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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. The US Marines land at Inchon. Soldiers firing artillery. North Koreans with arms raised in surrender.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. US Marines landing on the shore. Tanks move down a muddy road. Marines and tanks take positions.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. Artillery firing. UN soldiers moving slowly across field. Solider walking across a simple bridge. Wounded man on stretcher.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. Soldiers walking through river. Military trucks on the road. American soldiers with boxes over head to cover from rain.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. Soldiers surrender (they may be Chinese soldiers). Military trucks on dusty roads. Military officers talk. Soldiers rush to large artillery.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Combat: The Constant Reality - Korean War
Sequence of still and moving images from the Korean war.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. POV from plane, air attacks, strafing, devastation. U.S. soldiers firing rifles, following behind tanks in urban area devastated by bombings. Urban warfare
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. CU of soldier crouched down in the grass. Soldiers moving across a field. Soldiers in muddy trench. Military trucks on the road.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. US and UN soldiers moving into North Korea. Tanks at stand still along the road. Soldiers sitting in the grass. Soldiers fire guns.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. Artillery being fired. Tanks on a dirt road. Soldiers walking across field. Injured soldiers. Tank moving over rough terrain. American soldiers marching, tank. General giving direction.
1950s - Korean War - Destroyed Village
Destroyed town/village; smoldering ruins. White smoke coming from two points in the distance. Four U.S. Army soldiers escort adult North Korean male prisoners of war on gravel road.
Korean War Stories
Various stories regarding the Korea War: commendation of RoK officer; consecration of war dead in temporary graveyard; U.S. Army Airborne Rangers in training, getting ready for deployment: MSs white male U.S. Army lieutenant pinning U.S. Army captain's bars on military tunic lapels of Republic of Korea (RoK, South Korea) Army Captain Soo Wong Jung; the men shake hands, smile, the lieutenant offering a friendly salute; U.S. & RoK Army soldiers in combat gear stand in background during field ceremony. Cut to TLS/MSs battle-weary soldiers of Republic of Korea Army company marching in two columns along opposite sides of country road, soldiers carrying weapons including a Browning Model 1917A1 heavy machine gun and tripod. LS field artillery (howitzers) firing from valley; LS smoke simmering from mountain. VO: "... battle honors are awarded one of our Korean allies. Capt. Soo Wong Jung receives the bars & insignia of an American Army Captain, symbolic of true unity in our common cause. To the north, RoK units met vicious enemy thrusts at Po Hang, second-best port on the U.N. beachhead. Action in this sector saw massive enemy forces--" TLSs white male U.S. Army soldiers walking through temporary cemetery for fallen comrades at military outpost in Korea, American flag flying from flagpole; MSs U.S. Army soldier kneeling beside small white grave marker, reading name; TLS/MSs white male U.S. Army chaplain reading prayer, presiding over fresh graves, consecrating & blessing the earth -- note the gravediggers standing by open graves in BG, and also note that they are local Korean men; TLS U.S. soldiers standing w/ heads bowed reverently. Note the Korean buildings, architecture in BG of most shots. VO: "The cost of war, whether in victory or in defeat. This bit of South Korea is American soil today, consecrated as temporary resting place for GIs fallen in battle." Newsreel of U.S. Army Airborne Rangers of the 1st Ranger Company training, preparing for deployment to Korea. MS white male U.S. Army Rangers Staff Sergeant removing paratrooper gear in field. CU white male U.S. Army Ranger having greasepaint applied to face for camouflage purposes; MS U.S. Army Ranger corporal in combat gear camouflaged behind tree branch, then emerging with M3A1 submachine gun in hand. Panning MS African-American male U.S. Army Ranger corporal walking through field, using radio communications backpack, holding M1 carbine rifle. Great MS white male U.S. Army Ranger corporal firing M3A1 (burp gun) submachine gun. MSs U.S. Army Rangers walking through field, firing M1 carbine rifle and Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) 1918A2. TLS white & black male U.S. Army Rangers smoking cigarettes, standing when flag-bearing sarge enters frame. VO: "After landing, they leave no trace of their presence. Note the variety of weapons: carbines, burp guns, Garand rifles, DARs. Rangers may soon be shipped to Korea where men skilled at infiltrating--"
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. Fighter airplanes. LS/aerial view from plane as it bombs ground.
