Archbishop Francis Cardinal Spellman greets troops in South Korea. Snow covered hills in the background. United Sates soldiers holding American and South Korean flags, stand on field. Archbishop meets the troops. Photographers take pictures. A military officer stands with the archbishop. (World War II period).
North Korean propaganda film shows scenes at the end of World War 2, as Soviet liberating Army arriviving at Pyongyang railroad station in North Korea and being welcomed by the Koreans. Locomotive train pulling into train station with passenger railroad cars. North Korean people cheer Russian Army soldiers and tanks as they pass by them. Russian tanks and soldiers parade through the streets of Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim II Sung addresses a mass meeting. North Koreans operate farm equipment, harvest and pack rice. People celebrate a good harvest as they dance and play traditional musical instruments. A Korean river and a concrete bridge over it.
Sir Alan Brooke gets off plane accompanied by Lt Gen Gairdener and several other British officers at Kimpo Airfield, Korea. 'KP230' written on the plane. Lt Gen John R Hodge greets Brooke and party. Brooke gets into the car and leaves.
American soldiers of 7th Division, 184th Infantry Regiment, Company-B, march past civilians standing on curbs of streets inf Kyongsong (Seoul) in South Korea, at the end of World War 2. Japanese policemen herd civilians onto curb.where they wait to view the parade. Two men hoist Korean National Flag on top of a building.American and Korean flags flutter on masts atop a tower. (World War II period).
Early North Korean Propaganda film depicts post-World War 2 events in Korea. including the partition of North and South at the 38th parallel. Korean village and country side.Seagulls fly at seaside. Duck Soo Kong building in Nam Dai Moon in Seoul. Officers stand around a table as General Hodge ( United States), General Shitkov (Russia), Syngman Rhee of South Korea meet. Rhee addresses the meeting, Koreans enter YMCA building in Seoul. Shows Japanese flag and states that Syngman Rhee has traded one Imperial overlord for United States. Animated map of Korea shows division at 38th parallel and depicts Southern part being covered by the entangling web of American interference. Len Han Sa building in Seoul and the city as a whole. South Korean police depicted treating a man badly and taking his food away to highlight Syngman Rhee's strongman tactics.
Shows a group of U.S. and Russian soldiers showing snapshots to one another at the US-Russian Outpost at the 38th Parallel in Kaesong. U.S. and Russian soldiers gather around a Russian soldier who plays a guitar and entertains all.25 September 1945. (World War II period).