A United States Navy documentary about U.S. 7th Fleet and 1st Marine Division during the Korean War in Korea. A blast explosion at the back of a large building. Two U.S. marines emerge from behind defensive positions. An aircraft carrier underway in sea off the coast of Korea. A gun is fired from a destroyer. An aircraft takes off from the carrier. Artillery, guns and machine guns are fired. Bombs are dropped from aircraft. A blast behind a house.
A United States Navy documentary about U.S. 7th Fleet and 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. A film titled 'This is Korea'. Huts in a village. Mountains in the background Korean men row a boat in a lake. People work in the village. Women work in their houses. Children play. A woman grinds grain with a manual grinder. A bride and a bridegroom in a Korean wedding ceremony. The children jump and play. Marines of U.S. 1st Marine Division march towards the village during retreat from Chosin Reservoir battle. Elderly head man of the village, people and the children watch the marching troops.
1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. The flag of 1st Marine Division. U.S. Marines are decorated by a General at base camp. The General decorates a Marine, awarding him the Silver Star. General Oliver Smith presents an award to a Marine. Honor Guard marches in formal ceremony. Flashback to summer of 1950 with Marines marching with rifles, advancing north in Korea following landings at Inchon. M46 Patton tanks driven on a road. The tanks and the marines pass through a village. A train loaded with supplies for the front passes over a nearby railroad bridge. The Marines pull a 75mm tank gun. They carry a 30 caliber machine gun. Marine Commander of 1st Marine Provisional Brigade, Brigadier General Edward A. Craig talks to an officer while reviewing a map or chart.
United States Army General Maxwell Davenport Taylor visit a base in Korea during the Korean War. General Maxwell Davenport Taylor with other officers as he inspects his command area. He walks past the captured field artillery for the training of the Republic of Korea Army (ROK Army). He walks past the military tanks. A soldier helps the general to embark onto a tank. The general looks at the captured weapons. A helicopter lands. General Maxwell Davenport Taylor disembarks from the aircraft. He is being greeted by the officers. The officers pose in front of a building.
Japanese people leave Korea. The buildings in Korea. A long bridge spanning over a river. Street cars pull away. People walk on a road in a market place. People buy from shops. Various shops in the market. Japanese people are being checked. DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane ) sprayed on people. People wait at the port of Busan. People collect basic things required while shipment. People carrying their belongings walk in a line to board ships. A man gives tickets to Japanese people boarding the ships. Japanese people sit on the deck of a ship.
Two years before the Korean War: Russian soldiers are honored before leaving Korea. Officials at a mass meeting. The wall behind the speaker's stand is decorated with pictures of Kim II Sung and Joseph Stalin with dates 1945-1948. Russian officers speak and receive gifts from the people of Korea. Korean boys exchange gifts with Russian girls. Girls present flowers to Soviet fliers. Two Soviet aviators hold Korean children. A line of Soviet Yakovlev Yak-3 interceptor aircraft. A pilot prepares and takes off in one of the Yak-3 aircraft. The girls wave to the fliers. Soviet Yak-3 aircraft in flight.