- Title: P-213-20
- Summary: KOREAN POW EXCHANGE: KOREAN POW EXCHANGE. THESE SCENES OF RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR ARE AMONG THE MOST POIGNANT IN THE MILESTONES SERIES.
- Description:00:58:44 - AERIAL OVER KOREA, 1953. THIN ROADS VISIBLE WITH TRUCKS MOVING ON ONE. AERIAL OF CONVOY. 00:58:55 - TRUCKS ON DIRT ROAD PASS GUARD WHO DIRECTS THEM 00:59:00 - AMBULANCE, RED CROSS TRUCK. DOOR OPENS, & FIRST AMERICAN FREED, PRIVATE CARL KIRCHENHAUSEN. GETS OUT. HUGS FATHER? 00:59:20 - PRISONERS GETTING OUT OF AMBULANCE. PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM KOREAN COMMUNISTS. 00:59:30 - TURKISH PRISONER WALKS WITH CANE. COMRADE IS THERE TO GREET HIM, THEY HUG. 00:59:37 - WOUNDED SOLDIERS BEING TAKEN OUT OF AMBULANCES. 00:59:50 - MONTAGE OF MEN ON LITTER CASES BEING PUT ON UN HELICOPTERS. MEN ON STRETCHERS STRAPPED ONTO HELICOPTER. RED CROSS HELICOPTER TAKES OFF & FLIES AWAY. 01:00:09 - HELICOPTER ON GROUND AT FREEDOM VILLAGE. MEN CARRY STRETCHERS WITH WOUNDED ON THEM INTO TENT. 01:00:19 - SIGN SAYS "WELCOME GATE TO FREEDOM" 01:00:21 - RED CROSS GUARD DIRECTS TRUCKS INTO FREEDOM VILLAGE. MONTAGE OF RED CROSS TRUCKS COMING INTO TENT CITY. 01:00:27 - GROUP OF MEN STAND BEHIND RED CROSS TRUCK WAITING TO GREET NEWCOMERS. MAXWELL TAYLOR & GENERAL MARK CLARK AMONG THEM. 01:00:39 - CU GENERAL MARK CLARK. 01:00:40 - SOLDIERS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK & SHAKING HANDS WITH AWAITING GROUP. 01:00:53 - WALKING & WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON STRETCHERS GOING INTO TENTS. 01:01:04 - GIANT ARMY HOSPITAL PLANE LANDS IN TOKYO. MEN ON STRETCHERS BROUGHT DOWN RAMP 01:01:12 - RED CROSS MEN ESCORT WALKING WOUNDED. 01:01:28 - CU SMILING MAN ON STRETCHER PASSES CAMERA. HANDS BEHIND HEAD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-20