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North Korea invades South Korea.

Invasion of South Korea. The 38th Parallel and the North Korean invasion of South Korea after crossing the parallel. Soldiers in trenches fire rifles. General Douglas MacArthur arrives in South Korea to counter the aggression of North Korea. Artillery fired and an injured soldier given blood plasma. Dead soldiers buried and other soldiers pray at the burial. Canadian soldiers and soldiers from other countries leave for Korea War under the flagship of the United Nations. The United Nations soldiers bid adieu to their dear ones. Soldiers make an amphibious landing and move inland in trucks. Soldiers move along the Manchurian border. Planes drop bombs and smoke rises. The Chinese Army attacks the United Nation forces and they are forced to retreat. The United Nation forces move ahead under extreme climatic conditions. (Korean War)

Location: Korea
Date: 1950, December 21
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049144
Attack by North Korea and U.S. attempt in United Nations' Security Council meeting to protect South Korea.

Start of Korean War. South Korea is attacked by Communist North Korea. Map shows division of Korea and capital of North and South Korea as Pyongyang and Seoul. Animated arrows shows attack of North Korea to South Korea. Troops of Korean Republican Army in the South mobilizing in citiies and heading to the front. South Korean soldiers fire rifles and artillery from trenches and hills. Smoke is seen among mountain ranges during battle. Soldier looks through binoculars. Next scene is in the United States, in Lake Success, New York, where guards at the United Nations simultaneously raise flags of many nations at the United Nations. South Korean ambassador Chang Myon is seen at an Emergency meeting of the Security Council of the UN. Secretary of UN, Trygve Lie states the situation is a as threat to world peace and calls for acceptance of the U.S. demand to reestablish peace. All 9 members present raise their hands in acceptance. Next scene is back in South Korea. Scenes of displaced civilian refugees including women and children. Many are gathered together. Man helps old woman to walk. Two Korean refugee boys stand side by side as one child eats bread. Next scene is again at the United Nations. Empty seat of representative of the Soviet Union is shown. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Warren Austin, speaks and asks that the UN members vote to to assist South Korea, repel the armed attack by North Korea, and bring peace. Camera shows Security Council delegates voting, as 7 out of 8 representatives raise their hands in acceptance.

Location: South Korea
Date: 1950, June
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026524
Funeral rites of Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary General of United Nations in Uppsala, Sweden.

Uppsala Cathedral during funeral rites of Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary General of United Nations in Uppsala, Sweden. Garlands on Hammarskjöld's casket. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden honors Hammarskjöld. Other dignitaries are present at the ceremony. Among them is 15-year-old Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, Duke of Jämtland, who later became King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden. Priest performs last rites. United States Vice President Lyndon B Johnson and Ambassador to United Nations, Adlai Stevenson pay homage to Hammarskjöld. The flower-covered casket is carried on streets of Uppsala atop a horse-drawn wagon. A large crowd walks behind the casket. People honor Hammarskjöld by salute. United Nations and national flag are lowered in salute during the burial.

Location: Uppsala Sweden
Date: 1961, October 2
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034209
United Nation forces advance in various Korean towns and villages during the Korean War.

The United Nation forces during the Korean War. Activities and advance of United Nations forces in Korea from 22nd to 29th January, 1951. United Nation Forces move north wards. United States 25th Division Combat Team loaded on tanks as they advance into a village. United States 35th Regimental Combat team pushes on in Osan, Korea. A soldier checks and cleans a machine gun. Civilians being searched for weapons. Task Force troops of the UN enter a town. Refugees being questioned with the help of a South Korean interpretor. A soldier works on shells,he looks through the gun sight and artillery being fired. UN troops take Koreans as prisoners and a soldier speaks on a field phone. UN task force in Suwon. Soldiers loaded onto an American tank as they move towards Han river, U.S. General Joseph S. Bradley with an officer as they confer. Soldiers of the United States 25th Infantry Division rest against a wall.

Location: Korea
Date: 1951
Duration: 4 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058705
United States President John F Kennedy addresses General Assembly of the United Nations in New York

United States President John F Kennedy addresses General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. View of the United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Kennedy addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations- September 25, 1961. “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.” President Kennedy said. Dignitaries arrive in Moscow. Dean Rusk, Secretary of State of the United States, Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister and Alec Douglas Home, British Foreign Minister signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev claps with others on the signing of the Treaty. President John F Kennedy signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at White house, Washington DC. Dean Rusk seen with other Senators.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1963, November
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034341
Nikita Khrushchev, King Hussein of Jordan and Jawaharlal Nehru speak at the General Assembly in the United Nations.

A United Nations General Assembly meeting. Nikita Khrushchev addresses men and repeats his demands for the admission of Red China. He threatens the United Nations by talking about the drastic reorganization of the UN. He also talks about the removal of Dag Hammarskjold as Secretary-General. King Hussein of Jordan comes next and addresses men. He speaks as the head of a small nation that has experienced imperialism. He denounces Red attempts to wreck the United Nations. He terms the new Soviet imperialism the most brutal the world has known. India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru speaks in this regard. He defends the present structure of the world organization and makes a characteristically eloquent plea for peace. The Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold speaks in his own defense. He receives a standing ovation from the General Assembly.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1960, October 3
Duration: 6 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028579
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