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.
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.
Shows Russian and Korean children performing dance in a school function. A group of Russian and Korean children gather in circle in an open space of a village,dance and play a game of Blind Man's Bluff. Russian officials along with native villagers enjoy a friendly bout between Russia and Korea. Shows a Korean family going through lush farms in a horse cart. Farms scattered across the plain can be seen. Approximately 1948.
Shows a Concert and Stage Show held for the Russian Army before their withdrawal from North Korea. Flowers are given to a girl pianist. Two Korean children perform a play on stage in adult impersonations.A Russian officer holds a little Korean child in his hands. Native children dance on the stage. Russian Army officials with their families watch the show and applaud.1948.