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Propaganda film depicting life in North Korea circa 1947

National Motion Picture studio under construction in North Korea. A movie being filmed at the new studio. A sports meet for workers. Workers participate in various events like short put throw, long jump, marathon race, skiing. Montage of scenes as narrator states, we must abolish the 38th parallel, move south, throw out Syngman Rhee, crush imperialism and became one nation again. Soldiers with weapons and a mass meeting. Men ,women and students parade through Pyongyang street. Montage of Kim II Sung over Korean flags.

Location: North Korea
Date: 1947
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675048312
Cold War commences in Europe and UN takes military action against North Korean aggression

Opening scenes show people of East Germany escaping from the Soviet-controlled zone, to the West, through forests. Whole families are seen carrying whatever they could in back packs and suitcases. An animated map is inserted showing a map centered on Korea, with the 38th Parallel dividing Communist North Korea from South Korea. View of a line scratched in a dirt road, designating the 38th Parallel, leading to a temporary border with guard post, established for administrative purposes. View of Ducksoo Palace, in Seoul, Korea, headquarters of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Korea. Diplomats inside its chambers, trying (in vain) to negotiate the withdrawal of Soviet forces from North Korea. United States troops are seen evacuating from South Korea, after the establishment of the Republic of Korea. Carrying duffel bags and all their gear, they board trains to evacuation ports. General scenes of landscape and South Korean people going about their normal activities, under the new government. Smoke rising from surprise attacks by North Korea against the South. Republic of Korea (ROK) troops march to defend against the North's aggression. ROK troops in trucks and trenches fire small arms against the invaders. Huge numbers of refugees are shown fleeing the North. Soldiers raise international flags at the headquarters of the United Nations, in Lake Success, Long Island, New York. Inside, diplomats meet to deal with the crisis. View of empty place at the table labeled "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." Warren Robinson Austin, U.S. Ambassador to the UN is seen as well as other UN representatives. (Narrator states that after its cease fire order had been ignored by the Communists, the Security Council voted for united military action against the aggressor, and provided for a unified command of United Nations forces.) View of the delegates voting with raised hands. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur is seen receiving the first UN battle flag. Aerial views of the Port of Pusan, Korea. The U.S. Navy transport ship, USS Pickaway (APA-222) is seen being moved by tug boats in the port. View of the troop ship loaded with American troops headed to the port of Pusan, Korea. Color guards waving flags of the UN, the U.S. and the Republic of Korea, as they lead a military brass band marching along the pier. Change of scene to American troops marching along opposite sides of a road in Korea, as jeeps drive in the middle. Troops, including ROK soldiers, engage North Koreans with small arms, mortars, machine guns and artillery field pieces. Back in America, troops parade along Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, with capitol building seen in background. American soldiers boarding a train. Camera focuses on shoulder emblem of a Canadian officer boarding a train and then shows Canadians marching to a port of embarkation. Turkish troops pass in review on their way to Korea. Troops of the Netherlands on the march. Australian troops assembled before sailing to Korea. Swedish doctors and nurses boarding a ship to Korea, where they will set up hospitals to treat the wounded. British sailors boarding ships for action in Korean waters. Glimpse of a British Colossus class aircraft carrier, underway in Korean waters. Views of other UN forces headed to Korea. 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.

Location: Korea
Date: 1950
Duration: 6 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053068
Industrial workers at work in North Korea.

A ship loaded with men departs from dock. A hydroelectric power plant in North Korea. High speed current flows through the gates of the hydroelectric dam.Workers in a locomotive manufacturing company . Ingot being poured to produce metal sheets.Shows some workers working over a locomotive part. Approximately 1947.

Location: North Korea
Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675028814
The 38th Parallel line in Kaesong,North Korea.

Downhill view of the American Outpost No 13 at the 38th Parallel in Kaesong,North Korea. U.S. guards patrol the Outpost. Shows a Russian guardhouse across the dividing line. 38th Parallel inscribed in dirt on ground. A sign reading 38th Parallel in English ,Russian and Korean.24 May 1947.

Location: Kaesong Korea 38th Parallel
Date: 1947, May 24
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028824
May Day Celebrations in Pyongyang,North Korea.

Thousands of people parade on the streets of Pyongyang to celebrate May Day. People carry several banners,pictures and signs. Flags of South Korea and Russia can be seen in parade. Shows a band playing in parade with a picture of Stalin in middle. Children do exercises in chorus. Prime Minister Kim II Sung, Russian Officials and other dignitaries watch and applaud the parade from a high-ground. Approximately 1947-48.

Location: Pyongyang North Korea
Date: 1947, May 1
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675028807
Korean farmers doing several farming activities in North Korea.

Scenes of Korean voting at a poll booth. Shows several farming activities done by Korean farmers.Some of them include plowing,spreading seeds,rice plantation,irrigation,harvesting and threshing.Grain-sacks are loaded on bullock carts.Workers lift grain-sacks and pile them up in a grain repository.Old Korean lady with a small child in her lap.Korean woman working on a sewing machine. Approximately 1947.

Location: North Korea
Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675028813
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