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Korea 1952 stock footage and images

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Korea elects Syngman Rhee by wide majority

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)

Date: 1952, August
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041153
Archbishop Francis Cardinal Spellman conducts mass and meets U.S. soldiers in Korea

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.

Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044053
U.S. Army H-19 Helicopter arrives at Allied base, near Pusan, Korea. Foreign officers get off. MPs of 519th Bn surround aircraft

U.S. Army H-19 Helicopter approaches an Allied military camp in Pusan (Busan) area in South Korea, and lands on a pierced steel plank pad. It keeps engines running and rotors turning as several foreign allied officers climb out. U.S. Army military police (MPs) surround the helicopter and begin unloading what look like wooden footlockers. One MP checks off items on a clipboard. Two more foreign Allied officers get off the helicopter (one is a woman). Allied troops at the base help them into a car, and they drive away. A line of 6 MPs carries 5 of the offloaded boxes, across snowy ground. American soldiers standing around, watching, take photographs. Allied soldiers at the base load many wooden boxes into an army truck, which then drives away. Ground is covered with melting snow. (Korean War period)

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056020
45th Infantry Division soldier of the U.S. Army checks war equipment at a hillside bunker in Korea.

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.

Date: 1952
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021001
U.S. President-elect Dwight Eisenhower inspects UN troops and speaks at a press conference in Korea during the Korean War.

U.S. President-elect General Dwight Eisenhower visits Korea during the Korean War. Eisenhower's aircraft takes off from a remote Korean airfield. Aerial views of a mountainous terrain. General Eisenhower inspects UN troops and talks with top field commanders. U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark accompanies Eisenhower on the tour. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley and Major John Eisenhower pose. General Eisenhower salutes marching troops. Troops eat food on a field. Major Eisenhower sees South Korean troops demonstrating their capabilities in live-ammunition maneuvers and talks with Korean President Syngman Rhee. General Eisenhower accepts the Korean flag from Korean President. Korean people in Seoul demonstrate on the arrival of General Eisenhower. General Eisenhower speaks at a press conference in U.S. 8th Army headquarters.

Date: 1952, December 7
Duration: 6 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058223
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops in action during Korean war.

South Korean soldiers of Republic of Korea (ROK) on the road with rifle and full field packs. ROK troops moving through brush-covered terrain, with camouflage of natural materials. Shells bursting in air. ROK troops firing recoilless weapon from concealed position. Shells striking targets. ROK troops firing machine gun. Numerous shells bursting on targets with smoke rising.

Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032373