Celebrations outside the Capitol Building after Seoul's takeover by Korean Government.Several dignitaries seated on the gallery of the Capitol Building can be seen.Crowd gather in numbers in front of the Capitol Building and cheer as the speaker speaks.A large Korean National flag on the wall behind the gallery.A cameraman covers the event from a raised platform.15 August 1948.
Voters wait outside a poll-booth for the polls to open in Seoul,South Korea.Women with children stand in queue. One of the woman has child on her back. At booth their registration is checked. A group of policemen stand outside a building.
Voters in Seoul lined up outside a polling booth waiting to vote. Women voters get their fingerprints registered at a voting counter .A display of weapons and contrabands captured for the communist saboteurs during the elections.Weapons like the knives, axes,explosives, pieces of metal and others can be seen.Korean policemen inspects the weapons.
Korean voters wait outside a polling booth in Seoul, South Korea. Voters line up in queue and get their papers checked. Female voters wearing traditional Hanbok dresses include a woman carrying a child on her back. Non-uniformed policeman armed with rifle patrols the area.
Korean boys and girls in a ground in Seoul,South Korea. The children are being taught a game of softball. An American officer teaches a little girl how to strike with a softball bat .A girl balls while the other strikes it and takes a run. Few men spectate in the background.
The armistice ending the Korean War is signed July 27, 1953. South Korean refugees walking down train tracks at the end of the Korean War. Heavily damaged buildings in Seoul, South Korea. Residents of Seoul picking through trash looking for food. 1960s a bulldozer is seen in front of a new high rise building in Seoul. Construction supplies carried by laborers to construction site from water. Pedestrians on Seoul street wearing traditional Hanbok robes. Market place in Seoul, picking crabs at market stall. Women with Korean children. Korean children in front of temple. Children eating on street with balloons nearby. Korean children playing volleyball. Korean children in school uniforms. Korean women looking in store front in Seoul. Streets in Seoul show bicycles and carts overloaded with supplies.