U.S. Army MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) at K-51 Inje Airfield in South Korea during the Korean War. A vehicle approaches an MP (Military Police) sentry-box along a road. An MP talks to a driver and the ambulance is allowed to proceed. View from the ambulance as it proceeds along a road on the mountainside. Korean maintenance workers stand at the side of the road. Another ambulance and vehicles coming in the opposite direction. The ambulance comes to an area studded with tents. A litter jeep and an ambulance come down a road. The jeep pulls ahead and stops. Ambulances pull up behind. U.S. Marine Corps 1st Medical Battalion Major Arbin T. Henderson walks back to an ambulance and talks to its driver. The ambulance goes past the jeep and pulls into a muddy and flooded hospital yard.
U.S. Army MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) at K-51 Inje Airfield in South Korea during the Korean War. Interiors of a surgical tent shows U.S. Marine Corps 1st Medical Battalion surgeons putting a mask over a wounded soldier's face to administer anesthesia, and work during a surgical operation. The doctors pass clamps and scissors during the surgery operation.
U.S. Army MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) at K-51 Inje Airfield in South Korea during the Korean War. Litter jeeps of U.S. Marine Corps 1st Medical Battalion come and stop near hospital tents. A sign reads 'United States Naval Medical Center'. One U.S. soldier buttons up his coat as he talks with another soldier. A sign at a medical center reads 'Medical D Co.' . Ambulances pull up. Litter bearers start to carry a man on a litter to a tent.
Far East Air Force operations in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Air Force B-26 aircraft on Kunsan airbase (K-8) field. Crew members perform preflight inspections and climb aboard. The bombadier gets into the nose turret of the aircraft and pilot into the cockpit. A ground crewman stands fireguard with extinguisher for engine start. Aircraft taxis as a ground crewman signals. Aircraft loaded with bombs under its wings taxis along the field for take off. Aircraft taxis.
Seoul, South Korea wide shot with traffic during the Korean War. Pedestrians climb stairs and cross foot bridge across road. Moped or motor scooter shares road with cars amidst new buildings. People in crosswalk, men in business suits and women in traditional Hanbok robes. The South Korean jazz band "Rhythm and Blues" plays. Shots of Asian saxophonist, bass player, trumpet player, and drummer playing. South Koreans dancing in night club. Sign near Korean DMZ--"Light & Weapons Line. Personnel will not travel beyond this point unless they are armed or wearing flak vests--steel pots. All vehicle lights turned off at this point. "SAFETY FIRST" Truck carrying troops stops at DMZ check point 30 miles north of Seoul. Soldier inspects truck and waves it through check point. Soldier emerges from tunnel and scans horizon with binoculars. Soldiers hidden in weeds viewing with binoculars. Guard approaches pill box protected with sand bags and barbed wire. Guard with M60 machine gun in fox hole lined with sand bags. Close up of M60 machine gun.
The armistice ending the Korean War is signed July 27, 1953. South Korean refugees walking down train tracks at the end of the Korean War. Heavily damaged buildings in Seoul, South Korea. Residents of Seoul picking through trash looking for food. 1960s a bulldozer is seen in front of a new high rise building in Seoul. Construction supplies carried by laborers to construction site from water. Pedestrians on Seoul street wearing traditional Hanbok robes. Market place in Seoul, picking crabs at market stall. Women with Korean children. Korean children in front of temple. Children eating on street with balloons nearby. Korean children playing volleyball. Korean children in school uniforms. Korean women looking in store front in Seoul. Streets in Seoul show bicycles and carts overloaded with supplies.