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Released POW eating food what will probably be the last meal before leaving Korea in Panmunjom, Korea.

Operation Little Switch in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo, and then on to the United States during repatriation of former prisoners late in the Korean War. The released POW (Prisoners Of War) eating food that will probably be the last meal there before leaving Korea. Food items kept in a shelf and on a table. A cook severs food in bowls to U.S. soldiers. Injured or former POW seated on a bed eating a bite of chicken is A/2C Robert L. Weinbrandt of El Cajon, California, a B-29 Super Fortress tail gunner captured after his plane was shot down the night of January 28-29, 1953. A wounded POW drinks soup and eats food kept on his bed. Liberated former prisoners drinking. Another former prisoner eating food. (Alarger Operation Big Switch followed in August.)

Location: Panmunjom Korea
Date: 1953, April 28
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069610
Men carry released sick prisoners on a stretcher with their luggage out of annex ward in Panmunjom, Korea.

Operation Little Switch (first phase of Operation Big Switch) in which released U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo as part of repatriation effort late in the Korean War. Medical staff carry a number of sick or injured US military personnel (former prisoners) on stretcher. The first one seen is A/2C Robert L. Weinbrandt of El Cajon, California, a B-29 "Super Fortress tail gunner captured after his plane was shot down the night of January 28-29, 1953. He is seen being transported with his luggage out of annex ward. Several views of the released, former POW including several taken on stretchers out of the ward, and others that walk out on foot, smiling. Soldiers grab packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes from a basket. A car parked in the background. Officers and nurses in the hospital. General Shambora shakes hands with a released U.S. Army soldier.

Location: Panmunjom Korea
Date: 1953, April 28
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069611
U.S. Colonel Kirkpatrick awards Purple Hearts to a group of injured former POW late in Korean War.

Operation Little Switch effort underway for repatriation of former prisoners of war near end of the Korean War. Released POW (Prisoners Of War) had been taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. A number of injured former POW U.S. Army soldiers are seen receiving Purple Heart awards from U.S. Army Colonel Kirkpatrick. Several views of Colonel awarding Purple Hearts to six soldiers, including two African American soldiers. The medals pinned on the robes of the hospital patients. (A larger Operation Big Switch followed, in August 1953).

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1953, April 28
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069617
Military Police at Operation Big Switch in Korea. Exchange of prisoners of war at end of the Korean conflict.

Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police during the Korean War. MPs are active in Operation Little Switch repatriation effort involving exchange of prisoners of war. A sign on an entrance gate: "Welcome, Gate To Freedom". Military Police (MPs) standing at the entrance gate to Freedom Village. The U.S. and UN flags and Korean flags fly from flag poles. Red Cross vehicles arrive. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Men walk with belongings. Korean prisoners board buses. Red Cross workers transfer the wounded. (Operation Little Switch was a first phase and was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953).

Location: Panmunjom Korea
Date: 1953, April
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070824
Crowd gathered in front of the Prague National Museum after death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin

Crowd gathered to hear speech in Prague, Czechoslovakia after death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in March 5, 1953. Balcony and entrance way to the National Museum of Prague (Václavské nám. 68, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia) as crowd gathers to listen to Czechoslovak Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký's speech.

Location: Prague Czechoslovakia
Date: 1953
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074241
Czech civilians read announcement from bulletin boards announcing the illness and later death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.

Czech newspapers announcing the illness and later death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Newspapers dated 4th March 1953. Czech civilians read announcement from bulletin boards. Families listen to radio.

Location: Prague Czechoslovakia
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074242
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