Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base to carry out Seoul operations in Korea. Soldiers unload equipment from truck at air base. Sign on building reads 'Ashiya Air Base, Base Operations'. Paratroopers board planes. Plane takes off from runway. Road sign reads 'Kimpo Airdrome Stop Military Police Check Point'. Plane taxis at Kimpo air base in Korea. Men disembark from plane. Wounded soldiers on stretcher taken into plane. Boats are carried out of cargo planes at air base. Air University Commanding General George C Kenney, and Commanding General of Far East Forces (former commander of U.S. forces) Carl Spaatz, arrive at Kimpo air base for inspection. Captured IL-10 plane parked in the background in hangar. Men manning Grumman F7F Tigercat aircraft. F7Fs in flight line.
United States Combat activities during Korean War in South Korea. Assault troops of 25th Infantry Division cross Han River. Trucks go over snow. Troops of 27th Regiment eat food. Engineers build bridge over the river. Cranes and bulldozers remove mud from river shore. Troops cross river on boats. They have breakfast. A soldier receives call and command to fire mortar. Smoke on the hills. Soldiers load mortar and fire. Soldiers fire artillery. An officer sees through binocular. An airplane in flight. The UN troops observe Chinese gun emplacement. Troops walk on mountains. DUKW tanks cross river and bring back Chinese prisoners. U.S. engineers build foot bridge. Troops assemble pontoons over river. Meanwhile two engineers meet with an accident and are rescued by troops. They are brought to shore on boat. Troops cross foot bridge and continue over snow covered path.
Invasion of South Korea. The 38th Parallel and the North Korean invasion of South Korea after crossing the parallel. Soldiers in trenches fire rifles. General Douglas MacArthur arrives in South Korea to counter the aggression of North Korea. Artillery fired and an injured soldier given blood plasma. Dead soldiers buried and other soldiers pray at the burial. Canadian soldiers and soldiers from other countries leave for Korea War under the flagship of the United Nations. The United Nations soldiers bid adieu to their dear ones. Soldiers make an amphibious landing and move inland in trucks. Soldiers move along the Manchurian border. Planes drop bombs and smoke rises. The Chinese Army attacks the United Nation forces and they are forced to retreat. The United Nation forces move ahead under extreme climatic conditions. (Korean War)
A U.S. Air Force VC-47B (VIP transport plane, tail # 43-49212) arrives at Pusan Air Base in Korea on 17 October, 1950. Singer and actor, Al Jolson steps from the plane and is greeted by American officers. Al Jolson gets into a jeep. .Next he is seen with officers on a sidewalk. Scene shifts to Jolson seated at a piano on and outdoor stage, where he just finishes performing and turns to speak to the large audience of soldiers present. The audience is seen applauding. Jolson is seen from behind, and then from various angles, as he sings a song. Some soldiers respond to the tempo of Jolson's music. (Narrator comments that 6 days after this performance, Al Jolson died from a heart attack, on 23 October, 1950 in San Francisco.) In final scene, he is seen raising the United Nations flag. (Note: this film is silent except for narration.)
Graphic Korean children zooms to 'Korea Revisited' title. Wide shot of Korean countryside. June 25, 1950 North Korean troops attacking across to start Korean war. Dramatization depicting South Korean soldier hit by bullet. South Korean soldiers retreating from war front. American soldiers fighting at start of Korean war. Australian soldier on patrol. Howitzers being fired. Train carrying Chinese troops moving towards war front. Chinese troops in trenches and advancing. Mortar firing. Chinese troops advancing in snow. Street fighting in Seoul, South Korea.
Narrated feature on experiences of U.S. Army soldiers from 24th Regiment during first 50 days of Korean War. Loading and firing heavy artillery. General Walters and General Dean in a planning meeting together. View of ship port with supplies being loaded for transport to the front, including tanks, jeeps. U.S. Army reinforcement soldiers gathered on vehicles awaiting loading. Loading and unloading ships, over temporary bridges and through shallow water. A Field Artillery Batallion stacking shells, loading shells, and firing heavy artillery. Soldiers communicating on radio from the front. Explosion of a bridge over the Kom River by U.S. Army forces after crossing it. Black smoke rising after explosion. Army truck on fire. Thick smoke in air. Wounded on stretchers being loaded into trucks, unloaded from trucks, and placed into waiting airplane with banner on tail reading "Pacific Division".
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