- Title: VM-1001A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: KOREAN WAR.
- Description:00:01:26 - NARRATOR. CAPTAIN CARL ZIMMERMAN TELLS OF FIRST 40 DAYS OF THE KOREAN WAR WHERE UN FORCES, GREATLY OUT NUMBERED HELD ON TO A SMALL REMAINING SECTION OF THE PUSAN PENINSULA AS REINFORCEMENTS OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES POUR IN. 00:02:02 - JUNE 1950- AS DESCRIBED BY A GI WHO WAS THERE 00:02:30 - MONTAGE- TROOPS TRAIN CLIMBING INTO LANDING BOATS WADING INTO SHORE. 00:02:49 - MS- HEAD WOUND OF GI BEING TREATED BY A MEDIC MS- A GI WITH HIS WHOLE LEG BANDAGED WALKS ALONG A ROAD WITH A MEDIC. 00:03:00 - LS- GI CROUCHES AS HE ADVANCES UP A HILL. 00:03:30 - MS- A CARGO PLANE LANDING AND GIS UNLOADING SUPPLIES. 00:03:56 - MS- SQUADS OF GIS LINE UP AT THE PIER AND TAKE OF ALONG THE ROAD IN LONG COLUMNS PASSING BY VILLAGERS WHO WATCH. 00:05:20 - MONTAGE- GIS SIT ALONG THE ROAD AND WATCH PEOPLE, VACATING THEIR VILLAGE, PASS BY. MS- PAN OF EMPTY VILLAGE WITH GIS WALKING BY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. 00:05:53 - CU- GI SHOVEL DIGGING INTO THE MUDDY GROUND. MS- GIS DIGGING FOXHOLES ON SIDE OF HILL. CU- A MACHINE GUN WITH AMMO BELT LIES NEARBY 00:06:14 - MS- ARTILLERY CREW DIG IN THEIR HOWITZER NEXT TO A ROAD. MS- 2 GIS SIT ON GROUND NEXT TO THEIR MACHUNEGUN AND EAT RATIONS. 00:06:37 - LS- A VETERAN SOUTH KOREAN PATROL WALK ALONG A ROAD. 00:07:09 - MONTAGE- TROOPS FIRING MORTARS AND RIFLES WHILE LYING PRONE ON GROUND. MS- A GI WALKS VERY SLOWLY AS HE ADVANCES. 00:07:24 - MS- MEDICS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS INTO A FIELD HOSPITAL. 00:07:54 - LS- SOLDIERS WEAR BRANCHES AND TWIGS ON THEIR HELMETS TO CAMOUFLAGE THEM. 00:08:39 - MS- GIS TRY TO MAKE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE ALONG A HILLSIDE TRYING TO REST AND SLEEP. 00:08:43 - MS- A SHIRTLESS GI REMOVES HIS SHOES AND SOCKS AS ANOTHER 'TAKES A SHOWER' BY SPLASHUNG HIS FACE WITH A HELMET FULL OF WATER. 00:09:00 - MONTAGE- SOLDIERS DIGGING DEEP FOXHOLES 00:09:15 - MS- SOUTH KOREAN PEASANTS CARRYING AMMO FOR THE GIS, WALK SINGLE LINE DOWN ROAD. 00:09:20 - LS- WOMEN, CHILDREN & OLD MEN REFUGEES WALK DOWN ROAD LUGGING THEIR BELONGINGS ON THEIR BACKS AND HEADS. 00:09:25 - MONTAGE- NORTH KOREAN REDS WHO WERE CAPTURED TRYING TO INFILTRATE WITH THE REFUGEES, SIT SOLEMNLY ON GROUND WAITING TO BE INTERROGATED. 00:09:46 - MS- INFILTRATORS SIT ON GROUND WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS. GI STANDS OVER THEM WITH HIS RIFLE 00:10:07 - MS- ARTILLERYMAN SHOVES A SHELL INTO THE CANNON AND FIRES, FOLLOWED BY A BARRAGE OF OTHER CANNON 00:10:26 - MS- GENERALS WALKER AND DEAN STUDY MAPS AT THE FRONT AS THEY PLAN THE HOLDING ACTION WHILE SUPPLIES AND REINFORCEMENT ARRIVED. 