Operation Big Switch at Freedom village in Munsan-Ni, Korea. Ambulance arrives at parking area in front of processing building at Freedom village. Prisoners of War get off from ambulance. The flags of United States and United Nations. The United States General Maxwell Taylor and Secretary of Army, Robert Ten Broeck Stevens welcome prisoners and shakes hands with them. Black prisoner gets off ambulance. Taylor talks to a Lieutenant. High ranking officers stand outside the Freedom Gate. Sign reads 'Welcome to Freedom Village'.
Men discuss improving the living conditions aboard ship in United States. Ship in the sea. Smoke from the stack of the ship. Sailors fire from the ship. crew in the ship. Officers discuss about the living conditions in the ship. They discuss a plan. Ships in the shipyard. Other vehicles parked on the street near the shipyard. Men write on a paper. Ship in the sea.
The USS Meredith (DD-890) chosen as a "laboratory" for improving living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. Poor living conditions on the ship. Crewmen face difficulties in adjusting to the living conditions. Animation shows the plans regarding the improvement of the living conditions. Improved conditions on the ship. Tidy and well managed beds in the compartment. Proper illumination in the compartment.Crewmen sleep on the beds. Proper spaces and places provided to keep personal items. Well furnished compartment. Sailors sit on chairs and play chess. Another man reads newspaper.
Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.
Sailors at a mess aboard the destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890) in United States. Men serve food. They face problem in serving food due to the lack of good facilities. Animation shows how to serve the food and the interior design of the mess. The kitchen and the dining hall refitted. Wide tables in the hall. Crewmen sit on the chairs and eat food. A sailor plays piano in the hall. Other sailors play cards. Improved standardized conditions on the ship.
Sailors stand outside a wash room aboard the destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890), in the United States. Interior design of the wash room on a paper. Sailors sit outside the wash room. Locker facility outside the wash room. A mirror in the wash room. Well furnished mess. Spaces provided to keep personal possessions. Sailors eat in a dining hall. A sailor comes on deck. An air conditioned room on the ship. Crewmen sit and talk. Other sailors play cards. Ships in the sea.