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.
Lt. Edward Murphy (USS Pueblo Executive Officer) expresses his desire to “return home as quickly as possible to the United States of America” during a propaganda news conference for foreign correspondents in Pyongyang, North Korea. “I admitted and apologize and am repentant for the crimes which I committed against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea” Lt. Edward Murphy says. News reporters and USS Pueblo crewmen listen to Lt. Edward Murphy’s speech. North Korean reporter asks, "what do you think will be your fate if the U.S. government does not apologize for the crimes of the Pueblo?" . Rodney Duke, Communications Technician of the USS Pueblo, answers, "there is a limit to the patience of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...we will be placed on trial in this country and punished according to their laws." Official North Korean footage shows USS Pueblo crewmen play basketball, volleyball in recreation area after news conference. North Korean reporters interview Ralph McClintock, USS Pueblo Communications Technician, over tea. Ralph McClintock reads a letter from his mother to reporters, which reads, "my heart is just broken and many are the tears I have shed, however I have implicit faith in God that our country will apologize so that you will all be released."
News anchor Chet Huntley reports a new footage released by North Korea showing plight of USS Pueblo crewmen in captivity. “Our life here is very good considering the circumstances....” says P.O. Darrell Wright, a USS Pueblo crewman, in propaganda footage released by North Korea. North Korean cameraman captures footage. USS Pueblo crewmen such as P.O. Wayne Anderson, P.O James Shepard and Lt. Edward Murphy speak on stage one at a time to say their “confessions” and express desire to come home. “The entire crew has this one ardent desire to return home as quickly as possible,” says Lt. Edward Murphy.