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UN forces advance past the 38th Parallel and ROK forces reach the Yalu River, in October, 1950, during the Korean War

At a meeting of the UN Security Council, in Lake Success, New York, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Warren Austin, displays a Soviet-made weapon captured in Korea. Soviet representative, Jacob Malik, walks out of the meeting. Warren passes the weapon around to other Security Council delegates. Britain's Ambassador,Sir Gladwyn Jebb, examines it closely and it is then passed over the chair vacated by Malik, to the representative of Norway. (It appears to be a Soviet SVT-40 or SKS semi-automatic rifle.) Shift to animated map showing UN forces completely occupying South korea, to the 38th parallel. Crew members board a U.S. Air Force C-47 aircraft named,"The Speaker." Closeup of one crew member, a Korean, wearing a hat labeled,"Voice of UN." The aircraft takes off. Inside the plane's cabin, a Korean delivers a message that is being broadcast to any North Korean soldiers on the ground. Views of the huge loudspeakers mounted in the rear cabin of the aircraft. Stacks of pamphlets are seen in the aircraft, that encourage enemy combatants to surrender and include safe conduct passes. Crew members are seen throwing these from the airplane. UN soldiers pose with a large sign reading,"You Are Crossing The 38th Parallel, courtesy of the 3rd ROK Div." Troops of that division are seen proceeding North, along a road. ROK troops crowded aboard an M8 Armored Car. Another sign reads,"You Are Now Crossing The 38th Parallel, Courtesy of the 7th U.S. Cavalry, 'Garry Owen.'" American soldiers walking along the road; others riding on an M-24 (Chaffee) tank; and some riding on a DUKW, are greeted by local Korean people who line the side of a road. An M4 Sherman tank, named "Old Faithful," passes the camera, crowded with UN troops. Back to the animated map, showing advance of UN forces, with ROK troops reaching the Yalu River, by October 27th, 1950. UN infantry are seen climbing through rugged mountainous forested areas.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032623
A map of Korea indicates the position of United Nations forces below the 38th Parallel during the Korean War.

' United Nations forces consolidate below the 38th Parallel' about the UN forces and their position during the Korean War. An animated map of Korea shows the position of United Nations forces along the 38th parallel. The evacuation activities from the Hungnam beach to Pusan and Pohang. Chinese Red Army attack on Seoul on January 1st ,1951.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058700
United Nation forces evacuate from Hungnam as a number of civilians also flee away from Korea.

United Nations forces during the Korean War. Korean civilians gather at the docks to flee away from Hamhung to Pusan, Korea. People carrying their belongings embark onto ships. Wooden crates and jeeps being hoisted aboard a ship. Military vehicles of the United Nation forces being loaded onto a Landing Ship Tank. United States1st Marine Division and 7th Infantry Division being evacuated by landing crafts to transports lying off shore. Soldiers loaded in landing crafts as they pull away. Wounded being transferred onto a landing craft and it pulls away. United Nation naval units patrol off the coast.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058699
Commander of UN force in South Korea, General MacArthur, reviews forces and U.S. troops arrive in Korea.

United Nations military action at the very beginning of the Korean War. United States Army General MacArthur shakes hands with an officer on the ground in Korea. He observes United Nation defense units, aircraft and soldiers in Korea as their Commander. First United States troops walk with their gear at a railroad station in Korea. Soldier advances hand in help to other soldier. U.S. Army infantry soldier and Korean Republic soldier shake hands. Artillery, rifles, ammunition, and trucks loaded on rail train cars. A U.S. Army tank advances in South Korea. Korean people stand beside the road and watch the advancing soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers load shells and fire artillery to slow the North Korean advance. General MacArthur accepts United Nation's battle flag at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Flag of the United Nations waving in the wind.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026526
U.S. forces capture Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, from Japanese forces. Sea Bees repair captured airfield. during World War II.

The Battle of Tarawa between U.S. and Japanese forces during World War 2. U.S. Task Force ships head for Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. U.S. officers confer aboard a ship. A stick points out the location of Tarawa on a map of the Pacific Ocean. U.S. soldiers bow their heads in prayers aboard the ship. U.S. naval guns are fired at coastal targets. U.S. Marines in landing crafts head for Tarawa. Smoke rises from artillery shell attacks on the island. The Marines use hand grenades to destroy Japanese pillboxes and machine gun nests. Reinforcements arrive and U.S. Marines advance inland after heavy fighting. Abandoned coastal artillery guns and dead Japanese soldiers on the island. The island after the battle. Forced Korean laborers on the island. A U.S. medic giving first aid to a Korean laborer. U.S. Navy CBs (Construction Battalion) make repairs and construct an airstrip on Tarawa.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073829
U.S. 1st Marine Division leads a group of natives and a marine throws a grenade in a cave in Okinawa, Japan.

Activities of natives and U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II An elderly Okinawan civilian sitting outside a shack. A group of Okinawan natives. U.S. 1st Marine Division personnel move into a barbed wire perimeter. Huts in an area. A marine leads a group of natives near village of Sobe. The Okinawans being led into fields. A 105mm howitzer in the background. The marine and the natives walk. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Marines and natives move past silhouette against the sky. Okinawan natives proceed on a road. A prisoner with hands in air. The marine and the group of natives, mostly women, walk on the road. The marine throws a grenade in a cave.

Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070755