Animated map shows South Korea, from 38th parallel, South, and highlights Pusan, and the advances being made by UN forces after being reinforced. Next, the UN amphibious landings at Inchon (or Incheon) are shown on the map. Flashes of naval gunfire are seen in the blackness of night. Next, a Landing Craft Tank (Rocket), LCT(R), is seen firing barrages of rockets toward shore, at Inchon. On September 15, 1950, U.S. troops are seen landing at Incheon, from boats of the attack transport ship, USS Noble (APA-218). Return to the animated map shows advance of UN forces from Inchon joining with those advancing from Pusan, until they occupy most of the area south of the 38th parallel. UN infantry are seen engaged in urban combat in the city of Seoul, accompanied by M26 Pershing tanks and M46 Patton tanks. Building burning in the city. UN soldiers firing rifles inside damaged building. American soldiers, under fire, carrying wounded on litter. Medical corpsmen tending to casualties, including wounded Korean civilians. Republic of Korea (ROK) infantry following four of their soldiers carrying their flag, stretched out horizonally, between them. (Narrator states they are carrying it back to the liberated capital of Seoul.) ROK troops escorting large number of prisoners of war, marching with hands on heads. UN forces distributing rice and clothing to the Korean inhabitants of Seoul. Soldiers helping little Korean children don clothing. Bodies of men, women, and children who were slain by retreating enemy troops, are laid out on the ground, attended by Grieving relatives. Large quantities of captured North Korean weapons are piled up, including those made in the Soviet Union.
Graphic Korean children zooms to 'Korea Revisited' title. Wide shot of Korean countryside. June 25, 1950 North Korean troops attacking across to start Korean war. Dramatization depicting South Korean soldier hit by bullet. South Korean soldiers retreating from war front. American soldiers fighting at start of Korean war. Australian soldier on patrol. Howitzers being fired. Train carrying Chinese troops moving towards war front. Chinese troops in trenches and advancing. Mortar firing. Chinese troops advancing in snow. Street fighting in Seoul, South Korea.
MiG kills in Korea shows series of attacks by U.S. aircraft on Soviet-made MiG-15 aircraft during the Korean War. Various views of MiG aircraft under attack and being hit in aerial battle, as seen in gun camera footage.
The Korean Armistice Agreement signed by Communist delegates and United Nations delegates in Panmunjom, Korea ending the Korean War. UN (United Nations) honor guard lined up outside the building where armistice is to be signed. U.S. Army Lieutenant General William K. Harrison, Jr. arrives with other officials at the building. Delegate Harrison and Communist delegates sign the peace agreement. Harrison leaves the building. Far East Commander U.S. Army General Mark W. Clark signs the Korean Armistice Agreement at a base camp. Army cameramen take pictures.
Opening slate of August 1950 newsreel refers to Seesaw battle on beachhead. It shows several U.S. soldiers manning a 105mm howitzer field piece on sandy ground beside a steep hill. A small American flag marks their position. Scene shifts to a bivouac area of large tents and vehicles on flat ground. A body of water and higher ground is seen in the background. Next, an American flag flutters in the breeze, on a makeshift flagpole, atop a hill, where several soldiers are maintaining a lookout. A large radio antenna is installed on the hill. Back down on the flat land, American troops are breaking camp, pulling down the large tents. At Pohang Air Base (K-3) American troops are pulling down tents and packing up to leave. A C-46 transport plane sits nearby and a C-47 transport is in the background. Troops burn papers in 55-gallon drums. Troops load Army trucks with tents and equipment. Aerial glimpse of the area showing high hills surrounding it. View from a farm field where farmers are working, as four USAF F-80C jet fighter planes take off from the nearby airfield. View from aircraft flying above, as an F-80 attacks a ground target. Gun camera view of American aircraft strafing an installation at the base of a mountain. Explosions from striking rounds. Pilot pulls up abruptly to avoid the mountain. Gun camera view of rockets being fired from attacking aircraft on lines of communication, including rail and port facilities. Fires and smoke from the attacks. A strafing attack against a moving railroad train. The aircraft passes through heavy black smoke as the pilot breaks off the attack. Two views from aircraft making low passes over a major fire at a port facility. Both times the aircraft barely skirts heavy billowing black clouds. A line of white smoke arising from ground targets. Change of scene to the beach area shown at opening of the film, where an American gun crew is firing an M-101 105mm howitzer field piece, viewed from several angles. Change of scene shows U.S. troops working their way carefully along a mountain road in the Pusan Perimeter. Two soldiers run back from the front of the column. Troops pausing while staying close to the mountainside. Suddenly, a shell bursts just a short distance fron them, raising dense black smoke. Soldiers run across the road to seek protection close to the mountain. American soldiers moving carefully behind a parked M8 light armored car. Various vies of American soldiers operating in the mountainous area. Glimpse of fallen North Korean soldiers in the brush and foliage. American troops display a captured North Korean flag. South Korean soldiers on sentry duty outside fortified compound. Armed South Korean soldiers escort two ambulatory wounded North Korean prisoners. Wounded American soldier on a stretcher, being removed from a Sikorsky H-5 helicopter, at an airfield and being carried toward the aircraft flight line.
United States Marines retreat southwards from 38th Parallel as a result of Chinese aggression in Korea. United States Marines retreat in trucks as they cross bridges over rivers. In north east Korea U.S. marines trapped in Chosin reservoir area. Aerial view of the region with a convoy of trucks on road. Marines seated in a snow covered field as they pack up to retreat. Marines sleep in bags. Food and ammunition being packed in Japan for transporting it to the Marines trapped in Korea. United States Air Force C-119 aircraft in flight as it carries the supplies. Bridges, food and medical supplies being air dropped. Marines eat food. Marines destroy installation and equipment. Wounded marines being carried on litters and loaded aboard an aircraft at an airstrip. Wounded being loaded onto planes for flight to Japan. A Korean child being loaded onto a plane. Marines retreat along a road.
Major events of the year 1951. War takes place in Korea. Artillery fired and Koreans captured. News paper headline symbolizes removal of General MacArthur as the Chief of the United Nations forces in Korea. General Matthew Ridgway takes over as the Chief of the United Nations forces. Dead prisoners of war lined up. General Eisenhower with Korean representatives in Korea as they sign an agreement for a buffer zone. (Korean War)
Major General Gavin of United States 82nd Airborne Division and Captain Cameroon Briggs,Commanding Officer on the deck of United States Navy aircraft carrier Boxer (CV-21). Flight Deck chief signals and Lieutenant Scott Cummins climbs into cockpit of his F-4U-4 Corsair. Lt. Cummins has Navy Fighter Squadron VF-63 Fighting Redcocks patch on his right shoulder. VF-63 is part of Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2). (Korean War)
A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. United States soldiers being trained in the use of recoilless rifle. Men fire recoilless rifles. Soldiers fire rifles during a training exercise. Smoke rises. A soldier look through binoculars. Scene changes to Korea. North Korean Army soldiers on motorbikes, bicycles and horses advance in Korea during the Korean War. Artillery and mortars being set up and fired by North Korean forces. U.S. Army soldiers carrying rifles advance in Korea during the Korean War. American Army soldiers take up positions on hills overlooking a valley and are seen firing at North Korean enemy positions. U.S. Army soldiers return to the United States after the Korean War. They disembark from a ship. The soldiers loaded in trucks move past cheering crowds in a New York parade.
Korean war tragedy. Despite peace talks in Korean War, the plight of homeless, sick and starving continues. Estimate of three million civilians casualties. Refugees including many children in makeshift homes and camps. Civilian refugees include both North Koreans and South Koreans.
The role of the American Army Medical Service during the Korean war. U.S. Army Captain Carl Zimmerman introduces Major General George E. Armstrong, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army who speaks from Washington, DC, about the work of the medical service. Scenes from the Korean War. U.S. troops rushed from japan, in July 1950 after a Chinese offensive at the 38th Parallel. Troops disembarking from ship and unloading artillery. Medical personnel offloading from assault boats, including doctors, medics, ambulances and drivers. A crane offloads medical equipment and supplies from a ship. Nurses with a mobile surgical hospital unit. Medics remove a casualty from an ambulance, on a stretcher. U.S. infantry slogging through difficult terrain. An ambulance driven on a mud road. Korean refugee families. Children sit and eat. People walk. An old Korean man is helped into a car. U.S. C-54 transport aircraft unloading supplies and evacuating wounded on stretchers. Medical supplies being unloaded from an aircraft and loaded into a truck. Surgeons in a tent hospital. A doctor treats a patient who is receiving blood plasma in an IV. Medics moving with tanks and infantry. Walking wounded being assisted. U.S. wounded lying on the ground, attended by medics. The U.S. medics treat injured soldiers during a tank battle. Soldiers on tanks. Thousands of paratroopers jumping from aircraft, their parachutes filling the skies. U.S. Army wounded being treated on stretchers around the Yalu River. Tenth Corps Troops in long winter withdrawal. U.S. Marine aircraft evacuating wounded. Troops withdrawing by sea in Landing Ships.
Highlights covering General Douglas MacArthur, from 1945 through 1950. The Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Several Japanese bowing towards the Palace. General Douglas MacArthur exits a car in Tokyo and walks up steps to enter his headquarters in Japan. Emperor Hirohito walks between two U.S. sentries, as he leaves a building and enters his limousine. Japanese citizens form lines on streets to cast ballots in election.Several Japanese women voting. Exterior of the Japanese National Diet building. Interior with representatives seated. A farmer behind a cultivator, pulled by an ox, in a rice paddy. Japanese school children waving American and Japanese flags together, as MacArthur leaves his Tokyo headquarters, walks down steps, and enters car. MacArthur saluting at a military ceremony, where his wife, Jean MacArthur, and son Arthur are spectators. Explosions in hills, from American Patton tank shelling North Korean positions in Korean War. American soldiers firing a mortar; infantry advancing along sides of road; and American tank commander rendering first aid to wounded comrade. United States Air Force (USAF) C-47 transport aircraft ferrying American troops into Korea, from Japan. American infantry marching across a bridge; firing mortars and rifles; and advancing on foot across fields. American troops on trucks followed by a Patton medium tank. MacArthur meeting troops on river boat; riding in a jeep; being briefed by U.S. officer in the field; examining a knocked out tank; and decorating U.S. troops in winter. Closeup of MacArthur in winter gear with his circle of five stars pined into a fur cap. Views of U.S. amphibious landing at Inchon (or Incheon) in Korean War. MacArthur watching from a ship offshore. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, reading message of appreciation to General MacArthur and shaking hands with him at the podium. U.S. President Harry S. Truman, pinning a medal on General MacArthur,on Wake Island in October, 1950.
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Army are jammed aboard an M46 Patton tank as they participate in a UN counter-attack against Chinese forces in the Korean War. Several tanks full of soldiers and some in jeeps, are seen fording river swollen by Spring melting and rains. Closeup of GIs riding tank. Narrator states they are heading beyond the 38th parallel. U.S. troops seen hunkered down as UN shell fire strikes at Chinese positions to slow down their anticipated Spring Offensive. White smoke rises from nearby exploding Chinese shells. U.S. 8th Army troops fall back as shells fall around them, to take up new defensive positions. Scene shifts to a large gathering of South Korean waifs. Closeup of some in a line, and inside a building, receiving clothing from U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division. It had been collected by the Marine Corps League, in many American cities. Marines are seen helping Korean children dress in the new clothes. Closeup of Korean children huddled down for a photograph. (Korean War)
Former communist Chinese prisoners repatriated from Korean War prison camps arrive in Taipei, Taiwan, becoming "anti-Communist Heroes" January 23, 1954. Crowd gathered outside a large building in Taipei. A large freedom bell is rung. Chairman of the gathering and Premier of the Republic of China Chen Cheng addresses the crowd. The crowd with banners demonstrates against communism and against mainland People's Republic of China. South Korean ambassador to China (Taiwan), Kim Hong-il, addresses the gathering. Men in special white uniforms lined up are the first group of liberated, defecting former prisoners. The Map of Korea shows 38th parallel on it. The United Nations and the U.S. flags. American C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in flight over airfield, arriving in Korean. Chinese officers march on airfield after leaving planes, before transporting to Taiwan. U.S. official instructs Chinese officers. The UN Transportation Corps loading supplies onto truck. Sign reads 'Warming Tents'. American General BS Latton with the United Nations staff inspects transportation arrangements. Processing officers arrive at the field. The Chinese Nationalist Military delegation men arrive from Taiwan. The Commanding Officer of The UN Forces, John Ho inspects the processing area with his staff. View of building area. Men prepare flags. Signs and banners along the road. General Latton with a Chinese General. Representatives of the Chinese Nationalist Government lined up to welcome prisoners after the Korean War. Band plays music. Liberated Chinese prisoners arrive with flags and banners. They are welcomed by the UN officials. Freed Chinese prisoners get into tents. (Many of the defecting Chinese were former Kuomintang soldiers taken captive by the communist forces during the Chinese Civil War.)
