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Representatives of different nations arrive to discuss Korea and Indochina problem at a peace conference in Geneva.

Geneva Peace Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Venue of the Geneva Peace Conference. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives for the conference. British Prime Minister Anthony Eden at the conference to discuss Korea and Indo China problem. Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles also arrive to attend the conference. Delegates from different countries seated around a table discussing the issue.

Date: 1954, April 29
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078209
The United States Military trucks pass by leading to military installation, Korea.

United States military trucks driven on a road leading to military installation. Building in the background. Military installations hauling one squadron to this area, has office equipment and other commodities on it. The trucks drive on dirt road. Korean people on street watch as trucks pass by.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043228
Director Streibert speaks on the purposes of the USIA and Soviet influence; scenes from a Soviet anti-American propaganda film

Theodore Cuyler Streibert , Director of the U.S. Information Agency, speaks on the purposes of the Agency (USIS). The Director seated at a table. He states that there is much misunderstanding about the United States, throughout the world, and Communist entities wish to take advantage of this to spread misinformation about the U.S. As the leading world power for peace, he says the U.S. must tell the world the truth about America. This is the mission of the USIA. A map portrays Soviet dominated areas within the so-called "iron curtain,"encompassing 800 million people. Another map illustrates targets of Communist propaganda employed to facilitate North Korea's aggression against South Korea. A graph illustrates propaganda spending by the Soviet Union and Communist China, primarily to spread misinformation about America. Segments of a Soviet propaganda film about the U.S. are shown. It begins with a map of the U.S. and then shows the Statue of Liberty. Camera pans over Manhattan, showing skyscrapers. A narrator disparages American commercialism, materialism and sensationalism. A lion is seen sitting in a convertible car, looking over a young woman's head. Next are scenes of an American beauty contest, and of women performing precision water skiing. Then an airplane is seen crashing on landing and a car is seen burning. View from trolley car moving along Broadway, from Times Square, in Manhattan, New York City, at night. A follies-style Broadway show. Show girls in bathing suits, walking past the camera. Show girls performing on stage. Another nighttime view of Times Square. Dogs being manicured by groomers. Outdoor soup kitchen scene from the Great Depression in the 1930s with unemployed men receiving food. Hobos or homeless men at a railroad siding. Milk and grain being spilled from containers during a labor and pricing dispute. Scenes of slum area tenement houses with wash drying on lines strung between the buildings. Men playing bocce ball in the yard of an apartment house. Camera pans up the Empire State Building from street level view. African American drummer with other band musicians performing in a civilian band, and scenes of African American musicians in a U.S. Army band. Poor African Americans in the South, at home and doing wash outdoors. Mounted police maintaining order in scenes of a fire and public protest or labor strife (circa 1935) interposed with views of the Statue of Liberty. A Soviet propaganda poster about the Korean War, shows an American soldier walking away from a dead Korean woman whose small child clings to her. Fires burn and a burning airplane falls from the sky in the background. A propaganda cartoon shows "warmongers of the west" being counterbalanced by a Soviet fist on a pair of scales.

Date: 1954
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024519
Wounded Chinese soldiers treated and presented with gifts in Taipei, Taiwan after defecting.

Aircraft in flight over sea. Convoy of ships underway on their way to Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) from Incheon, Korea. Liberated Chinese prisoners (originally from People's Republic of China) are preparing to start new lives in Taiwan (Republic of China) having decided to defect from mainland China, becoming "anti-Communist Heroes." The soldiers sing and play music aboard ship. Freed Chinese prisoners repatriated to Taiwan after their release from Korean prison camps in the Korean War. A Chinese prisoner playing an erhu fiddle. United States Navy warships escort the ship of Chinese Prisoners. Crowd and officials lined up at Taipei Songshan Airport (No. 340-9, DunHua N Rd, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10548) awaiting the arrival of wounded soldiers from war. Large crowds hold bouquets, signs, and banners. Plane lands on the runway and taxis. Crowd waves flags. Man directs plane. Large crowd cheers. A crowd surrounds ambulance moving ahead. Wounded Chinese soldiers are carried on stretchers to ambulance. They receive bouquets from the crowd. Soldiers disembark from the plane. Nurses serve drinks and food to soldiers. Members of Chinese Civil and Government organizations enter hospital in outskirts of Taipei. Wounded soldiers on bed. Members of Overseas Chinese National Salvation Association and Overseas Chinese students present gifts and greetings to wounded soldiers. Another group of soldiers in a nearby hospital receive gifts. A soldier speaks at mike and makes a symbolic representation of blood-stained flag. Men with signs and flags in hospital. Aircraft in flight over Keelung, northeast of Taipei. Chinese prisoners return on ship from Incheon, South Korea. Troops disembark from ships. The crowd lined up with flags and signs at the dock. Band plays music. Ship enters Keelung harbor. Chinese prisoners aboard ship. Large crowd cheers.

Date: 1954, January
Duration: 6 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052449
United States Secretary of Defense Mr. Charles E Wilson arrives with his wife in Seoul

United States Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson accompanied by Mrs. Jessie Curtis Wilson arrives in Seoul, South Korea. They get down from an airplane. He is greeted by United States Commander of the Far East Forces General Maxwell Taylor, and Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs. They meet other people at the airport who had come to welcome them. People welcome them with bouquets of flowers. Mr. Wilson talks with other people.

Date: 1954, May 20
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027002
Defecting, former Chinese prisoners reach Incheon harbor during trip to Taiwan.

Liberated Chinese prisoners from Korean War prison camps, getting onto U.S. trucks to reach Incheon harbor in Seoul, en route to Taiwan where they are defecting from Communist China. They were known as "Anti-communist Heroes." The United Nations Transportation Corps and the United Nations officials take care of transportation process. Chinese Ambassador to Korea and other officials bid farewell to the Chinese prisoners. Trucks loaded with Chinese prisoners move along road. Chinese prisoners hold flags on trucks. Trucks stop in between before reaching Incheon. Prisoners have soup. Trucks loaded with prisoners begin the journey. Incheon city streets decorated to welcome Chinese Prisoners. South Korean civilians line up streets. Chinese prisoners greeted by 47th Overseas Chinese Organization members and the United Nations band. Crowd with flags and banners welcomes the Chinese prisoners. Chinese opera with people in colorful dresses. Freed Chinese prisoners march in Incheon harbor. Chinese prisoners holding the Chinese flags march along pier. Crowd cheers at harbor. Stick points out sea route from Incheon to Taipei, Taiwan. Convoy of warships and planes escorts liberated Chinese prisoners heading to new life in Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC).

Date: 1954, January
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052448