- Title: VM-1005
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT OF THE KOREAN WAR. MARCH 20 - APRIL 20, 1951
- Description:01:35:35 - MS- CAPTAIN CARL ZIMMERMAN INTRODUCING 'THE BIG PICTURE' WHICH IS A REPORT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM OUR ARMY ON THE QUEST TO STOP COMMUNIST AGGRESSION. THROUGH FIRST HAND REPORTS FROM COMBAT VETERANS AND THROUGH FILM PRODUCED BY THE ARMY SIGNAL CORE PHOTOGRAPHED BY COMBAT CAMERAMEN. RECORDING 'THE BIG PICTURE' AS IT HAPPENS WHERE IT HAPPENS. 01:36:07 - TELLS OF EVENTS IN KOREAN WAR BETWEEN MARCH 20, 1951 AND APRIL 20, 1951 WHICH INCLUDE THE UN FORCES CROSSING THE 38TH PARALLEL, PARATROOPERS LAND IN MUNSAN AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) TROOPS IN ACTION. STRENGTH OF AN INFANTRY TAG-TEAM. AND A MESSAGE FROM GENERAL EISENHOWER. ALSO HEAR FROM TWO ARMY SOLDIERS FROM THE 1ST CALVARY DIVISION: WARRANT OFFICER SAM PUTTERBALL AND PRIVATE 1ST CLASS JIM VINES. 01:36:50 - CU- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE CHANGING POSITIONS OF THE UN AND THE ENEMY FORCES DURING 3/20/51 TO 4/20/51. 01:37:15 - ON 3/21/51 THE UN FORCES TAKE CHUNCHON NEAR THE 38TH PARALLEL, AND THE 187TH COMBAT TEAM PARACHUTES BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN MUNSAN,BUT THE MAIN BODY OF RED TROOPS ESCAPE THE TRAP. 01:37:37 - CU- MAP SHOWS ROK FORCES CROSS THE PARALLEL AND MOVE ON YANGYANG ON THE EAST AND IN THE WEST A U.S.TANK FORCE CROSSES THE PARALLEL NORTH OF SEOUL. 01:37:50 - UN NAVEL FORCES PATROL THE EAST KOREAN WATERS HARRASSING ENEMY TRANSPORT AND TROOP MOVEMENT ALONG THE COAST. BOMBARDING KEY COMMUNIST TRAFFIC HUBS. 01:38:05 - ALLIED GROUND TROOPS CONTINUE THEIR CAUTIOUS ADVANCED INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. ON 4/18/97 UN FORCES IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR TAKE HWACHON DAM AND ENTER THE TOWN OF HWACHON. 01:38:20 - AS OF 4/20 THE CHINESE COMMUNIST ARE CONTINUING TO FALL BACK ALL ALONG THE FRONT WITH HEAVY CASUALTIES. HOWEVER THEIR RESISTANCE BECOMES STRONGER AS UN TROOPS APPROACH THE HUGE ENEMY CONCENTRATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MASKED BELOW CHUNCHON, FOR THE LONG EXPECTED COUNTER OFFENSIVE. 01:39:01 - PARATROOPERS LAND NEAR MUNSAN - CU- A CRUDELY MADE TOMAHAWK CHOPS DOWN ON A MAP OF KOREA ON THE SPOT WHERE PARATROOPS WILL JUMP. THE AIRBORNE MISSION IS NAMED OPERATION TOMAHAWK: OBJECTIVE IS SEIZE AN AREA DEEP IN ENEMY TERRITORY ON THE IMJIN RIVER. 01:39:28 - MS- AN OFFICER INSPECTS EACH MAN'S PARACHUTE BEFORE THEY BOARD PLANE.MONTAGE- TROOPS, ARTILLERY AND JEEPS ARE LOADED ON THE HUGE C-119'FLYING BOXCARS'. 01:40:32 - ELS- PARATROOPS 'HIT THE SILK', FOLLOWED BY JEEPS, ARTILLERY AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. IN AN UNUSUAL SCENE, VOLUMES OF PARACHUTES SHOOT BY THE PLANE TAKING THE PICTURES. 01:41:54 - CU- THREADS OF TANKS ROLLING BY ARE SEEN BY CAMERA AS TANKS JOIN UP WITH THE PARATROOPS. 01:42:00 - CU- TANK DRIVER POKES HIS HEAD OUT OF TANK TO HAVE A LOOK. THE TASK FORCE REORGANIZES AND MOVES OUT 01:42:20 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES, PFC. JIM BINES(BUCKLEY, WV), OF THE 7TH REGIMENT OF THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION WHO TELLS OF ACTION HE SAW NEAR HWACHON DAM. 01:45:00 - ELS- U.S. JETS DROPPING NAPALM ON ENEMY POSITIONS IN THE HILLS OF HWACHON.EXPLOSIONS ARE SEEN IN THE DISTANT HILLS. 