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.
U.S. 8th Army soldiers evacuate northern positions in Korea following Chinese offensive in the north. Military truck and jeep near a C-47 Skytrain during evacuation of Yonpo Air Base. Soldiers help people get off the plane and climb into the waiting military truck. Snow covered ground at the air base. Transport planes on the airstrip. Soldiers carry the wounded on a stretcher. Transport aircraft are from the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat team patrol in Munson-ni, Korea. Korean civilian carries a wounded girl on his back. United States Medic gives medical treatment to the wounded Korean girl, lying on stretcher. Soldier bandages her hand. Medic applies medicine on United States soldier's leg. Korean women and children on field raise hands and yell 'Banzai'. North Korean Lieutenant questioned by an interpreter.
Operations of United States troops in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. soldiers advance towards a battlefield. Smoke from firing and bombardment on the battlefield. Wrecked equipment and rubble on the ground. Prisoners of war are questioned by a soldier. Tanks advance on the battlefield and soldiers fire rifles. Mountains in the foreground. American forces enter the capital city of Seoul and set up a 155mm howitzer next to a prominent building. View of the sandbagged howitzer firing at North Korean targets. An aerial view of the battlefield. U.S. Army Lieutenant General General B. Matthew Ridgway, newly appointed Commanding General of the U.S. Eighth Army, arrives on a U.S. C-54 transport plane, to assume command in Seoul. As he steps from the plane, he is greeted by Major General William M. Hogen and another officer.
Views of the new (1951) GE jet engine assembly plant at Lockland Ohio. Animated description and U.S. map showing numerous suppliers across the country that contribute parts for the jet engines assembled at the GE Lockland plant.Views inside the plant, with engines being assembled. GE staff members, including chief engineer, Donald F. Warner, are seen in the plant. Various U.S. jet warplanes taking off, including: Hughes XF-91; North American F-86D Sabrejet ; Martin XB-51; North American B-45 Tornado; Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber; and Convair B-36.
Major events of the year 1951. War takes place in Korea. Artillery fired and Koreans captured. News paper headline symbolizes removal of General MacArthur as the Chief of the United Nations forces in Korea. General Matthew Ridgway takes over as the Chief of the United Nations forces. Dead prisoners of war lined up. General Eisenhower with Korean representatives in Korea as they sign an agreement for a buffer zone. (Korean War)
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