Major events of 1953. Field ambulances arrive at Freedom village bringing repatriated prisoners at the end of hostilities during the Korean War. General William Harrison of United States and General Nam II of North Korea sign the armistice agreement in Panmunjon bringing the war to a halt. War weary American soldiers return home and receive a warm welcome. Soldiers hug their family and friends as they reunite with them. The Statue of Liberty in New York, United States. (Note: Among those repatriated, seconds 18-21 and 26-28 of the clip show Rifleman George Hobson from Fazakerley, Liverpool, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, who was shot and captured at the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.)
Manufacturing of war materiel and ordnance in United States early in World War 2. Gun barrels worked on as they undergo various processes during manufacturing by war production workers. Men work on drill, presses and lathes in factory. Artillery and gun barrels shaped on machines. Fiery flare seen as artillery is processed. Man operates a lathe and barrels roll on the lathe. Final machined dimensions checked with large hand-held gauge.
War materiel production: Manufacturing of ordnance in United States early in World War 2. Workers mine shells as they work on a machine at an ordnance factory. War production worker removes gun shells from a machine. Shells lined up on a factory conveyor belt and move forward. Man inspects the shells as he places them on an instrument and a meter shows a reading. A man attaches nose of the shells after they have been armed. Shells piled up in trolleys as men push them.
War production in the U.S. early in World War 2. Manufacturing of ordnance war materiel in United States. Metal gun barrels piled up in trolleys on factory floor of an ordnance factory. In background, machinists are seen turning gun barrels on a lathe. A worker removes a barrel from those on a trolley, inspects it and places it back in the trolley. Men push trolley carts loaded with gun barrels.
Heroes of World War II in Soviet Union. A poster of a Red Army soldier who lost his life during World War II. An officer delivers a speech about the heroes of World War II. New recruits listen to the officer with the poster in the background.
Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. Smoke rises from behind a building. Injured FFI ( French Forces of Interior ) men on streets. Gravely wounded being looked evaluated and receiving medical care after an explosion. Wounded and injured being loaded onto trucks for medical aid. Street fighting between FFI and German troops. French civilians in FFI peering around a corner and firing at German positions. Collaborationists being rounded up and captured German prisoners of war are escorted by armed FFI. German tanks captured by FFI men. Injured men being helped by others. Wounded being carried for medical aid. Prisoners of war.
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