In proportion to population, this is equivalent to 80,000 troops from the United States. The advance group assembles in Wellington. They re part of an artillery unit, the first New Zealand group troops to go to Korea. Known as the K Force, it consists only of volunteers. Their relatives and friends gather at the pier to send them off. None of the men are married. Scenes of farewell like these are taking place in many parts of the world. As the United States asks for more help in Korea from U.N. member nations, New Zealand makes its contribution."