U.S. Army Corps of Engineers use a mobile crane and other construction equipment to rebuild a bridge during the Korean War. Closeup of engineers standing on the edge of a newly built section of the bridge. Wheels of the mobile crane are nearby. They lower a cable as an inflatable boat arrives carrying steel sections for the construction. The boat and its cargo is pulled in and tied up to the existing structure. Scene shifts to a dirt road, where several Patton tanks are clustered near a large tent. Tank crews are checking their guns and equipment. Closeup of Lieutenant General James Van Fleet, newly appointed Commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, at the construction site. Closeup of a Patton tank with crew members visible, as it passes the camera. Its main gun is wrapped in tarpaulin covering. Next, a Patton tank is seen crossing a pontoon bridge. U.S. troops firing an M20 75mm recoilless rifle at enemy positions from a temporary hillside base. American troops firing a mortar. Scene shifts completely to Korean refugees fleeing the battlefields. They and their belongings are loaded into trucks, along with food and other supplies. Closeups of some of the refugees. A column of trucks filled with refugees is seen making its way along a dirt road. United Nations troops investigate possible infiltrators from the North, They are seen searching and questioning some. A sign at one area reads: "65th PW Cage. Keep Out." Some in the prisoner area are seen being interrogated and writing answers to questions.
1st Marine Division in active battle during the Korean War. U.S. marines walk across a field. The marines run to advance and occupy enemy positions. U.S. Marine Skyraider aircraft fly over the enemy positions. A marine talks over a phone. A pilot talks over a phone during a flight. A napalm bomb is dropped by the aircraft. Houses on fire in a village. The aircraft continues bombing and firing. The marines throw grenades and run into the village. Buildings on fire. Marines emerging from trenches and running to take village. They walk on the village streets as flames burn nearby buildings.
First scenes of clip show United States Military Police (MP) processing German prisoners of war (POW) during World War 2. German prisoners load into a U.S. Army truck under supervision of several MP, in cold winter weather conditions with snow on the ground. Next scene shows German prisoners of war enter a holding area in a large field under MP supervision. Scene changes to Korean War and activities of U.S. 8th Army Military Police. U.S. Army Military Police (MPs) and Korean or Chinese prisoners of war (POW) standing. The POWs board a truck. They are led by MPs. The POWs enter a camp area in a line. An MP frisks a prisoner. Prisoner of War documents being completed by an MP. Prisoner being fingerprinted. Elevated views of mass of prisoners running quickly into large column formation with Military Police watching at the head of the column. Prisoners standing on a road in groups. The MPs stand beside them. They check the identities of the prisoners. The prisoners are being searched by the MPs. Korean civilian refugee families fleeing an area. A young Korean child on a bicycle that is also laden with many belongings as a family evacuates. Families pulling open carts with Korean children laying on the carts bundled in blankets.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police during the Korean War. Military Police (MP) jeeps loaded with Military Police drive away from a camp area. U.S. Army Military Police in armored personnel carriers on a road. MPs fire heavy machine gun in their vehicle at a ridge.
Commanding-General of U.S. 1st Corps Lieutenant General Frank W. Milburn with Commanding Officer of U.S. 24th RCT (Regimental Combat Team) Colonel Henry C. Britt at the Lincoln Defense Line on the Western Front during Korean War. Milburn and Britt talk to each other and leave in jeep. Company A of of the 24th RCT advance north of Lincoln Line across field on a counter attack by the U.S. 25th Division. African American unit of 24th RCT advances.
Unit of U.S. 24th RCT (Regimental Combat Team) advances on Western Front during Korean War. Soldiers of African American Unit as they make their way up hill. Soldiers trudge up hill. One soldier takes off his helmet and rests by a tree. He wipes the perspiration off his head.