Shows Korean girls making elaborated embroidered scarves. Scenes of girls doing needlework and pictures of Stalin. Shows sample of pottery and bas relief praising Stalin. A Korean artist paints. Korean men manufacture busts with molds and do engraving on slates. Several Korean handicrafts in a room. Russian Army gathers for a celebration held prior to their withdrawal from North Korea.1948.
Map shows division of Korea at 38th Parallel. Pyongyang in North and Seoul in South Korea. Line and board reads 38 parallel on road and bridge. Elevated, wide view of city of Seoul, the Capital of South Korea. The UN Commission at Korean assembly examines process of establishing democracy. Officials and President Syngman Rhee in 1948. The flag of South Korea. Civilians line up for voting in May 1950, just before outbreak of Korean War. Women stand in line. A child on back of woman. Men go in and come out of polling booth. Aerial views of Korean peninsula.
Two years before the Korean War: Russian soldiers are honored before leaving Korea. Officials at a mass meeting. The wall behind the speaker's stand is decorated with pictures of Kim II Sung and Joseph Stalin with dates 1945-1948. Russian officers speak and receive gifts from the people of Korea. Korean boys exchange gifts with Russian girls. Girls present flowers to Soviet fliers. Two Soviet aviators hold Korean children. A line of Soviet Yakovlev Yak-3 interceptor aircraft. A pilot prepares and takes off in one of the Yak-3 aircraft. The girls wave to the fliers. Soviet Yak-3 aircraft in flight.
Soviet Army and Navy personnel line up in columns at a celebration ceremony held prior to the withdrawal of Soviets from North Korea. Prime Minister of North Korea, Kim II Sung and Vice Premier Hong Myung He present Soviet Army and Naval officers with Liberation Medals. View of medals on an officer's uniform.1948.
PM Kim II Sung gives speech on the industrial development in North Korea.Shows Lady workers working in a textile industry. Textile looms and rolls of manufactured textiles can be seen. Another scene shows a silk industry.PM Kim II sung's speech transitions in between the entire clip. Shows laborers constructing a factory building. PM Kim II Sung addresses the masses in a meeting and speaks on problems in South Korea. Approx 1948.
Shows Prime Minister Kim II Sung speaking on the podium at the North Korean Assembly held to draft Constitution in North Korea. Several dignitaries,reporters and press officials present at the event. Flags of South Korea and Soviet Union can be seen in the backdrop. Other dignitaries take the microphone to make their speeches. Reporters take down the speeches on their notepads.1948.