United States President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Korea after attending the Manila Summit Conference. View of the United States Air Force One presidential plane after landing in Seoul. South Korean Air Force performs aerobatics to welcome President Johnson. Korean crowd welcomes President Lyndon B Johnson. Koreans hold American flags in hand. School girls, wearing traditional chima jeogori, sing to welcome the President. President Johnson reviews Korean troops. Sign says “Welcome President and Mrs. Johnson”. President Johnson holds both American and Korean flags in front of crowds. President Johnson leaves in his aircraft after his visit in Korea. Koreans sing the traditional “Arirang” song upon President Johnson’s departure from Korea. The President talks about his visit to different nations and the local people he met.
United Nations troops advance in North Korea after the capture of Seoul during the Korean War. A group of UN soldiers search a PRC (People's Republic of China) soldier. A map of Korea highlights the port city of Hungnam in Korea. UN troops advance along snowy mountains and roads during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Gun crews load artillery guns with shells. UN soldiers eat and rest at the beach of Hungnam. They advance in Hungnam. Parachute supplies are dropped from airplanes for UN troops.
Events pertaining to withdrawal of USSR and USA from North Korea. Colonel General Trenty Shtikov and Kim II sung speaks at a joint assembly in Seoul. Flags of Korea USA and USSR seen in background. North Korean Flags being hosted over buildings. A scene from the People's Assembly in Pyongyang. Assembly members ask for withdrawal of USA and USA troops. North Korean flags on the walls of assembly hall. Assembly members cheer at the news of Russia's withdrawal from Korea in a later meeting. Shows a letter of thanks to Soviet Union by Koreans. Korean men,women and children collectively sign a petition. March 1946.
United Nation troops face the Spring offensive during the Korean War. UN forces move north of Seoul, Korea in a defensive position after the Chinese launch a Spring offensive. Convoy of truck and jeeps move. Engineers plant land mines in a field along the Lincoln Line. Barbed wire fences being put up in the mine field. Men at a 75 mm recoilless rifle on hillside as it covers the valley. Soldiers look through binoculars and artillery being fired. Armored Patrol returns to Lincoln Line. Artillery being fired outside a building in Seoul. American soldiers dig out emplacements. Sandbags being piled up. UN soldiers clean their rifles in sandbagged positions.
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.
A United States Navy documentary about U.S. 7th Fleet and 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. Traffic on a road in Seoul, Korea. People carry their belongings on a vehicle. Korean children stand by and watch as American forces drive in military vehicles in the city. A bulldozer is driven on a road. A group of new South Korean soldier recruits march wearing simple pants and no shirt. Next scene shows South Korean soldiers after training, in full uniform and marching in formation.