Captured USS Pueblo crewmen, Lt. Edward Murphy (USS Pueblo Executive Officer) and Lieutenant Frederick Schumacher (USS Pueblo Operations Officer), both read “confessions” in North Korea during the so-called Pueblo Incident or Pueblo Crisis. Map of USS Pueblo path showing how it trespassed North Korean waters based on North Korean perspective. Murphy notes that at the time of capture, the Pueblo was "7.6 miles from Ryo Do." Schumacher notes, "we were arrested at last by the naval control pact of the Korean People's Army." Image of USS Pueblo. United States President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks as North Korean narrator call him the leader of "the most vicious enemy of the people of the whole world." Various newspapers around the world covering the capture of the USS Pueblo.
Shows a Korean official giving speech on the podium. Prime Minister Kim II Sung addresses political representatives and reporters in a meeting in Pyongyang. Korean flags in background. The attendees listen attentively and applaud the PM Kim II Sung's speech. A Russian officer presents official papers to the PM . Approximately 1948.
News reporter reads from his report about a news conference of the USS Pueblo crew members in North Korea. Asian and European reporters listen to Lieutenant Frederick Schumacher (USS Pueblo Operations Officer) as he explains the purpose and equipment of the USS Pueblo in surveying the area where they were captured. He notes that the "Pueblo was equipped with several types of high powered binoculars, as well as precision cameras with telephoto lenses." USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher recounts the USS Pueblo crew’s activities before the North Korean navy first confronted them. News reporter narrates. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher addressing the assembly while standing on a chair, notes that, "the naval units of the Korean People's army easily my vain efforts to escape...."
A trip to Hawaii, United States. Passengers seated in a train that passes through a tunnel and over a high bridge along what would end up as part of the Hawaii Consolidated RR out of Hilo. (This line appears to be the one that ran along the northern shore of the "Big Island" to the west from Hilo.) Carabaos pull a plow in muddy water. A banana plantation.
In the United States, American troops to reinforce those responding to North Korean aggression against South Korea, parade along Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, with capitol building seen in background. American soldiers boarding a train to transport them to a port of embarkation. Remainder of the film is devoted to soldiers from the 53 nations contributing forces to the United Nations (UN) action. Canada contributes troops to the effort. Camera closeup of shoulder emblem on a Canadian officer boarding a train. Canadian troops marching to a port of embarkation. Turkish troops on their way to Korea, pass in review before a commanding officer. Troops of the Netherlands, also seen marching. Australian troops assembled before sailing to Korea. Swedish doctors and nurses board a ship bound for Korea, where they will set up field hospitals to care for wounded. British sailors boarding transport ship to Korea. Brief view of the Royal Navy Colossus class aircraft carrier, HMS Triumph (16) underway in Korean waters. Australian soldiers boarding an aircraft to Korea. One raises his rifle and waves from the top of the stairs as he enters the plane. More soldiers climbing gangways to large transport ships. Asian civilians waving small flags as they cheer departing soldiers. British soldiers wearing berets with pom poms are seen disembarking from a troop ship. More views of United Nations troops marching in formations. The UN General Assembly building in Lake Success, Long Island, New York. View of delegates inside the building. Film ends showing a rotating globe of the world, with flags of Nations participating in UN actions in Korea, being shown as the globe passes their respective countries.
Sign on German hospital building reads 'Kreiskrankenhaus' (Town Hospital). United States Army blood donors in the German hospital. Nurse in hospital examining room greets soldiers. American soldiers play with homeless or orphaned German children. A German Porsche car in a car race with obstacles, attended by Americans and Germans. A Center for German youth in Stuttgart sponsored by U.S. Seventh Army and VII Corps. Army Soldiers supervise German youths in handicrafts; table tennis (ping pong); baseball, with players wearing "Phillies" uniforms; miniature car racing (Soap Box Derby). American Major General visits Boy Scout encampment. (General wears 11th Airborne patch on his uniform.) Scout leader wears Tyrolean hat. Boy Scouts cooking and eating food. Rural Town of Kirnbach, Germany, invites U.S. Army soldiers as guests. U.S. Army soldiers including an African American soldier exiting a bus on arrival in town. Musicians in band playing at a gathering. Views of groups of German citizens, including children and elderly, men and women, in the town. The U.S. soldiers share in various local cultural activities and dine with local people. View of plate of food and glasses of beer. View of poster promotion Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra concert in February 1949 under the baton of Paul Hindemith. U.S. Army musicians join in rehearsal of an orchestra (possibly the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra?), with an unidentified conductor (possibly a young Herbert von Karajan?), playing instruments and rehearsing a Mozart composition.
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