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U.S. and RoK Soldiers in Combat

U.S. and RoK Soldiers in Combat
Clip: 503505_1_1
Year Shot: 1951 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1482
Original Film: HFR-SFL-35-032
HD: N/A
Location: Korea
Timecode: 02:41:28 - 02:42:06

Master 1482 - Tape 2 CU wheels and tread of tank rolling on dirt road. TLS/MSs U.S. Army and South Korean (RoK) Army soldiers kneeling in grass during combat in valley, mountains in BG. TLS several U.S. and RoK soldiers standing by Sherman tank, attention geared off-screen. MSs soldier advancing from safety of tank, jogging along dirt road, heavy smoke in BG. TLS soldiers firing machine gun from behind cobbled rock wall during firefight. Rear view MS two soldiers, mountain in BG. TLS soldiers creeping along road, advancing assault. TLS Sherman tank parked on dirt road, weapons aimed to screen left. VO: "... offensive in Korea rolls forward. Along the southern perimeter, where major breakthroughs were reported this week, Defense Department cameramen film action in a key spot. American and South Korean troops, spearheaded by tanks, try to smash an enemy roadblock, one of many rear-guard obstacles thrown up by the Reds. With sniper fire silenced, they move up for the assault."