Views of Arc-de-Triomphe and Champs Elysées in Paris. Exterior of Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Paris, France. General Dwight D.Eisenhower speaks at his desk in SHAPE's (Supreme Headquarters Allied Power in Europe), temporary headquarters. He signs his first order in his new rank as the Commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Forces. Views of construction activity at site, for the permanent buildings of SHAPE headquarters, twenty miles from Paris.
Tanks and infantry cross 38th parallel, the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea. Tank Infantry team assault team meets for briefing. Close up of American soldier faces beside tank. Box of grenades is distributed by African American and white soldiers. U.S. Army 3rd Division Infantry soldiers mount tanks in morning, again including black and white soldiers. Point of view shot from moving tank, out past main gun as group advances. Tanks and infantry cross the Imjin River bed where it is shallow near the 38th parallel crossing. Views of abandoned North Korean military vehicles in the river bed. Group dismounts from tanks onto enemy territory. Patrol advances up hillsides and across fields. They engage North Korean enemy using rifles and grenades. Explosions seen during combat. Officer speaking on radio. U.S. soldiers continue advance and encounter small arms enemy fire and mortar fire, slowing them down. View as they walk on patrol, and prone and kneeling as they fire at North Korean forces near a railroad line. Point of view immediately behind a U.S. soldier as he stands and throws a grenade, and then ducks again. Group returning to base after conclusion of reconnaissance in force mission.
American tank crews prepare for an armed reconnaissance mission, across the 38th Parallel, into area formerly held by Chinese forces, during the Korean War. They are seen loading machine guns and preparing their M24 Chaffee tanks. The tank convoy underway. Jeeps seen parked in background. An M24 tank fording a stream. Infantry moving ahead of the tanks, check for land mines. The team is delayed at a culvert, where retreating Communist forces had destroyed a bridge. Army engineers take measurements to determine equipment needed to span the gully. One of the tanks by-passes the spot and follows an alternate path near some village dwellings. A following jeep bogs down, so a tank returns to smooth the area, allowing the jeep to pass. Tank passing a local house. Another tank caught in soft earth at edge of dirt road. Another tank attempts to pull it out without success. U.S. soldiers gather and discuss the situation. Several soldiers pick up Chinese propaganda leaflets. Tanks continuing on their mission.
U.S. Army soldier of 82nd Field Artillery Battalion loads and fires from a bagged emplacement next to the Capitol building in Seoul, South Korea. (Korean War period.)
U.S. Army soldiers of 82nd Field Artillery Battalion fire howitzers from several locations near the capitol building in Seoul, South Korea, during the Korean War. A soldier is seen digging another emplacement nearby.
Troops on Sherman tank, tank moving. Tank tilts up and pushes a Korean hut to the ground to clear view for roadblock. Men under improvised shelter at side of a roadway. Troops playing cards under shelter, several other men stand by and watch. (Korean War)