Korean War Refugees at Train Station
LS Korean war refugees waiting under latticework at outdoor train station at Yongdungpo. TLS refugees loaded onto open flatbed train car, wooden sign in FG: "Yongdungpo." Great MS/TLS refugees sitting on haphazard bundles stacked on engine car of steam engine locomotive train, smoke wafting in & out of frame. MS father & young son refugees on train. More shots train station, refugees. LS train pulling slowly from open station. TLS two children sitting beside large bundles (family belongings). TLS/MSs wicker trunk being raised to top of train car. (4-1) TLS Korean refugees packed, standing on engine car of steam engine locomotive. TLS refugees standing on flatbed train car on which a U.S. Army tank is parked. MSs old Korean woman tying bundle to train car, then posing huddled. LS refugees crowding train station. Great TLS/MSs Korean family sitting on front of engine car of steam train, smoke wafting in & out of frame. LS overloaded train pulling from station. (4-4)
Var Scenes from Korean War
Master 1783 - Tape 1 MS U.S. Army soldiers pushing something apparently stuck in mud (framing of shot reveals not much). MSs Korean men, women & children digging, shoveling. TLS/MSs two Korean boys & one girl sifting through rubble, chopping bricks w/ flat knife. MSs Korean man re-laying destroyed brick wall. VO: "The people of Seoul, liberated capital of the Republic, began to dig out of the rubble that was once their city. Without adequate machinery, they literally rebuilt their houses with their own hands. Korea prepared for peace." (13-6) LS smoke rising from Korean village in distance. (14-8) LS two U.S. military landing craft (pontoon boats) arriving onto stormy shore on cloudy day. (20-8)
Korean War Combat Aftermath
U.S. M4 Sherman tank rolls past camera. Caucasian adult male U.S. Army soldiers walk along dirt road, followed by tank. Small military vehicle engulfed in flames. Dead adult male North Korean soldier in trench.
Various Scenes of Korean War, 1951
Master 1783 - Tape 1 Rear view TLS Republic of Korea (RoK, South Korean) Army soldiers standing or kneeling by two open wood crates in town square, smoke rising from burning building in BG. Aerial shot of bombs falling from bomber, exploding on flat countryside. (8-9) LS Thai or Filipino Army soldiers marching along dusty road in Korean countryside. MS Thai or Filipino soldiers marching past camera. Dim LS/TLSs U.S. Army soldiers marching along rural road near mountain pass. Rear view MS/TLSs U.S. Army soldiers patrolling road, one GI carrying long round bazooka. Nice head-on & rear view TLSs American G.I.s patrolling hilly Korean road. Note the M1 carbine rifles (some affixed with bayonets) & the light-heavy gov't green parkas & pants, suggesting fall or early spring season. (9-10) Nice TLS three South Korean boys walking along otherwise deserted small town street, one boy waving Republic of Korea (RoK) flag, the other two holding small banner. LS downed telephone pole, moderate war damage to bldgs, town. LS RoK Army soldier standing at hill crest near dirt road, smoke rising from village bldgs in BG. (8-12) TLS four U.S. Army soldiers taking positions on hill, sprawled on ground. LS soldiers crouched on hillside, howitzer (field artillery) firing in BG. (12-2)
Tanks in Korean War
Master 1482 - Tape 2 Sideview LS M26 (M-26) Pershing tank parked at angle in field, firing cannon, U.S. Army soldiers standing nearby covering ears. TLS soldiers running behind M46 (M-46) Patton tank rolling along dirt road. Head-on TLS U.S. Army soldiers -- note that they are integrated, Caucasian-Americans fighting alongside African-Americans, placing this shot late in the Korean War -- running along dirt road, U.S. tank following behind them; VO says these are Marines but the uniforms & equipment don't jive. Rear view TLS soldiers scrambling fro cover near Pershing tank. TLS two T14 (T-14) Sherman tanks rolling along bend in dirt road snaking through countryside. Great sideview TLS U.S. Army heavy tank firing cannon in field, tank commander leaning from turret and peering through binoculars.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Korean War. American soldiers, GIs running. MS buildings burning. American soldier or GI riding a bicycle with a cigarette in his mouth past camera. TLS American soldiers marching down a road, buildings burning in BG.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
South Korean officials.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
South Korean President Syngman Rhee.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
CU book. Korean official signing armistice.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
South Korean leader Syngman Rhee speaking into a microphone. United States military officers stand behind him.