U.S. soldiers from the Eighth Army 24th Division during the Korean War in South Korea. Soldiers dig foxholes. Several soldiers walk in a line, reading newspapers and relaxing. Soldiers gathered at a worship service, reading and praying. Officers plotting positions on a map. Views of bridges and roads destroyed to prevent enemy advance. Laying barbed wire. Tanks firing on mountain targets. Reinforcements arrive in trucks. Soldiers climb hills, walk through fields and attack enemy targets with guns, machine guns, and artillery. Establishing Pusan perimeter. Smoke clouds at the hill tops followed with explosion sound in background. Wounded soldiers getting aid and being carried by fellow soldiers. Captain Carl Zimmerman, host of show, speaking to camera after scenes from Korea conclude. He previews next show of "The Big Picture."
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division establishes beachhead at Pohang, Korea during Korean War. Animated map of South Korea depicts U.S. landings on east coast and highlights Pohang. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) and landing crafts head for beach of Pohang. U.S. soldiers disembark from landing craft. Equipment including bulldozer and trucks are unloaded. Soldiers and equipment advance inland. Commanding General of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division Major General Hobart R Gay holds a conference at commanding post of U.S. 8th cavalry regiment which includes Assistant Commanding General of U.S. 25th Infantry Division Ellis Warner Williamson and Commanding Officer of 8th Cavalry Division Colonel Ray D. Plummer. Welcome sign erected by South Koreans for U.S. officials. U.S. soldiers march.
A film based on Soviet occupation of North Korea after World War II. Mountaintops above the clouds. View of a waterfall. A Korean student studying in a Russian medical school. Engineers, technical workers, both men and women, studying in a Russian school. Students look through microscopes. A North Korean cultural group visits Moscow, Soviet Union. After returning from the Soviet Union, the cultural ambassador extols Soviet system to workers in a factory yard. Korean farmers plowing. The Koreans measure the land and make a land report. View of a giant dam, high-tension wires and dynamos in North Korea.
Representatives of United Nations who fought in the Korean War, gather for a ceremony at the UN Memorial Cemetery (93 UN pyeonghwa-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, South Korea) in Pusan (Busan), South Korea. The event is led by U.S. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway. Troops standing in attention with flags of various countries. Officials and officers of various countries, stand. A military band plays. Flags of United States, France, Britain, India and various countries are seen. Military personnel hoist the flag of United Nations and salute. Graves at the cemetery.
Views of North Korea during 1945 through 1950. Reconstruction going on in North Korea, new buildings being built. Korean country side and small islands in the bay as waves break on the shore. A group of North Koreans arrives at diamond mountain resort and look at Koo Rong Hun falls, they pose for pictures. Men and women in a reading room.
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Taegu, Korea during the Korean War. USAF Chief General Vandenberg talks to an officer with a USAF C-54G aircraft in the background. The General talks to the members of the inspection team. General Vandenberg gets in a jeep and drives away. General Vandenberg gets off the jeep and writes on a notepad. The General meets Pacific Commander General Douglas MacArthur. General Vandenberg talks to a South Korean and a USAF officer. General MacArthur and other officers board a U.S. Air Force C-121 in Korea.