00:10:39 - LS- LOADS OF SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED ON PIER FROM THE SHIPS, INCLUDING HUGE CRATES,TANKS AND TRUCKS. 00:11:05 - MS- (PAN) GIS SITTING IN TRUCKS AND JEEPS AT THE PIER WAIT TO MOVE OUT. 00:11:23 - JEEPS PULLING ARTILLERY AND WEAPONS CARRIERS ROLL ONTO AN LST VIA A RAMP. LS- A LONG CARAVAN OF VEHICLES WAIT TO LOAD ONTO LANDING CRAFT. 00:12:03 - MS- GIS PILE UP SHELLS FOR THE ARTILLERYMEN WHO LOAD AND FIRE REPEATEDLY 00:12:52 - LS- HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISED FROM BRIDGE OVER PROM RIVER WHICH WAS BOMBED IN EFFORT TO DELAY REDS. 00:13:38 - MS- WOUNDED GIS ARE LOADED IN AMBULANCES BY MEDICS AND EVACUATED BY PLANE. 00:14:03 - LS- UNITS OF THE 25TH AND 1ST CAVALRY DIVISIONS ARRIVE WITH THEIR WEAPONS AND VEHICLES ON A LONG COLUMN OF RAILROAD FLAT CARS. MS- THE GIS CAREFULLY UNLOAD THE TRAINS. 00:14:15 - MONTAGE- NEWLY ARRIVED TANKS SPEED DOWN A ROAD TO THE FRONT. MS- A GI GUIDES A TANK INTO A WOODED POSITION. MS- TANKMEN CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE TANK'S PARTS. 00:14:58 - MS- A TANK TAKES A POSITION ON A HILL AND FIRES ACROSS A RIDGE AT THE HIDDEN ENEMY. 00:15:30 - LS- SMOKE RISES FROM THE TOWN OF TAEJONG SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. MONTAGE- GIS FIRE FROM BEHIND A BUILDING IN THE STREETS OF TAEJON WHERE THEY WERE TRAPPED BY THOUSANDS OF NORTH KOREANS. 00:15:59 - LS- TANKS TRY TO PUSH DOWN STREETS OF TAEJONG AND ARE REPELLED BY THE REDS MS- A TRUCK BACKS UP AFTER TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. 00:16:34 - MS- GENERAL JAMES DEAN STANDS WITH HANDS ON HIPS AS HIS TANKS SIT IDLE. TAEJONG IS SURROUNDED. 00:17:06 - MONTAGE- GENERAL DEAN STAYS BEHIND AS HE ORDERS HIS TROOPS TO BREAK OUT OF TRAP.HE IS LATER CAPTURED. 00:17:21 - LS- TELEPHONE POLE LEANS ACROSS THE ROAD. LS-JEEP WITH DEAD GI SLUMPED BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. 00:17:30 - LS- (PAN) RUINS OF THE TOWN OF TAEJONG. 00:17:51 - LS- GI WHO STAYED BEHIND,DROPS TO HIS KNEES AND FIRES HIS HAND HELD MACHINE-GUN. 00:18:07 - CU- A GI SCREWS THE FIRING PIN ONTO A SHELL 00:18:13 - MONTAGE- MORTARMEN LOAD THEIR MORTAR AND FIRE, ARTILLERY MEN LOAD THEIR CANNONS AND FIRE. SCENE IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER. 00:18:53 - CU- GI SITS ON THE GROUND AND SPOONS HIS FOOD FROM HIS METAL DISH OTHERS LOUNGE AROUND AND REST 00:19:26 - MS- A PATROL WALKS DOWN A RUGGED HILL IN SINGLE LINE, CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR LIPS. 00:19:38 - MS- EXHAUSTED GIS STOP AND REST CU- WEARY LOOKING GI DEJECTEDLY LOOKS TO MOUNTAINS AHEAD. 