Women gather at an auditorium to attend mass meeting to get equal rights for women. Women operate switchboards. A building on campus of Kim II Sung University being constructed. Children and adults receive education in classes. Children receive instruction in dancing, singing and acting. Meritorious students being awarded at a ceremony.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). Marines and U.S. seventh division advance in Seoul under enemy fire. U.S. troops combat enemy in streets of Seoul. Troops take cover behind sand sacks. Troops fire rifles. Tanks advance through heavy smoke in streets. Smoke arises from explosions. Soldiers relax after five days battle with enemy. Soldier talks into radio. Soldier holds a paper cutting. Headlines read 'Marines enter Seoul, Fight Reds In Streets'.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police during the Korean War. MPs are active in Operation Little Switch repatriation effort involving exchange of prisoners of war. A sign on an entrance gate: "Welcome, Gate To Freedom". Military Police (MPs) standing at the entrance gate to Freedom Village. The U.S. and UN flags and Korean flags fly from flag poles. Red Cross vehicles arrive. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Men walk with belongings. Korean prisoners board buses. Red Cross workers transfer the wounded. (Operation Little Switch was a first phase and was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953).
Honor Guard of UN troops from various nations stand at entrance to the so-called "Peace Pagoda," where negotiations were conducted to end the Korean conflict. U.S. Military Police Officers escort Major General George G. Finch, USAF, Chief negotiator for the U.S. followed by MP officers escorting Lieutenant General, William K. Harrison, Jr. United States Army, Senior Delegate, United Nations Command Delegation, who would sign the truce documents. Separate sequence shows U.S. Army MPs and U.S. Navy Shore Patrol (SP) patrolling streets in Beirut Lebanon, in 1958. MPs talk with a local policeman and point to a map of the Town of Beirut, posted on a wall
Refugees cross frozen Han River, Seoul during Korean War. Korean refugees cross frozen Han River. Refugees pull carts loaded with their belongings. Two U.S. dukws (six-wheel drive amphibious trucks) on ice-chocked water.
Group of Chinese prisoners in bad physical shape at the Chosin Reservoir, during the Korean War. Faces of the Chinese prisoners. A prisoner pours something out of a can into his hand which he puts to his mouth. A U.S. Marine gives a prisoner a drink of water. The prisoner's frozen hands. A prisoner who was captured barefooted. His feet are frozen solid with ice around the bottom of trousers. A prisoner smoking a cigarette.