- Title: VM-1006A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT OF THE KOREAN WAR. MAY 20 - JULY 20, 1951
- Description:00:01:30 - THE REDS LAUNCH THEIR EXPECTED SPRING OFFENSIVE. 00:03:31 - EVENTS FROM APRIL 20, 1951 TO MAY 20, 1951 00:03:32 - CU- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS CHANGING LINES AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS ON BOTH SIDE FROM 4/20/51 TO 5/20/51 00:03:42 - MAP SHOWS THE BEGINING OF PHASE 1 OF CHINESE SPRING OFFENSIVE ON 4/23/51 HITTING STRONGEST ABOVE SEOUL AND PUSHING SOUTH .THEY GET PUSHED BACK.ON MAY 17 PHASE 2 OF THE RED SPRING OFFENSIVE SOUTHWEST OF IMJE AND EAST OF CHUNCHON SUFFERING TERRIBLE CASUALTIES. 00:05:19 - UN FORCES WITHDRAW - SOLDIERS BREAK CAMP AND FOLD TENTS IN THE IMJE AREA AS THEY WITHDRAW. CU- A GI HURRIEDLY TAKES A MOUTHFUL OF RATIONS . 00:05:50 - MONTAGE- BRITISH AND AMERICAN MORTAR CREWS PUMP SHELLS INTO THE ENEMY LINES. 00:06:14 - LS- TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES PASS A BURNING U.N.TRACTOR AS THEY RETREAT DOWN THE ROAD. 00:06:28 - MONTAGE- MEN TAKE COVER ALONG THE ROAD AS THEY ARE AMBUSHED BY RED INFILTRATORS. 00:07:05 - MS- TANKS AND TRUCKS MOVE THROUGH THE BATTERED TOWN OF UIJONIGEU. 00:07:31 - MONTAGE- UN SOLDIERS WADE ACROSS AN ANKLE DEEP SWOLLEN STREAM. 00:08:12 - MONTAGE- 155 MM HOWITZERS BLAST THE EVACUATED UIJONIGEU WUTH BARRAGE AFTER BARRAGE. 00:08:37 - MS- SOLDIERS SATURATE A BRIDGE WITH GASOLINE AND WIRE IT WITH EXPLOSIVES. GIS LIGHT THE GASOLINE AND START RUNNING.LS- A HUGE EXPLOSION OCCURS. 00:09:06 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES ARMY NURSE, CAPTAIN MOLLY YOUNGER WHO SERVED WITH FRONT LINE SURGICAL TEAM 00:09:17 - MOLLY TELLS OF HER UNITS ASSIGNMENT TO THE 24TH DIVISION AND HOW FOR THE 1ST TIME A SOLDIER IS GIVEN DIFINITIVE TREATMENT CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES, INCLUDING MANY OPERATIONS. 00:14:26 - CU- A GI PLANTS A LAND MINE IN THE GROUND AND BARBED WIRE IS STRUNG ACROSS A FIELD. 00:16:20 - LS- LARGE CANNONS PLACED IN FRONT OF A BOMBED OUT GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN THE STREETS OF SEOUL, FIRE ROUND AFTER ROUND. 00:17:10 - BLOOD NEEDED IN KOREA - AERIAL- A FIELD HOSPITAL IN KOREA(MASH). MS- A HELICOPTER LANDS WITH A SUPPLY OF BLOOD FOR THE HOSPITAL. 00:17:18 - MONTAGE- A WOUNDED SOLDIER IS CARRIED BY STRETCHER INTO A TENT HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS GIVEN BLOOD AND TREATED.CU- A PINT OF BLOOD HANGS ON ROPE ABOVE THE PATIENT. 00:19:36 - TANK-INFANTRY TEAM HOLDS LINE - CU- A TEAM OF GIS SET UP PERSONAL MINES AND A TRIP WIRE TO SET THEM OFF.MS- THE NEXT MORNING THE FIELD IS STREWN WITH 24 ENEMY SOLDIERS ONE STILL ALIVE.THE WOUNDED MAN IS GIVEN AID AS HE GRIMACES IN PAIN. 00:22:40 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES SERGEANT MIKE PERPUTNIK,A FRONT LINE AID MAN (MEDIC), WHO EXPLAINS HIS JOB AND SHOWS AN AID KIT HE USES. 00:26:08 - MS- A U.S.GENERAL WATCHES UN JETS IN THE DISTANCE POUND THE ENEMY. 00:27:35 - MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP SHOTS OF INFANTRY TROOPS FIRING RIFLES AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FROM THE HIGH GROUND 00:28:02 - MONTAGE- SPECTACULAR SHOTS OF DIVING PLANES DROPPING NAPALM BOMBS,SHOOTING ROCKETS AND STRAFING THE ENEMY POSITIONS AS GIS RAKE THE FIELDS WITH TREMENDOUS MACHINE GUN FIRE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1006A