00:20:05 - MONTAGE- SHIRTLESS GIS BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS STREAM PLACING LARGE ROCKS IN THE STREAM BY HAND. GIS CARRY TIMBERS AND USE SHOVELS TO REPAIR ROADS 00:20:57 - LS- RETREATING GIS PLANT MINES IN ROADS. 00:21:14 - LS- GIS PLACE TNT ON BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE AS OTHERS PLANT MINES ON APPROACH TO BRIDGE. MS- A GI SITS ON A BOX OF TNT. 00:21:29 - 2 GIS PLANT TNT ON A RAILROAD TRACK. 00:21:50 - MONTAGE- GIS FIRE RIFLES FROM BEHIND BARRICADES TO HOLD BACK ADVANCING REDS. 00:22:10 - LS- BRIDGE ACROSS THE NAKTONG RIVER. AERIAL- (PAN) THE NAKTONG RIVER AND ITS BRIDGES. MS- ARTILLERY PIEE FIRES ROUNDS ACROSS RIVER AT ENEMY 00:23:08 - AERIAL- PLANES BOMB ENEMY TRAFFIC ON ROADS, AS SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERAS. 00:23:31 - MS- GIS DIG FOXHOLES AS THEY FINALLY SET UP LINE OF DEFENSE AROUND THE BEACHHEAD OF PUSAN. 00:23:50 - CU- GIS SIT AND READ THE HEADLINES AND COMIC STRIPS IN THE 'STARS AND STRIPES' GI NEWSPAPER 00:23:58 - MS- CHAPLAIN HOLDS SERVICES AS GIS READ THE BIBLE 00:24:27 - MS- A WHITE OFFICER HANDS HIS BINOCULARS TO A BLACK OFFICER WHO PEERS THROUGH THEM. 00:24:47 - MS- GIS STRING BARBED WIRE IN HIGH BRUSH. 00:25:20 - MONTAGE- TANKS AND TRUCKS FULL OF SOLDIERS MOVE UP TO THE FRONT TO REPLACE WORN OUT GIS. MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF GIS RUN FORWARD ACROSS RUGGED TERRAIN 00:25:50 - MONTAGE- SOLDIERS LIE PRONE ON A HILLTOP AND SHOOT DOWN ON THE ENEMY WITH RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS. 00:26:14 - MS- GI STUMBLES DOWN A HILL HOLDING HIS WOUNDED WOUNDED. 00:26:33 - MS- A WOUNDED GI LEANS ON HIS BUDDY'S SHOULDER AS HE TRYS TO WALK WITH HIS WOUNDED LEG. 00:26:44 - MS- VERY WEARY GIS STAGGER DOWN A ROAD ONE IS CARRIED PIGGY-BACK ATOP HIS BUDDY'S SHOULDER. 00:33:00 - "THE TURNING OF THE TIDE" 00:33:15 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 'TURNING OF THE TIDE', THE FIGHT TO HOLD ON TO THE PUSAN PERIMETER, THE MARCH ON SEOUL AND ACTIONS OF THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION 00:34:10 - AUGUST 1950 - CU- ANIMATED MAP SHOWING EFFORTS BY UN FORCES TO PREVENT FROM BEING FORCED INTO THE SEA AT THE PUSAN PENINSULA.FLASHES ON THE MAP INDICATE HUGE AREA OF THE NORTH BEING BOMBED BY THE UN PLANES. 00:35:46 - UNITED NATIONS FORCES HOLD RED INVADERS AT NAKTONG RIVER. MS- ENGINEERS BUILDING PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS NAKTONG AS UN FORCES BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD. 00:36:10 - MONTAGE- SO. KOREAN PEASANTS BY THE HUNDREDS BUILD UP THE NAKTONG RIVER BED TO HOLD HEAVY DUTY BRIDGE CAPABLE OF CARRYING UN HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 00:36:26 - MONTAGE- HEAVY EARTH MOVERS SUCH AS TRACTORS, MOBILE CRANES AND TRUCKS ARE NOW USED TO REPAIR AND BUILD ROADS. LS- DERRICK SCOOPS UP BUCKETS OF DIRT AND DEPOSITS IT IN TRUCKS. 