- Title: P-213-19
- Summary: TRUCE IN KOREA: TRUCE IN KOREA. SOLDIERS SWEAT OUT THE LAST DAYS OF A BLOODY WAR AND REJOICE IN THE KOREAN TRUCE. THE LAST DAYS OF THE WAR.
- Description:00:55:40 - 1953. FOOTAGE OF LAST DAYS OF FIGHTING IN KOREA CU SOLDIERS FEET RUNNING THROUGH WATER, PUDDLE LAYS DOWN, FOLIAGE IN HELMET. CAMOUFLAGE. RUNNING THROUGH MUDDY FOXHOLES & DUCKING DOWN. COMBAT FOOTAGE. SOLDIER SLIDES DOWN SIDE OF HILL. UN SOLDIERS HUG THE EARTH WAITING FOR ARMISTICE (HF-YTV) 00:56:07 - EXTERIOR OF COMMUNIST PEACE PAGODA IN PANMUNJOM SOLDIERS STAND GUARD. MEN FILE INSIDE 00:56:14 - CU ARMISTICE AGREEMENT. 00:56:16 - SENIOR TRUCE DELEGATE, GENERAL HARRISON, SIGNS AGREEMENT. 00:56:25 - NORTH KOREAN DELEGATE SIGNS. 00:56:29 - GENERAL CLARK SIGNS ARMISTICE. 00:56:41 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SOME BARE CHESTED, STAND UP & CHEER. CU YOUNG SOLDIERS. SOLDIERS REJOICE. BLACK SOLDIERS. GROUP OF SOLDIERS SITTING WAVE AT CAMERA 00:56:48 - UN FORCES DEMOLISHING BUNKERS. TAKING APART BUNKER. THROW SACKS DOWN HILL. SANDBAGS 00:56:58 - UN SOLDIERS LOOK DOWN HILL AT COMMUNIST SOLDIERS EXPRESSING THEIR OWN RELIEF. ONE HAS LOST PART OF HIS LEG. 00:57:06 - HELMETS LAY ON GROUND. SOLDIER PICKS ONE UP IN TRIBUTE TO DEAD SOLDIERS. 00:57:12 - PAN QUIET LANDSCAPE. KOREAN FRONT 00:57:23 - UN SURVIVORS COME MARCHING HOME. SMILING, WAVING. 00:57:28 - AT FREEDOM VILLAGE. CU SIGN "WELCOME, GATE TO FREEDOM". 00:57:32 - FIRST POWS ARRIVE BY TRUCK. "OPERATION BIG SWITCH" SOUTH KOREAN POWS, TROOPS ARRIVE. POWS COME HOME 00:57:56 - INSIDE PROCESSING TENT, CHAPLAIN OFFERS PRAYERS TO SOLDIERS. TALK TO PRIEST, PRAY. 00:58:06 - IN MESS HALL. MEN AT TABLE EATING. ONE MANAGES A SMILE 00:58:14 - SHIP COMES HOME TO GREAT WELCOME. HAPPY WELCOME HOME. BOAT SPRAYS WATER ON SOLDIERS' BOAT AS IT PASSES. 00:58:17 - PEOPLE THROW STREAMERS AT BOAT. WOMEN WAVE. 00:58:23 - WOMEN ATTACK MEN AS THEY DISEMBARK. WOMEN KISS SOLDIERS. THEY GRAB MAN. ONE KISSES HIM. 00:58:27 - HOMECOMING PARADE. HUGE CROWD. LOTS OF PAPER IN STREETS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-19