- Title: VM-1008
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: CIVIL ASSISTANCE IN KOREA. CONTROL & TEACHING OF CIVILIAN POPULATION DURING WARTIME. REBUILDING KOREA
- Description:00:01:33 - NARRATOR TELLS HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND SUPPLY OF CIVILIAN REFUGEES IN KOREA BY UN FORCES ALONG WITH THEIR BATTLE DUTIES. 00:02:50 - LS- RUBBLE AND DEBRIS WHICH WAS ONCE THE CITY OF SEOUL, THE CAPITAL OF SO. KOREA. MS- A WOMAN CROUCHES AND SEARCHES THE THROUGH THE DEBRIS AND FINDING BITS OF ARTIFACTS . 00:03:19 - MONTAGE- LONG LINE OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN CHOG THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN, THROUGH FIELDS AND HILLS, CARRYING BUNDLES OF THEIR BELONGINGS AND CHILDREN ON THEIR BACKS AND HEADS. 00:04:17 - MS- CIVILIAN AND MILITARY GROUPS MEET TO PLAN ASSISTANCE FOR THE REFUGEES.UNITED NATIONS CIVIL ASSISTANCE COMMAND (UNCAC) IS ITS NAME. 00:04:29 - MS- 6 KOREAN WORKERS LIFT PICKAXES AND CHOP INTO THE GROUND IN RYTHMIC UNISON ON A RAILROAD TRACK. CU- A WOMAN WORKER POURS PILES OF SMALL ROCKS OUT OF A WICKER BASKET. AN OLD MAN CHOPS INTO THE GROUND WITH A HOE. 00:04:42 - MS- VILLAGE PEOPLE HELP REFUGEES OF A TRUCK. MS-A LITTLE BOY IS GIVEN SOME RICE FROM A VILLAGER. MS- A WOMAN IS HANDED SOME CLOTHING BY SOLDIERS. 00 05 46 REFUGEES DO CHORES ON HOUSES WHERE THEY WERE RESETTLED. 00:06:13 - AERIAL- WORKERS IN THE HOLD OF A SHIP SHOVEL HUGE QUANTITIES OF RICE INTO A LARGE NET WHICH IS LIFTED OUT OF HOLD BY WINCH INTO WAITING BARGES. 00 07 15 MS- CHILDREN LINE UP AT FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER WHERE THE SIT AT OUTDOOR PICNIC TABLES AND EAT A HOT MEAL. 00:07:46 - MS- GIS HELP A LITTLE GIRL PUT ON A DRESS THEY DISTRIBUTED AS A CROWD OF WOMEN AND KIDS WATCH. 00:08:14 - MS- AN OLD WOMAN SHOWS APPRECIATION AS SHE RECEIVES A GARMENT FROM THE GIS. 00:08:27 - MS- KIDS MOB A GI WHO IS GIVING OUT BUBBLE GUM. CU- THE GI BLOWS A LARGE BUBBLE TO THE AMAZEMENT OF THE KIDS WHO NEVER SAW IT BEFORE. CU- A GI SQUATS AND BLOWS A BUBBLE IN THE FACE OF A KID AS THE OTHERS LAUGH. 00:09:18 - CU- THE KIDS SMILE AND WAVE WILDLY AT THE LEAVING GIS. 00:09:25 - MS- VOLUNTEER KOREAN WOMEN SLIP ON WHITE NURSE COVER-ALLS AS THEY HELP INOCULATE THE VILLAGERS AGAINST SMALLPOX, TYPHUS AND TYPHOID. 00:09:48 - MS- LITTLE BOYS TAKE SHOTS LIKE TROOPERS. CU- A LITTLE KID HOLDS UOP HIS FOLDED SLEEVE WITH AN ANXIOUS LOOK ON HIS FACE AS A STETESCOPE DANGLES IN HIS FACE. 00:10:37 - CU- A WOMAN HANDS OUT 'SHOT TICKETS' AS PROOF OF OF INNOCULATION. MS- A LITTLE BOY IS MAN-HANDLED BY A MEDIC WHO SPRAYS POWDERED DDT IN THE BOYS PANTS AND DOWN HIS BACK AND FRONT 00:11:05 - MS- WOMAN CARRYING A LARGE BUNDLE OF FIREWOOD ON HER HEAD, SMILES AS THE MEDIC SPRAYS HER DOWN HER BLOUSE. 00:11:30 - MONTAGE- RUBBLE WHICH ONCE WAS FACTORIES IN SEOUL LS- A SMALL CHILD STANDS AMID THE RUBBLE. 00:11:59 - MS- AN ELDERLY PEASANT STOOPS ANKLE DEEP IN RICE PADDY PLANTING RICE. MS- HE RISES TO ADMIRE HIS WORK. 00:12:52 - MONTAGE- WAR WRECKED AND SINKING FISHING BOATS. MS- MEN WORK BUILDING A WOODEN FISHING BOAT. MS- FISHERMEN TAKE IN CACHE AND FILL UP BINS WITH FISH. 00:13:28 - MONTAGE- ELECTRIC HIGH VOLTAGE TOWERS AND LINES PRODUCE POWER NEEDED FOR FREEZERS AND FACTORY NEEDS. MS- BLOCKS OF ICE ARE PLACED IN A CRUSHER. MS- CRUSHED ICE IS POURED INTO THE HOLD OF A FISHING VESSEL. 