00:36:46 - BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN KOREA ON BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'UNICORN'. MS- A KOREAN MILITARY BAND PLAYS WELCOME MUSIC. MS- YOUNG KOREAN SCHOOL GIRLS WAVE FLAGS.BRITISH OFFICER RECEIVES BOQUET OF FLOWERS FROM WOMAN. 00:37:43 - MONTAGE- BRITISH TROOPS CROWD THE CARRIER DECK. SCOTTISH TROOPS WITH KILTS DEBARK FOLLOWED BY LONG LINE OF TROOPS WITH TOSSLED TAMS. 00:38:03 - PROPAGANDA WARFARE - GIS LOAD BUNDLES OF LEAFLETS ON PLANE TO BE DROPPED OVER NORTH KOREA. THE CARGO ALSO CONTAIN SAFE CONDUCT PASSES. 00:38:37 - MS- CREWMAN PUSHES THE BUNDLES OF LEAFLETS OUT OF THE PLANE. THE LEAFLETS SCATTER ACROSS THE SKY AND FLOAT SLOWLY TO THE GROUND. 00:38:58 - ARMY-MARINES COUNTERATTACK - LONG COLUMN OF TANKS ADVANCE ON ROAD TO POHANG FOLLOWED BY RUNNING AND WALKING GIS. 00:40:28 - MS- GIS HITCHING A RIDE ON A SLOWLY ADVANCING TANK SHOW ANXIETY AS THE TANK MOVES ALONG. 00:41:20 - LS- GI RIFLEMEN FIRE FROM THE TOP OF A RIDGE. 00:41:52 - NARRATOR INTERVIEWS LIEUTENANT TOM DRISENSTOCK PLATOON LEADER FOR THE 24TH DIVISION TELLS ABOUT THE DEFENSE AROUND THE PUSAN PERIMETER AND THE PREPARATION AND BREAKOUT OF THE BEACHHEAD. HE TELLS OF SUICIDAL ENEMY THAT REFUSED TO SURRENDER 00:46:34 - MONTAGE- ON SEPTEMBER 2,1950 THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION MOVE ALONG A ROAD TOWARDS YAENSONG. THEY ADVANCE ALONG THE ROAD AND UP HILLS IN SINGLE LINES. 00:47:45 - MS- MARINES RUN FORWARD AS THE ENEMY OPENS FIRE. A MARINE WITH A WOUNDED ARM RUNS BACK FOR AID. 00:48:03 - CU- MARINE MACHINE GUNNER AND PARTNER RAKES THE FIELD BELOW AS OTHERS LAY PRONE AND FIRE THEIR RIFLES AS IN A SHOOTING GALLERY. 00:49:08 - MS- CREWMEN ON CARRIER LOAD ROCKETS ON FIGHTER PLANES MOUNTING THEM ON WINGS. MS- A LARGE BOMB IS ATTACHED TO THE FIGHTER'S BELLY. 00:49:56 - LS- A NAVYMAN GIVES THE SINGLE FOR A PLANE TO TAKE OFF. THE PROPELLER DRIVEN CORSAIRS TAKE OFF ONE BY ONE. 00:50:14 - AERIAL- PLANES STRAFE AND BOMB ENEMY BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES, AS SEEN FOM THE ATTACKING PLANE 00:50:41 - B-26'S STRIKE REDS - GROUND CREWS LOAD LONG BELTS OF AMMO ON B-26'S ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED GUNS. 00:51:09 - MS- 2 CREWMEN ROLL A LARGE 1000 POUND BOMB UNDER THE PLANES BOMB BAYAND USE A JACK TO RAISE IT INTO PLACE AND ARMED. THE PLANE IS THEN FUELED. 00:51:42 - MS- PILOTS AND CREWMEN FILE OUT OF THE BRIEFING ROOM AND PILE INTO TRUCKE FOR TRIP TO PLANES. 00:52:55 - MS- A SQUADRON OF B-26 IN FLIGHT. LS- BOMBS SLOWLY DROP FROM BOMB BAYS ONTO THE TARGETS BELOW. 00:53:30 - WOLMI INVADED - LS- ON SEPTEMBER 15,1950 WOLMI ISLAND IS BOMBARDED BY WARSHIPS. CANNON FLASHES LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. LS- ROCKETS SHOOT SKYWARD FROM THE ROCKET LAUNCHING SHIPS. 