Soviet military forces in massed formations at Red Square, in Moscow, Russia. Joseph Stalin stands on balcony above. Scenes of rebellion in Europe and Asia. A map of Korea. June 25, 1950, as Korean War war broke out between North and South Korea. Buildings burning. Refugees fleeing. View of United Nations building on East River in New York City, where American ambassador Warren Austin is speaking. View of the Capitol in Washington, DC. President Truman, speaking, committed U.S. forces to action. U.S. Reservists are recalled to active duty to fight in Korea. Some are seen getting off a bus at a military base reception center. Recalled reservists with full field gear, starting their journey overseas, and later seen in Korea. U.S. tanks moving over the road manned by soldiers with World War Two experience. Numerous scenes of heavy artillery firing, mostly at night. U.S. regular Army, National Guard, and Army reserve soldiers engaged in fire fights in Korean War using tanks, artillery, mortars, and rifles. Soldiers administer first air and assist wounded comrades. American troops slogging through rain and snow in Korea. Soldiers eating from mess kits, and reading the Stars and Stripes newspaper, during a lull in combat. North Korean officers arriving, in snow, for armistice talks. Following the truce, American soldiers are seen packed up and heading home from Korea.
An emergency practice training of U.S. Army National Guardmen in the United States. A car drives through streets and arrives at a National Guard Armory. A National Guard soldier, not yet in uniform, gets out of a mid 1950s sedan car and runs into the building, where he and other uniformed National Guardsmen are issued rifles from a rack and depart on their mission. They run up a flight of stairs. They get in jeeps and advance through streets of New York City, near the United Nations building, during a practice training alert. An officer issues instructions and is saluted. A National Guard sentry guards an essential military site.
Montage of Korean War scenes. View of mountainous terrain in Korea, 1950. African American soldier yells, holding phone left hand, as gun crew fires a 240mm howitzer. American soldiers, in heavily sand-bagged position, firing 4.2 inch mortar. Gunners firing a quad .50 machine gun and others firing a 155mm howitzer and an M2 .50-caliber machine gun. American soldiers in sandbagged and camouflaged bunkers. An army patrol heading out from their defensive position. Barrels of artillery pieces silhouetted against the sky. Numerous bursts of artillery fire flashing in the black of night. Weary soldiers returning from a patrol.
Test building with 1950s pickup truck in front of it. Men work on roof of building installing metal test panels. Several views of test building being hit by atomic bomb blast during testing. View of window details construction styles that survived bomb with the least amount of damage. Pan of damaged building in the desert after atomic bomb testing.
View of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20002, United States) in Washington DC. People entering the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20002, United States). View of the National Mall, with the Washington Monument seen in the background. Aerial view of the National Mall in Washington DC. Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol park and the U.S. Capitol. View of the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, D.C., DC 20004, United States). The statue “Valor” by Leo Friedlander flanks the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Dedication under “Valor” reads “VALOR Leo Friedlander Sculptor CAST IN BRONZE MILAN 1950 A GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE OF ITALY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”. Bronze statues “Sacrifice” and “Valor” flank the Arlington Memorial Bridge (2912 Independence Ave SW, Washington, D.C., DC 20418, United States). The Lincoln Memorial building is seen. Cars driving in Washington DC. View of the National Gallery of Art (Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20565, United States) in Washington DC. Sign reads ‘NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART”. “Madonna and Child” painting by Sandro Botticelli, on display at the National Gallery of Art. Ambassador Manlio Giovanni Brosio and an American official, Mr. Bunker, views the Alba Madonna by Raphael. View of the Alba Madonna painting. “Portrait of a Man” by Florentine painter Andrea del Castagno. A triptych from the Italian renaissance “The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene” by Pietro Perugino. “Saint George and the Dragon” by Raphael. Trees outside the White House. View of the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20500, United States) in Washington DC. Italian cameraman uses camera labeled “La Settimana Incom”. Italian journalist captures on film President Dwight Eisenhower going out of the White House with men. Italian journalist nods with satisfaction. Fountain in front of the White House. Aerial view of the South Lawn at the White House and surrounding areas.
Pedestrians walking along sidewalks in New York City. Pedestrians waiting to cross near Greenwich Savings Bank. A woman takes a taxi. Two women laughing while walking on the street. People wearing fashions of the late 1950s and early 1960s. A woman holds her daughter's hand before crossing a street. Legs of three women walking on kitten heels. Pedestrians pass by restaurant Hamburg Heaven on 5 E 51 St. Stained glass window and spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral as seen from E 51 St in New York City.
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