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United Nations Security Council meeting to protect South Korea and preparation by US Marines and Army for Korean War.
United Nations meets to organize military action for protection of South Korea from Communist North Korea. United States troops in Tokyo, Japan prepare to advance to Korea. U.S. Army forces are seen passing in review before General MacArthur and General Omar Bradley in Tokyo, Japan. Back in the United States, a B-29 bomber, "moth balled" by being entirely encased in "cocoon" plastic since after World War 2, is rolled onto an airfield. Air force personnel remove the heavy plastic from the body and tires of the B-29, revealing its World War 2 nose art name "Lucky 13" (which had been among B-29 aircraft of the 25th Air Service Group in World War II). Navy Vought F4U Corsair aircraft with folding wings are unloaded from giant containers in aircraft hangars. A group of the F4U aircraft lined up at an airfield. Military equipment being loaded onto waiting ships, and carried by soldiers at a warehouse area. Units of the 1st U.S. Marines answer the call, are seen piloting amphibious vehicles in the ocean and onto the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) . Canadian sailors are seen boarding ships and Candian Navy destroyers leave British Columbia for Korea. Women and children wave form dock. Destroyers underway in sea. White, African American, and Hispanic young men in the United States are seen standing in lines at a United States Army enlistment office, answering the call to serve as new recruits in the Army. A group of new recruits raise their right hands and take an oath of service. U.S. President Harry S Truman speaks to a meeting of the Reserve Officers Association meeting, indicating that the only reason for this action is to hopefully arrive at the peace in the world that was hoped for when the United Nations was created. He leaves and shakes hands with officers. At Security Council meeting of the United Nations in Lake Success, New York, the President of Council, Arne Sunde, of Norway, invites Korean Ambassador to join table. Ambassador Chang comes and sits. The United Kingdom representative presents resolution which the body votes on (United Nations Security Council Resolution 84). It is passed by 7 to 0 in favor. The U.S. is asked to designate a military commander for the United Nations forces. The Korean ambassador, Chang Myon, expresses gratitude to the UN Security Council.
U.S Army Medical Service in Korea. Injured U.S. soldiers evacuated to the United States during the Korean War.
Scenes inside U.S. Army hospital in Japan. Surgeons scrub. Patients are moved about and treated. Nurse tending bedridden patient. Several soldiers seen leaving to return to duty in Korea. Others are transported to Haneda Air Base, near Tokyo, where the Military Air Transport Command operates long range aircraft in the so-called "Pacific Air Shuttle." A wounded soldier is taken from an ambulance and placed aboard a transport aircraft. Interior of aircraft is shown, with litters. The aircraft lands at Hawaii where wounded are cared for at Tripler Army Hospital until ready to continue journey to Travis Air Force Base in California. View from cockpit of aircraft landing at Travis Air Force Base. Wounded patients being moved through rear cargo doors of C-97 aircraft. View of Walter Reed U.S. Army General Hospital in Washington, DC. Captain Zimmerman introduces Lt. Col. S.J. Newsome, who was a surgeon in Korea with the 7th Division. Dr. Newsome emphasizes "speed" as the most important factor in recovery of wounded soldiers. He also mentions the problem of disease affecting soldiers in foreign places like Korea. Scenes of Army doctors examining soldier patients. Wounded being placed aboard jeep in Korea. Soldier firing rifle. Soldiers slogging through mud and water. Soldiers firing artillery in the snow, and evacuating wounded on inflated litter in snow. Combat in jungle. View of people at river in India. Civilian dead in streets.
Miss Debra Dene Barnes becomes Miss America at a beauty pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The 1968 Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Women pose and catwalk wearing a swimsuit. 20-year-old Miss Kansas, Debra Dene Barnes, wins 1968 Miss America. She poses for a photograph with flowers in her hand.
Air-to-air combat of F-86s and MiG-15 and ground crew personnel refuel F-86 in Korean War.
F-86 in action against a MIG-15 in Korea. F-86 Sabre, jet fighter aircraft, with wing tanks taking off from airfield in Korea. Two F-86s taking off. Air-to-air combat with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, jet fighter aircraft. Fighter kill against MIG-15 showing hits on aircraft. Pilot's face-he is equipped with crash helmet and oxygen mask. The pilot operates controls and fires guns. Formation of four F-86s flying overhead, then they peel off. F-86s landing at airfield in Korea. Animated diagram of F-86 showing engines, guns and component parts of the aircraft. F-86s in row, fuel truck is parked near lead plane at airfield in Korea. Ground crew personnel at the airfield. Mechanic checks gun, another checks cockpit while plane is being refueled. Two F-86s take off. F-86 stationary at Wright Field, other aircraft in hangars in the background.
History of U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division and its role in the Korean War.
Sergeant Stuart Queen of the U.S. Army introduces a film about the 3rd Infantry Division. He turns to Audie Murphy, the most combat decorated soldier of World War 2, seated beside him, who is now a film star, but still active as a Captain in the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard. Captain Murphy speaks about the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division. View of the Division parading for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Fort Benning Georgia, in Summer, 1949. Animated map shows Korea and surrounding countries of China and Japan, on June 25, 1950. View zooms in on the 38th parallel marking separation of North and South Korea. Views of North Korean troops moving against South Korea. Buildings being blown up. Armed troops of the People's Army of North Korea prodding civilians out of their homes. South Korean troops riding in an American-provided army truck, join others organizing to resist the invaders. South Korean troops in battle gear preparing to engage the North Koreans. Next, as part of United Nations response to the North Korean aggression, elements of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division are seen arriving in November, 1950, and deploying along the East Coast of the Korean peninsula, to engage the North Korean army along its left flank. Battery of American M114 155 mm howitzers firing. American troops advancing along muddy road in snowy environment in December, 1950. Entry of Chinese forces into the conflict causes Americans to assume a defensive posture. Korean troops preparing to move elswhere.Smoke rising from battles in the background. Views of American defensive positions on the perimeter of the coastal city of Hungnam, to cover the withdrawal of units and equipment the U.S. 10th Corps, seen entering landing craft from the USS Montague (AKA-98) for evacuation from the beachhead
Chicago city views; representatives arrive and attend Democratic National Convention of 1968 held at International Amphitheater in Chicago.
Daytime view of Chicago landmarks, including Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park in Chicago. Exterior view of Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News newspaper building. Cars, traffic, and pedestrians on sidewalks along streets of Chicago, including Michigan Avenue, with Prudential Building rising in background. Democratic National Convention of 1968: Democratic representatives from all states descend from a parked United passenger airplane at airport outside Chicago. They greet and shake hands with each other. Cars on roads approaching city of Chicago. Posters in the city welcoming the democrats including one on a highway overpass that reads, "Welcome Delegates. Democratic National convention." Another, smaller fountain in a city park of Chicago and view of buildings along street. Convention attendees inside International Amphitheater hallways, moving from room to room and registering. An African American boy wearing a hat with a "McGovern" sticker hands out stickers endorsing George McGovern. The boy shakes hands with a delegate and smiles. Delegates in conversation together. Staff assisting delegates, man typing at typewriter, monitoring television feeds. Men journalists in a room working at typewriters (has appearance of a newspaper or journalist news room also.) Several African American women typing.
