Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). USS Missouri off the coast of Korea. Guns mounted on USS Missouri. The UN flag is raised on battleship. Admiral Allan Smith and other officer salute. Gun barrels swing. Gun crewmen handle bombs aboard USS Missouri. Bombs are transferred by elevator. Officer looks into periscope. Guns on USS Missouri fire coastal targets. Bursts in water. Explosions on coast.
U.S. Marines and equipment being evacuated from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea,in December, 1950, during the Korean War. Opening scene shows wounded Marines on stretchers, being settled on the deck of a landing craft infantry. Two of the wounded marines are lifted over the gunwale and placed in an ambulance. View of wounded lying on deck of a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). An M4 Sherman tank, loaded with supplies, backs toward the shore, under direction of another tank driver. Scene shifts to an M-26 Pershing tank being backed into a Landing Ship Tank (LST). It is followed by another, equipped with a sand shield.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). HMS Unicorn arrives into Pusan harbor. U.S. troops give salute to British troops on deck of HMS Unicorn. Crowd awaits arrival of British troops. British officer greeted by South Korean officer. British troops march along dock. British troops arrive in battleship. Guns mounted on ship. British troops followed by pipe band disembark from ship. British officers presented with bouquet.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. personnel load C-47 aircraft with boxes containing leaflets. These leaflets are to be dropped over North Korean territories to counter enemy propaganda. Boxes stacked aboard C-47. Headline on leaflet reads 'SAFE CONDUCT PASS'. Men drop packets from aircraft in flight over North Korean territories.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. personnel around F4U Corsair airplanes parked on flight deck of carrier. Rockets transferred on deck. Words written on bomb read 'Listen To This! It Will Kill You'. Men manning aircraft. Planes with folded wings warm up on flight deck. Rockets under wings of planes. Man signals plane for take off. Planes taxi for take off. Gun camera sighting point shows targets on ground attacked. Carrier aircraft strafing run over enemy positions.
The beginning of the Korean War with the invasion of South Korea by North Korean troops. ROK (Republic of Korea) troops in trenches and at sandbagged positions on the 38th Parallel. John Foster Dulles, Consultant to the U.S. Secretary of State, visits the front areas and converses with an officer at a map. Dulles standing with ROK (Republic of Korea) troops. South Korean refugees fleeing. United Nations Security Council's meeting in progress. The empty chair of the delegate from the Soviet Union. Secretary General of the United Nations Trygve Lie speaks. The Security Council passes a resolution calling for cease fire.