Korean farmer Kim inside a small tent. He prepares a bait for fishing . Kim spits on the bait and drops it inside a hole in the ice. Small fish is caught.
Korean farmers carry brides in Sedan Chairs called Gama. The brides are on their way to their husband's home. The groom can be seen on a mule's back.
Korean farmers in a funeral procession of an elder peasant Kim. Farmers carry square shaped umbrellas.Korean laborers carry wealthy men in wheel carts.Large stone statue of Lord Buddha over a hill side. Korean believe that buddha overlooks their village and crop.
Operation of a U.S. Army Combat Team from the Eighth United States Army (EUSA) during the Korean War. Infantry soldiers walk through rocky mountains carrying guns. Soldiers look through binoculars at observation posts and relay targeting information to artillery. U.S. Army artillery firing on enemy positions. Infantry dug in on a trench line. U.S. Army grasshopper observation aircraft in the sky scouting out target sites. Views of artillery being loaded, aimed, and fired, including by a group of African American soldiers. Tanks and infantry on the move together as an Armored Infantry Unit. Narrator discusses relationship between infantry troops and tanks and how they work together as a team. Mortar units aiming and firing. At an airfield, weapons are loaded onto planes including P-51 Mustang aircraft and jets. Planes being fueled. 5 inch rockets and 50 caliber machine guns are loaded, along with Napalm and demolition bombs. View of pilots in combat briefing and then exiting briefing to fly mission. P-51 Mustangs taking off from airfield. Mustang fighters in the air and views of Mustangs firing on enemy positions with guns and bombs. Air-Ground Liaison Team shown in a jeep on the ground providing targeting information to planes via radio.
Regimental Unit of Eighth United States Army during the Korean War. Trucks of a Regimental Unit passing along roads. Two officers looking field maps and conversing. Soldiers walk in line followed by army tanks on the road side. Tanks cross streams. Artillery and mortars seen firing on targets. Officers standing in front of maps and discussing tactics. View of General Matthew Ridgway consulting maps with other officers and then boarding a small airplane. Armored Task Force Team activities: One soldier technician stands near the radar at an army truck while others work inside the truck. Soldiers seen in a bunker, looking through a device that detects location of hostile fire. Soldiers place microphones in the ground, to detect enemy activity. They run cables away from the microphones. Two soldiers look at a paper and talk over radio, reporting information learned from the microphones. Soldiers release a hydrogen balloon carrying a radiosonde device for measuring atmospheric conditions, such as wind, humidity and pressure. Technician seated beside a radio receiving device recording weather readings.
Narrated feature describing first 50 days of U.S. Army troops fighting in the Korean War. U.S. Army soldiers from the 24th Division. Views of soldiers climbing mountains and looking through binoculars. Soldiers walk through rice paddy field and cover themselves and their weapons in natural camouflage. Soldiers dug in. Soldiers rest, splashing water from a pond, sleeping and resting on the ground. Soldier removes his shoes and massages his foot. Soldier sleeps on the ground and others dig foxholes. South Korean workers carrying ammunition and supplies for U.S. Army. South Korean refugees evacuating on foot. Army soldiers catch some North Korean communists among the refugees. Army soldier guarding North Korean prisoners with hands behind their heads. United Nations officer with UN armband examines prisoners.