01:45:34 - MONTAGE- RIFLEMEN RUN TO ENEMY POSITIONS IN THE THICKLY WOODED HILLS. MS- A GI SLOWLY WALKS THROUGH THE WOODS, THEN DUCKS AS A SHOT IS FIRED. 01:46:21 - CU- A GI AIMS HIS BAZOOKA WHILE ANOTHER FEEDS A SHELL INTO IT; HE FIRES WHILE CHEWING GUM. 01:46:51 - MS- TROOPS STICK OUT THEIR GLOVELESS HANDS OVER A FIRE TO WARM UP. 01:46:58 - R.O.K. DIVISION CROSSES IMJIN RIVER - LS- THE IMJIN RIVER SEEN OVER THE BARREL OF A RIFLE POINTING DOWN ON IT FROM AFAR. 01:47:19 - MONTAGE- SO. KOREAN TROOPS ASSEMBLE FOR THE ASSAULT TO CROSS THE RIVER. 01:47:30 - CU- KOREAN GENERAL SUPERVISING THE FORCE LOOKS INTO CAMERA. AREAS SUSPECTED OF CONTAINING HOSTILE FORCES ARE PLOTTED BY ARTILLERY MEN. 01:47:51 - MS- KOREAN OFFICER CALLS FOR ARTILLERY OVER HIS PHONE. CU- A BLACK U.S.GI RESPONDS. BLACK ARTILLERY CREWS FEED CANNONS AND FIRE BARRAGES. 01:48:30 - MS- R.O.K. TROOPS LOAD INTO ASSAULT BOATS AND PADDLE ACROSS THE IMJIN RIVER. 01:49:08 - UN LIAISON OFFICERS OBSERVE THE ACTIVITIES AS THE RIVER CROSSING IS EXECUTED. THE EMJIN IS CROSSED SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST INEFFECTIVE RESISTANCE FROM NORTH KOREA AND ELEMENTS OF THE CHINESE 3RD FIELD ARMY. 01:49:30 - SHAPE(SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS IN EUROPE) ACTIVATED - LS- (PAN)THE ARC DE TRIOMPE IN PARIS AND THE SHAPE BUILDING NEARBY. 01:49:40 - CU- GENERAL EISENHOWER,SUPREME COMMANDER OF NATO, MAKES A SPEECH ACTIVATING SHAPE. GENERAL IKE SIGNS THE FIRST ORDER ISSUED BY SHAPE. 01:50:58 - LS- (PAN) BUILDING MATERIALS LIE ON GROUND OF A 60 ACRE PLOT OF MARLEY FORREST WHERE CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMENANT HEADQUARTERS FOR SHAPE IS BEGUN. 01:51:17 - MS- WORKERS DIG FOOTINGS AND CEMENT IS POURED INTO IT BY HAND. A WORKER POUNDS DOWN THE CEMENT WITH A HEAVY TAMPING TOOL. 01:51:39 - TANK-INFANTRY TEAM CROSSES PARALLEL. 01:51:45 - MS- TANK MEN SIT ON GROUND BY THEIR TANKS AS AN OFFICER BREIFS THEM BEFORE AN ATTACK. 01:52:00 - CU- A GI CROUCHES WITH HIS RIFLE IN HAND AND A CIGARETTE HANGING AS HE LISTENS. 01:52:04 - CU- GRENADES ARE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS AND PLACED IN A WOODEN BOX. 01:52:12 - MONTAGE- INFANTRYMEN MOUNT TANKS FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE IMJIN RIVER. 01:52:32 - LS- LONG COLUMN OF TANKS RIDE ALONG ROADS AND STREAMS IN A PROBING MISSION, PASSING ABANDONED ENEMY TRUCKS. 01:54:02 - CU- A GI AIMS HIS RIFLE AND FIRES INTO A SMALL SHED. MS- A GI HURLES A MAND GRENADE, DUCKS,AND WAITS SEVERAL SECONDS FOR THE EXPLOSION. 01:54:48 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES A WARRANT OFFICER SAM PUTTERBALL WHO TELLS OF THE IMPROVED EQUIPMENT,FOOD AND MEDICAL TREATMENT AND TANK SUPPORT. 01:58:26 - MS- TQNK CREW PREPARES A TANK FOR BATTLE AS A CAMERMAN GOES ON A MISSION WITH A TANK UNIT. 01:59:09 - MONTAGE- GIS CLEAR ROADS FOR TANKS OF DEBRIS OR RED DESTROYED ROADS. 02:00:45 - MS- A TANK LIES AT AN ANGLE AS IT GOT STUCK WHEN IT VENTURED TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF A HILLY ROAD ANOTHER TANK TRIES TO HELP, BUT CAN'T.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1005