News reporter reading from his report about rumors concerning the release of the USS Pueblo crew members in North Korea. News conference of 20 USS Pueblo crewmen in Pyongyang. Asian and European journalists passing on a note during press conference. European journalist smokes a pipe during news conference. USS Pueblo crewmen. European journalist holds a recorder. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher recounts the events during the capture of the USS Pueblo by North Korea, saying the the Pueblo had "commenced conducting electronic gathering activities" before they were "captured at a point well within the territorial waters of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
News reporter reads from his report about a news conference of the USS Pueblo crew members in North Korea. Asian and European reporters listen to Lieutenant Frederick Schumacher (USS Pueblo Operations Officer) as he explains the purpose and equipment of the USS Pueblo in surveying the area where they were captured. He notes that the "Pueblo was equipped with several types of high powered binoculars, as well as precision cameras with telephoto lenses." USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher recounts the USS Pueblo crew’s activities before the North Korean navy first confronted them. News reporter narrates. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher addressing the assembly while standing on a chair, notes that, "the naval units of the Korean People's army easily my vain efforts to escape...."
Walter Cronkite narrates news in front of map showing North and South Korea. View of the USS Pueblo being docked in Wonsan as shown by North Korean propaganda film. View of USS Pueblo front deck. USS Pueblo crew members raise their hands upon capture by North Korea. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher and other crew members being led away by North Korean forces. Military equipment from USS Pueblo found by North Korean People’s Army. Gun turret in USS Pueblo. Rifles and ammunition from USS Pueblo. View of USS Pueblo. Map showing path of USS Pueblo from Yokohama to Sasebo in Japan. Image of a Japanese town, likely Sasebo, with United States navy men. Map of Korean coast. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher (USS Pueblo Skipper) reads from a public “confession”. Bucher notes, "I organized watch sessions under the officer of the deck to record everything encountered...."
Captured USS Pueblo crewmen, Lt. Edward Murphy (USS Pueblo Executive Officer) and Lieutenant Frederick Schumacher (USS Pueblo Operations Officer), both read “confessions” in North Korea during the so-called Pueblo Incident or Pueblo Crisis. Map of USS Pueblo path showing how it trespassed North Korean waters based on North Korean perspective. Murphy notes that at the time of capture, the Pueblo was "7.6 miles from Ryo Do." Schumacher notes, "we were arrested at last by the naval control pact of the Korean People's Army." Image of USS Pueblo. United States President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks as North Korean narrator call him the leader of "the most vicious enemy of the people of the whole world." Various newspapers around the world covering the capture of the USS Pueblo.
USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher (USS Pueblo Skipper) reads a speech during a news conference hosted by North Korea, saying that "those that sit before you, and the remainder of the Pueblo crew, are criminals who committed espionage and hostile acts after having intruded deep into" the territorial waters of North Korea. Western and Asian reporters with cameras listen to Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher’s speech. Man standing during news conference. Reporters during news conference. Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher ends his speech with a birthday greeting for his son Mark in the United States. News anchor Chet Huntley reports on the USS Pueblo crewmen news conference in North Korea.
News correspondents present in news conference on captured USS Pueblo crewmen in Pyongyang, North Korea. USS Pueblo crew members present in conference take their seats. Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher (USS Pueblo Skipper) begins by stating that, "as is well known to the American people, we of Pueblo were caught red-handed while committing espionage...." he continues, “I urgently appeal to the American people, to recognize the simple truth of this statements, and to urge our government to accept the responsibility for the attack that we may be reunited with our families and loved ones” says Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher.