Map shows division of Korea at 38th Parallel. Pyongyang in North and Seoul in South Korea. Line and board reads 38 parallel on road and bridge. Elevated, wide view of city of Seoul, the Capital of South Korea. The UN Commission at Korean assembly examines process of establishing democracy. Officials and President Syngman Rhee in 1948. The flag of South Korea. Civilians line up for voting in May 1950, just before outbreak of Korean War. Women stand in line. A child on back of woman. Men go in and come out of polling booth. Aerial views of Korean peninsula.
Animated map shows South Korea, from 38th parallel, South, and highlights Pusan, and the advances being made by UN forces after being reinforced. Next, the UN amphibious landings at Inchon (or Incheon) are shown on the map. Flashes of naval gunfire are seen in the blackness of night. Next, a Landing Craft Tank (Rocket), LCT(R), is seen firing barrages of rockets toward shore, at Inchon. On September 15, 1950, U.S. troops are seen landing at Incheon, from boats of the attack transport ship, USS Noble (APA-218). Return to the animated map shows advance of UN forces from Inchon joining with those advancing from Pusan, until they occupy most of the area south of the 38th parallel. UN infantry are seen engaged in urban combat in the city of Seoul, accompanied by M26 Pershing tanks and M46 Patton tanks. Building burning in the city. UN soldiers firing rifles inside damaged building. American soldiers, under fire, carrying wounded on litter. Medical corpsmen tending to casualties, including wounded Korean civilians. Republic of Korea (ROK) infantry following four of their soldiers carrying their flag, stretched out horizonally, between them. (Narrator states they are carrying it back to the liberated capital of Seoul.) ROK troops escorting large number of prisoners of war, marching with hands on heads. UN forces distributing rice and clothing to the Korean inhabitants of Seoul. Soldiers helping little Korean children don clothing. Bodies of men, women, and children who were slain by retreating enemy troops, are laid out on the ground, attended by Grieving relatives. Large quantities of captured North Korean weapons are piled up, including those made in the Soviet Union.
The American Forces Korea Network in Seoul, South Korea. A man seated at a film splicer and film projector edits film to add U.S. Army produced commercials, and to tailor films as needed for station schedule. A station commander holds a meeting with staff of military and civilian department heads to discuss problems of technical upkeep and program schedule changes. Decisions are taken in the meeting. Live programs designed for U.S. troops in Korea are produced at the key station of American Forces Korea Network. A man works before the broadcast of the daily television news shows. He selects photographs to be broad casted during the program. Other man sorts program tapes. Newsreaders seated at a desk. A cameraman records the event. A newsreader reads sports news.
Soviet trucks abandoned at the Korean war front hauling freight through Seoul South Korea streets. Many bicycles on street, many overloaded with goods including one carrying an entire tree. Policeman directing traffic. Korean business man hails taxi on a street in Seoul. Close up of taxi fare meter. POV inside car driving through Seoul streets. Taxi cab arrives at toll gate for Kimpo International Airport toll road. New road under construction. Taxi arrives at Kimpo International Airport and business man leaves taxi cab.
'Welcome Asian Peoples Anti-Communists Delegates to Seoul' written on a building in Seoul, Korea. A large crowd of participants gathered. Children wave and clap. A girl presents flowers to Madam Chiang Kai-Shek. Delegates around a stage. The crowd cheers. A military band plays. Flags of Nationalist China and South Korea are seen in the crowd.
U.S. soldiers at the 40th Infantry Division area in Seoul. On return from R&R (Rest and Relaxation) in Japan, Sergeant Tubb and Private First Calss (Pfc) Hill show their comrades snapshots. They walk past a mail box to the supply bunker. Sign on bunker reads: 'From Here On You Earn Your $45.00'.