00:54:05 - MS- GENERAL MACARTHUR WATCHES FROM BRIDGE OF WARSHIP. MONTAGE- THE 1ST WAVE OF MARINES HIT THE BEACH. 00:54:40 - MS- A BULLDOZER COVERS A RED DUGOUT. CU- A RED SOLDIER LIES DEAD ON THE GROUND MS- A CAPTURED RED IS MADE TO STRIP, OTHERS COME OUT WITH THEIR HANDS UP. 00:55:13 - MARINES TAKE INCHON - ON SEPTEMBER 16,1950 THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION WALK AND RIDE INTO THE DESERTED CITY OF INCHON. 00:55:38 - HAN RIVER CROSSING - TROOPS IN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES CROSS THE HAN RIVER FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH. MS- WRITTEN ON AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE: "WE THREE, MY DRIVER, MY GUNNER AND ME". 00:56:40 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS PROGRESS MADE FROM AUGUST 10,1950, WHEN THE REDS MADE AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO DESTROY THE ALLIED FORCES, UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20, 1950 WHEN THE TABLES WERE COMPLETELY REVERSED BY THE TAKING OF INCHON 150 MILES NORTH AND THE REDS FINDING THEMSELVES TRAPPED BY MACARTHUR'S MANEUVER.IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE COMMUNIST INVASION OF THE SOUTH. 01:02:00 - "THE UNITED NATIONS OFFENSIVE" 01:02:19 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE UN FORCES ON THE OFFENSIVE, THE RECAPTURE OF THE CITY OF SEOUL, THE FALL OF THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF PYONGYANG AND THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI 'BIG MO' IN ACTION. 01:02:41 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS OUR POSITION ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1950 WHEN THE NORTH KOREAN FORCES WERE TRAPPED BY MACARTHURS LANDING AND TAKING OF INCHON. 01:03:24 - SEOUL RECAPTURED - MS- MARINES UNDER HEAVY FIRE, RUN THROUGH THE BOMBED OUT CITY STREETS OF SEOUL. STREET FIGHTING RAGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 01:04:14 - MS- GROUP OF MARINES FIRE FROM INSIDE A BOMBED OUT BUILDING AS HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHTING RAGES. 01:05:27 - MS- EXHAUSTED MARINES SIT AND REST AS THE FIGHTING ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 26,1950 AFTER A 5 DAY BATTLE. MS- MARINE HOLDS UP A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. 01:05:43 - 11TH AIRBORNE FLIES TO KOREA - 2400 PARATROOPS OF THE 187TH REGIMENT ARRIVES IN JAPAN FROM U.S. MS- THE PARATROOPS BOARD TRANSPORT PLANES FOR FLIGHT TO COMBAT ZONE. 01:06:46 - MONTAGE- THE 187TH ARRIVES IN KOREA AND THE SAME PLANES FLY WOUNDED BACK TO JAPAN. 01:07:21 - MS- A DISASSEMBLED 280 TON PONTOON BRIDGE IS ALSO UNLOADED FROM THE CARGO PLANES. 