Major events of the year 1952. A large number of people gather to be a part of a public meeting during Eisenhower's Presidential election campaign. Eisenhower in his speech promises to go to Korea (during the Korean War) after winning the election. Dwight D Eisenhower wins the Presidential election and makes an appearance before the public. Eisenhower reaches Korea on a three day visit. He reviews an honor guard at the airport. Steel industry workers resort to strike and protest. President Eisenhower seizes the industry by an executive edict. But Judge Davis Pine rules against the President.
U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley with Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley, return after their trip to Japan and Korea in Washington DC. U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley and Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley climb down a ladder. An aircraft and men in the background. The Vice President and the Second Lady leave the airport. The Vice President with his wife on a platform. A wall map in the background. Vice President Barkley speaks into a microphone. He talks about the conditions at the Korean War front, and hopes for armistice in Korea.
Mrs. Rose Bucher, the wife of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher (USS Pueblo Skipper), watches her husband’s plight in North Korea on television. Rose Rohling-Bucher shares her concern about her husband’s condition in North Korea. News reporter Bill Warden asks Rose Rohling-Bucher about the possibility of her husband’s release. “I guess I won’t believe they’re home until he's standing in the living room”, Rose Bucher says.
5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea, with evacuation underway, during the Korean War. A United States Marine seated on crates. He opens a package, pulls out other packages which are wrapped with Christmas paper. Merchant ship standing in harbor, its deck loaded with Marines. Several other ships and boats in harbor. A tug pushes the transport from the side.
5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea, during the Korean War. A U.S. Marine sticks his head out of a U.S. tank hatch. The tank moves across the dock area. A Marine holding a rabbit. The rabbit hops around on the crates. Soldiers stand near a tank. A truck loaded with Marines moving along pier. A ship called 'Union Victory' in the background. During evacuation of Hungnam.
U.S. Marines arrive in Korea during the Korean War. Trucks arrive with men and equipment, including a road grader. Men stand at side of road and cheer as the convoy passes. Marine convoy moving along road. Mountains which contain the Chosin Reservoir in the background. Men in truck at road side wave and smile.