187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team patrol in Munsan-ni, Korea, during Korean War. (Footage shot during Eigth Army retreat from northwestern Korea, southward toward the 38th parallel, under pressure from the Chinese PVA 13th Army group in November and December 1950. During the retreat, the 187th RCT, together with the British Commonwealth Brigade, provided rearguard protection for the Eighth Army's retreat.) The team seen passing through woods. Platoon leaders address soldiers. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team walks through fields and along ridges. Soldier looks through binoculars. United States Army soldiers set up machine gun on ground.
The eve of Independence Day (or Liberation Day) in Pyongyang,North Korea. Shows various events being held at a Sports Festival at the Pyongyang Stadium. Athletes take part in various events like javelin throw, discus, long jump, pole vault, track race, boxing and others.Spectators gather in large numbers and cheer for their favorites. The festival is part of celebration marking the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan.
A documentary on the struggle of Marines from Chosin Reservoir to Hungnam, Korea. Soldiers chopping logs in a camp in Autumn snow in Korea. Soldiers grouped around fire, some are sleeping on pack. Views of oil pipes laid over uphills. Aerial views of rugged mountainous country. Airplanes in flight, planes drop bombs. American soldiers slowly moving up a snow covered hill with bazookas and rifles. North Korean prisoners come staggering uphill to U.S. soldiers. Prisoners sitting in the snow, U.S. soldier offers a prisoner some coffee. Bare feet of a prisoner in snow.
Massive evacuation of American forces from North Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army women nurses dressed in heavy winter garb, pose in a group as they await evacuation by sea, from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea. A group of U.S. Marines boarding a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). A crane at the port, raising a net filled with personal gear of evacuating soldiers, and depositing it aboard a ship.
Evacuation of Hungnam involving the safe withdrawal of the bulk of UN forces in eastern North Korea. Korean refugees disembarking from boats, near a U.S. Landing Ship Tank (LST). They line up along the shore, where many others are already gathered. Another larger boat approaches, filled with more refugees. An adjacent boat displays the Republic of Korea flag. View from deck of the LST, through front loading doors, as a U.S. Marine Corps M-5H-6 International Harvester 2 1/2 Ton 6x6 Cargo Truck drives aboard. It slowly climbs the LST ramp. Scene shifts to deck of the LST Where a truck pulling an air compressor, arrives at top of ramp to join other trucks parked on deck. View downward from LST deck where more trucks are driving onto the ship's ramp. A stack of 55 gallon steel drums is seen on shore. More boats arrive carrying refugees. Those on shore move slowly aboard the LST. Many are seen lining the railings of the ship's deck.
Withdrawal of United Nations forces over 38th parallel, North of Kaesong in Korea, during the Korean War. United States soldiers seated atop tanks passing by on dirt road in Kaesong, Korea. Army vehicles drive over a bridge. Sign board reads' You are now crossing 38th Parallel'.