View inside pilot's Ready Room aboard the USS Princeton (CVA-37) during the Korean War. Intelligence officer discusses a map with a pilot from Fighter Squadron FS-191, who wears the "Satan's Kittens" patch on shoulder of his leather jacket. The pilot and intelligence officer also speak with two other fliers seated, who consult their own maps. Upon conclusion of briefing, the three fliers pick up their helmets and oxygen masks, and leave the ready room. A loudspeaker is shown, presumably in use. (Note: Squadron FS-191 is made up of former members of the Navy's "Blue Angels" demonstration team, which was dissolved when the Korean War broke out.)
The United Nation forces below the 38th Parallel during the Korean War. United States 25th Infantry Division move towards Seoul, Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers advance along the hills as they fire. Chinese prisoners being searched for weapons and being provided first aid. American soldier sits with a gun. Prisoners being escorted to the rear for further interrogation. Prisoners and soldiers advance on a road. UN task Force move north of Suwon, Korea. American soldiers rest. General Joseph S. Bradley confers with the Company Commander.
United States President Harry S. Truman dismisses General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. Newsmen gather to collect news about the dismissal of Supreme Commander of the far east for the United States General Douglas MacArthur. A newspaper headlines reads ' Truman fires MacArthur' Past events show General MacArthur in Tokyo as he comes out of an official building. General at the war front as he gets up dates about the Korean War from the soldiers. President Harry S. Truman during his visit to Korea being greeted by General MacArthur.
Weapons and equipment used by the U.S. Army during the Korean War. U.S. Air Force aircraft in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. troops load bombs and rockets on F4U Corsair aircraft at an airfield. Rockets mounted under the wings of the aircraft. An aircraft takes off and fires rockets at lines of communication on ground.. Rocket launchers fired by U.S. troops. The troops fire carbines and machine guns at enemy on a battlefield. Marines board a helicopter. The helicopter takes off from a field. It drops supply crates on the field.
1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines walk on the streets of a village. A marine eats while walking. Marines carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher. Graves of U.S. marines in a cemetery. A marine places a wreath on a grave. A candle is lit. A Korean boy stands and smiles. Three nuns stand. Children play in snow and slide on sleds over frozen ice. USS Missouri BB-63 battleship underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Marines aboard US Missouri salute. Marines and tanks advance through a field during Korean War.
A film on the importance of photographic reconnaissance during the Korean War. U.S. Navy pilots and and an officer in a briefing room. They study pictures taken by pilots. The officer briefs them. He marks target areas on the photographs. Men carrying bombs on a trailer of aircraft carrier flight deck. They are loaded in airplanes. An aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. Flags flying giving signals. The aircraft taking off from the carrier, including Douglas AD Skyraider aircraft and F9F Panther jet aircraft. The photograph pilot seated in the cockpit of F9F airplane. The aircraft takes off. F9F Panther airplanes fly in formation overhead. Aerial view of a target area in Korea. Smoke rises from bombardment of the area. The airplanes drop bombs. Heavy columns of smoke rise. The enemy fires anti aircraft guns. The bombs are dropped in the correct area by taking information from the photographs. Includes multiple gun camera views of actual strafing and bombing of targets by U.S. Navy aircraft during the Korean War. Also includes a small amount of dramatized on ground battle scenes.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. The gathering of military officers and government officials. The President arrives. Band plays as officers salute. Cameramen capture the event on film. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. President awards the medal to Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura, United States Army, and congratulates him. He then awards the medal to Lt James L Stone, United States Army and congratulates him.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citation is read by a Naval Officer as Sgt David B Bleak of the Army medical Service, 223rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Also seen in the clip (already having received the Medal of Honor earlier in the ceremony) are 1st Lieutenant James Lamar Stone, 2nd Lieutenant Raymond G. Murphy (barely visible), and Sergeant Hiroshi H. Miyamura (the second Japanese American to have received the Medal of Honor).
