United States Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson accompanied by Mrs. Jessie Curtis Wilson arrives in Seoul, South Korea. They get down from an airplane. He is greeted by United States Commander of the Far East Forces General Maxwell Taylor, and Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs. They meet other people at the airport who had come to welcome them. People welcome them with bouquets of flowers. Mr. Wilson talks with other people.
Shows arrival and speech of Kim II Sung Prime Minister of North Korea. Russian scientist giving Korean students lectures in biochemistry. Scenes of North Korean Students at heavily crowded railway station leaving to Russia. Students performing experiments in chemistry lab and on lab-rats. Shows group of Russian doctors and nurses aiding women and children at a factory yard and inside a hospital.1948.
Shows Korean girls making elaborated embroidered scarves. Scenes of girls doing needlework and pictures of Stalin. Shows sample of pottery and bas relief praising Stalin. A Korean artist paints. Korean men manufacture busts with molds and do engraving on slates. Several Korean handicrafts in a room. Russian Army gathers for a celebration held prior to their withdrawal from North Korea.1948.
Soviet scouts and officers line up in rows. Bands mark the opening of an award ceremony on the withdrawal of Soviets from North Korea. Vice Premier Hong Myung He presents Soviet Army and Naval officers with Liberation Medals. Several medals in boxes can be seen on the presentation desk. Scouts help in putting medals on each other. Hong Myung He awards medal to a Soviet lady officer. Awarded comrades congratulate each other.1948.
Korean refugees take shelter at Tent City in Kaesong,North Korea. Refugees arrive in queues with their belongings at the campsite.Korean refugees of all ages being vaccinated inside a tent. Children come out crying after vaccination.LT CF Wainwright and a guard of 32nd Inf G Company check the refugees before they enter the Tent City.24 May 1947.
North Korean officials along with their families arrive at the railway station in North Korea.Several people gather to meet and bid farewell. Officials and their families receive bouquets of flowers and farewell from relatives and friends as they depart for czechoslovakia for 5 years.