In a outdoor speech before a joint assembly of the Mississippi State Legislature, Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army, talks about freedom, American tradition, and leadership. His remarks are critical of the current U.S. Administration and its failure of spirit, not of military resources, to tackle communism in Korea. He calls it a bankruptcy of leadership in our American tradition, and a glaring failure in Korea. He completes his speech, referring to God, and the religious faith upon which the country was erected. The General is applauded and thanked formally. The Legislators then act to dissolve the joint assembly.
U.S. Marines in Korea during the Korean War. Debris and rubble in a coastal town of North Korea. Korean refugees evacuate. A U.S. soldier directs the refugees. U.S. Marines talk to Korean children and distribute clothes. A captured North Korean soldier smokes a cigarette with a U.S. soldier. U.S. Marines make Korean children wear new clothes.
Hose stick into holes on flight deck to extinguish fire in hangar deck of United States Navy air craft carrier Boxer off the coast of Korea. Men throw ammunition overboard. A helicopter takes off the fantail of Boxer and flies around the carrier.
Newsreel 'Korea elects, Syngman Rhee wins by wide majority'. Korean citizens read the posters pasted on the walls of the streets. Huge posters of Syngman Rhee and other candidates. People stand in lines at the polling booth. People seen voting for the candidates in the first popular election held for the President. Syngman Rhee wins the election by vast majority with five million votes out of seven million votes cast. (Korean War)
Archbishop Francis Cardinal Spellman visits U.S. troops in Korea. A sanctuary is set up under a large tent. The Archbishop, dressed in Army gear, conveys greetings to large group of soldiers gathered before the tent. Soldiers line up to kiss Archbishop's ring. Several women in uniform are among those meeting the Cardinal. Photographers take pictures. Cardinal Spellman, wearing traditional clerical vestments, conducts mass and administers the sacrament of holy communion to numerous soldiers.
45th Infantry Division soldiers of the U.S. Army near a bunker on a hillside in Korea. A soldier seated near the bunker. Others seated and stand nearby. Soldiers check their rifles and equipment as they prepare to move out. Soldiers help each other blacken their faces. They gather around for instructions. A bespectacled soldier smokes. Soldiers wear helmets camouflaged with foliage.