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, United States Marine Corps, stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. Private First Class, Robert Ernest Simanek, 2nd Batallion 5th Marine, United States Marine Corps (retired) stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. Lt George H O'Brien Jr., United States Marine Corps stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. The President awards him the medal and congratulates him. Lt Raymond G Murhpy, United States Marine Corps, is awarded the medal.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. After presentation the President speaks of the gratitude of the nation, and says he hopes there will be no need for any more battle citations. Relatives of awardees and spectators. The awardees on stage: Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura, USA; Lt James L Stone, USA; Sgt David B Bleak, USA; Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, USMC; Private Robert Ernest Simanek, USMC (retired); Lt George H O'Brien Jr, USMC; Lt Raymond G Murhpy, USMC. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. The President poses with the awardees for the press.
'The Big Picture' an official television report of the U.S. Army. U.S. soldiers shown in Korea, Germany, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Captain Carl Zimmerman sits at a table to talk about the American soldier fighting wars in various countries. He begins with a day in the life of a soldier in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers wake up to the sound of artillery fire on a hill. Soldier looks through binoculars. Explosions on hills. 8 feet camouflaged bunkers on a hill. Soldiers come out of bunkers to take in some fresh air. They eat and drink. South Koreans help them unload ration and supply boxes from a jeep. They open the boxes and pass the supplies around. Soldiers glad to receive mail from home. A Stars and Stripes newsletter. A soldier takes a tablet for his headache. Another one smokes a cigar.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team follows up practice parachute drop with ground activities during Korean War.. United States soldiers cross a small stream on their way to assembly point after airdrop. Soldiers wait in Aid Station for medical treatment. Medic bandages soldier's hand. Injured soldiers lie on litter outside the Aid tent. Soldiers march on road through a Korean village.
Paratroopers of the U.S. Army 187th Regimental Combat Team proceed through a Korean village as part of their post airdrop activities during training exercise in the Korean War. They turn to look back at the camera as they pass local villagers. Next, they are seen cossing a bridge over a river. Camera records them from position between columns of troops. Many look back as they pass the camera. In another scene, the troops march past a Korean man hauling crops in a wagon pulled by two oxen. Setting sun highlights the troops moving along a dirt road in hilly terrain.
Troops of the U.S. Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team proceed into a fenced bivouac area as part of their post airdrop activities during training exercise in the Korean War. Two local Korean men walk past them. Supply sergeants stand by boxes of rations, and soldiers are seen eating as they relax in the bivouac field. Troops line up at an American Red Cross Canteen Trailer, where a woman Red Cross worker is handing out refreshments. She turns and shows the Red Cross patch on her uniform sleeve. A smiling lieutenant walks away from the canteen trailer with a donut in his hand. Other soldiers gather around the trailer.
Paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team are dropped by C-119 and C-46 aircraft of the 403rd Troop Carrier Wing onto a field near K-2 (Taegu), during the Korean War. The sky is filled with descending parachutes. Views from the ground as troopers land, gather their gear, and walk away. A second wave of troopers dropping from C-46 aircraft. Closeup of one trooper removing his flotation vest and helmet as he organizes his personal gear after landing.
Sign reads 'Bid Room, P & C Div' and 'P R Pagliocca'. Japanese industrialist business men in suits seen receiving information about United Nations military needs so they can bid for contracts to supply them. View of Japanese industrial factories at work during rebulding of Japan a few years after the end of World War 2. Steel mill with Bessemer converter furnace tilting and firing, ingots ready for forging, hot steel ribbons being placed in wire mills. United Nations Military equipment being repaired in Japan during the Korean war.
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