01:07:25 - MS- GENERAL GEORGE KENNY, LT. GENERAL GEORGE C. STRATEMEYER, AND RETIRED GENERAL CARL SPAATS INSPECT THE AIRFIELD AND LOOK OVER A CAPTURED RUSSIAN YAK 25 PLANE. 01:08:26 - 'BIG MO', ATTACKS - MS- THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG IS RAISED ON THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI. CU- THE MASSIVE 16 INCH CANNONS ARE ROTATED INTO POSITION 01:09:01 - MS- INSIDE THE SHIP, SAILORS AUTOMATICALLY LOAD THE PROJECTILE INTO THE CANNON. LS- THE CANNONS MOVE SKYWARD AND FIRE. LS- EXPLOSIONS ARE SEEN ON DISTANT SHORE. 01:10:26 - TYPHOON HITS SAKAI ARMY BASE - MONTAGE- LARGE SECTIONS OF CORREGATED METAL ROOFING BLOWS AROUND LIKE PAPER AS STRONG WINDS LASH THE BARRACKS BUILDINGS. (PAN) 01:11:51 - MS- (PAN) A LARGE CORREGATED SECTION OF A BUILDING LIES UP AGAINST A BARRACKS. LS- A TELEPHONE STANDS TILTED TOWARDS A RAILROAD TRACK. 01:12:15 - PYONGYANG FALLS - LONG LINES OF UN SOLDIERS AND TANKS ADVANCE SINGLE LINE TOWARDS THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF PYONGYANG. 01:13:08 - LS- A VEHICLE BURNS ALONG THE ROAD. SUDDENLY, IT EXPLODES. 01:13:47 - LS- UN TROOPS CAREFULLY ADVANCE ALONG THE STREETS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. CU- A MEDIC GIVES FIRST AID TO A WOUNDED 1ST CAVALRY GI. 01:15:10 - MS- NORTH KOREAN CIVILIANS WATCH THE UN TROOPS PASS THROUGH THE STREETS OF PYONGYANG. 01:15:28 - NARRATOR INTERVIEWS A GIWHO DESCRIBES THE PARATROOP LANDINGS OF THE 187TH REGIMENT OF THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION AND THE ENTRY OF THE CHINESE IN THE WAR, HIS CAPTURE AND ESCAPE. 01:20:51 - MONTAGE- THE AIR DROP OF THE 187TH REGIMENT. MS- PARATROOPERS HELP EACH OTHER ADJUST THEIR CHUTES AND PACKS BEFORE BOARDING PLANES. 01:21:59 - ELS- PARATROOPS SLOWLY DESCENDING TYO THE GROUNS 01:22:36 - MS- GENERAL MACARTHUR WATCHES THE JUMP FROM PLANE WINDOW. 01:24:31 - AL JOLSON ENTERTAINS U.N. TROOPS. MS- AL JOLSON EXITS MILITARY PLANE AND CHATS WITH OFFICERS AT THE PUSAN AIRBASE (SEPT.17,1950) AS HE MAKES HIS LAST AIR TOUR. 01:25:14 - LS- A HAPPY AUDIENCE OF GIS APPLAUD JOLSON AS HE GIVES ONE OF HIS LAST PERFORMANCES SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH IN SAN FRANCISCO 01:25:23 - MONTAGE- JOLSON MAKES HIS FAMOUS GESTURES AS HE BELTS OUT HIS SONGS. 01:25:45 - MS- A GI SNAPS HIS FINGERS TO THE BEAT. 01:25:58 - MS- AL JOLSON RAISES THE UN FLAG. 01:26:20 - MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE ENCIRCLEMENT OF THE NORTH KOREANS AFTER THE LANDING AT INCHON ON SEPTEMBER 20,1950 AND THE DRIVE PAST THE 38TH PARALLEL ON OCTOBER 20,1950. THE TAKING OF PYONGYANG AND THE DRIVE TO THE MANCHURIAN BORDER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1001A