National Motion Picture studio under construction in North Korea. A movie being filmed at the new studio. A sports meet for workers. Workers participate in various events like short put throw, long jump, marathon race, skiing. Montage of scenes as narrator states, we must abolish the 38th parallel, move south, throw out Syngman Rhee, crush imperialism and became one nation again. Soldiers with weapons and a mass meeting. Men ,women and students parade through Pyongyang street. Montage of Kim II Sung over Korean flags.
Shows a meeting of the Telephone Workers Committee in session in Korea. Several Russian and Korean officials present in meeting. Officials listen with earphones as the lines are being tested over telephones.Korean official teletype the relayed communication. Committee members cheer after the successful test .Approximately 1947.
A ship loaded with men departs from dock. A hydroelectric power plant in North Korea. High speed current flows through the gates of the hydroelectric dam.Workers in a locomotive manufacturing company . Ingot being poured to produce metal sheets.Shows some workers working over a locomotive part. Approximately 1947.
Thousands of people parade on the streets of Pyongyang to celebrate May Day. People carry several banners,pictures and signs. Flags of South Korea and Russia can be seen in parade. Shows a band playing in parade with a picture of Stalin in middle. Children do exercises in chorus. Prime Minister Kim II Sung, Russian Officials and other dignitaries watch and applaud the parade from a high-ground. Approximately 1947-48.
Downhill view of the American Outpost No 13 at the 38th Parallel in Kaesong,North Korea. U.S. guards patrol the Outpost. Shows a Russian guardhouse across the dividing line. 38th Parallel inscribed in dirt on ground. A sign reading 38th Parallel in English ,Russian and Korean.24 May 1947.
Scenes of Korean voting at a poll booth. Shows several farming activities done by Korean farmers.Some of them include plowing,spreading seeds,rice plantation,irrigation,harvesting and threshing.Grain-sacks are loaded on bullock carts.Workers lift grain-sacks and pile them up in a grain repository.Old Korean lady with a small child in her lap.Korean woman working on a sewing machine. Approximately 1947.