Soldiers take a shower in a make shift hot water shower room in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers approach the shower cabin. Sign reads 'Macon Springs'. Soldiers stand with towels and clothes. They remove their clothing and helmet and put them in a make shift locker room. A soldier turns the knob and waits. Another soldier operates the power plant. The power plant consists of an airplane oil pump and military jeep. The soldier begins the jeep ignition. Water from a large puddle on the ground is pumped to the makeshift heater and through pipes into the shower. Soldier showers under the flowing water. Interior of the ingenious hot water shower room.
U.S. soldiers eat hot food for dinner and prepare for the night in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers approach a tent on a hill. Sign reads 'Kitchen'. Prepared food is packed into Marmite cans to keep it hot. South Koreans carry these cans to the front lines. Men with the cans on their backs, climb up barb wire bordered pathways. They reach the front line and help unpack the food. Soldiers heat the food and serve it out in plates. White and African American soldiers in chow line. Mashed potato, fruit salad in plates. Soldiers fill mugs of coffee and juice. They sit and eat at dinner time. Hills with enemy positions. Soldiers sit nd wait for the night. A tank returns from no man's land at dusk. Soldiers prepare for the night. They raise roadblocks and barricades to seal off lines. Soldiers in position with their guns and artillery. A Turkish soldier patrols with his bayonet. Other UN soldiers including South Koreans ready with their rifles in trenches. Soldier smokes a cigarette. Soldiers run uphill and fire at night. Machine gun fire. Captain Carl Zimmerman talks about U.S. soldiers in various outposts the world over. He talks about the next episode of 'The Big Picture', a weekly U.S. Army television report.
The Reconnaissance Patrol in Korea. Tank with United States soldiers aboard drives on rough roads. Soldiers patrol on foot. They climb a hill. United States soldier uses a mine detector. (Korean War)
United States soldiers rebuild a broken road during patrol in Korea, during Korean War. Soldiers dig mud on road to make way for vehicle to pass. They rebuild a dirt road. Soldiers lift and place rocks on to the edge of the road. Soldier digs with a Pick Axe. Army truck passes by on the rebuild road.
Reconnaissance Patrol in Korea, during Korean War. M4 Sherman Tank towed by another Sherman at edge of river. Bogie wheels of M4 Sherman Tank bogged down in water. United States soldiers remove equipment from tank.
187th Regimental Combat Team paratroopers make practice parachute jumps in Korea. Formations of C-46 Commando aircraft carrying airborne troops fly overhead. Paratroopers begin jumping and soon fill the air with their parachutes. They are seen landing on the ground and some attend to equipment airdropped with them. Soon another wave of aircraft appear (this time USAF Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars). Paratroopers begin streaming from these aircraft as well. (At TC:01:05 through 01:15, two paratroopers are seen entangled or holding together with both their chutes opened above them.) (Korean War)