00:14:02 - MS- KOREAN WORKERS TOIS AT THE MACHINERY AT A CANNERY. MS- CANS ARE FILLED WITH 2 OF KOREA'S STAPLE FOOD ITEMS: FISH AND RICE. 00:14:29 - MONTAGE- WRECKED MACHINERY LIE IN WAR DESTROYED FACTORIES. MS 3 KOREAN WOMEN WORKERS SIT AMID THE PILES OF COTTON AT A NEW MILL AND SEPARATE FIBERS 00 15 00 MS- THE MACHINES PRODUCE COTTON BATTING FOR WARM CLOTHING AND COTTON THREAD ON SPOOLS. 00:15:29 - CU- A WOMAN ADEPTLY MAKES A SLIPPER WITH HER HAND TOOLS. MS- THE SLIPPERS ON A RACK, ARE REMOVED FROM A LARGE PRESSURE COOKER BY MEN WORKERS. 00:16:05 - MS- SCRAP PIECES OF COPPER CABLE ONCE USED FOR TROLLEY CAR LINES IS RECYCLED. MOLTEN COPPER IS MADE INTO INGOTS AND TURNED INTO NEW CABLE AND ROLLED ONTO SPOOLS. 00:16:51 - MS- AN OLD BLIND WOMAN WITH A CANE IS GUIDED BY ANOTHER WOMAN THROUGH MUDDY STREETS. MS-2 MEN AND A WOMAN PUSH HARD TO MOVE THEIR CART LADEN WITH BELONGINGS. FOLLOWED BY A MAN PUSHING HIS BIKE THROUGH THE MUD. 00:17:32 - MS- A DOCTOR SITS AT OUTDOOR TABLE AND EXAMINES A LITTLE BOY WHO CRIES WHEN MOTHER REMOVES HIS CLOTHING. CU DOCTOR LOOKS IN BOYS EAR WITH AN INSTRUMENT. 00:18:19 - MS- ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL TREAT GIS ALONG WITH CIVILIANS WHO CARRY WAR SUPPLIES FOR THE ALLIES. MS- A PREGNANT WOMAN EXITS TENT AFTER EXAM. 00:19:06 - MS- ITALIAN FLAG FLIES AT FULL TIME HOSPITAL AT YON DONG HO AND THE DANISH HOSPITAL SHIP WHICH CARRY FULL SCALE EQUIPMENT. 00:19:30 - LS- X-RAY MACHINE IS USED ON PATIENT AT HOSPITAL IN TEIGU. CU- TECHNICIAN POURS SAMPLE INTO A TEST TUBE, PLACES IT ON CENTRIFUGE AND TESTS IT UNDER A MICROSCOPE. 00:21:12 - MS- SURGEONS AND ASSISTANTS PREPARE A PATIENT IN AN OPERATING ROOM.A MASK IS PLACED OVER HIS FACE FOR THE ANESTHESIA. MS- A TABLE WITH OPERATING TOOLS. CU- A MASKED SURGEON STARTS THE OPERATION. 00 22 38 MS- 4 KOREANS FLEX THEIR FEET WRAPPED IN SPLINTS AND CASTS. 00:22:41 - MS- A LITTLE GIRL WALKS WITH A STILL SMALLE CHILD IN TOW. MS- A LITTLE NUDE CHILD SITS ON THE GROUND CRYING, ALL OF THEM ORPHANS. 00:22:54 - MS- A JEEP WITH MP'S STOP BEHIND A BOY WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH A CHILD IN THE ROAD. MS- THE LITTLE CHILD CRIES HYSTERICALLY WHEN THE MP PICKS HIM UP. THE 2 ARE TAKEN IN THE JEEP. 00:23:37 - MOMTAGE- CHILDREN IN AN ORPHANAGE PLAY ON SWINGS AS OTHERS RUN AROUND IN OTHER GAMES. 00:23:53 - LS- GIS PICK UP LITTLE CHILDREN IN THEIR ARMS. LS- BOYS RIDE ON GI'S SHOULDERS AND PLAY GAMES MS- LARGER BOYS JOIN IN CALISTHENICS GIVEN BY AN INSTRUCTOR, OTHERS PLAY VOLLEYBALL. 00:24:49 - MS- KIDS SIT AT PICNIC TABLES AT AN OPEN AIR CLASSROOMS. TEACHERS WRITE ON BLACKBOARDS. 00:25:15 - MS- GROUPS OF OLDER BOYS SIT AROUND READING BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. MS- ONE OF THE BOYS GIVES WIDE GRIN 00 25 41 MD- 2 BOYS MIX CEMENT FOR AN INSTRUCTOR WHO REPAIRS A WALL WITH A TROWEL. 00:26:22 - MS- BOYD DIG UP THE GROUND WITH SHOVELS AND PLANT SEED. 00:26:54 - MS- WORKERS LIFT HEAVY RAILROAD TIES AND PLACE A LONG ROW OF THEM ON A BRIDGE READY FOR TRACK. 00:27:05 - LS- A TROLLEY RUNS IN SEOUL AND PEOPLE RIDE IT. 00:27:23 - MS- A KOREAN SOLDIER (THE NARRATOR) FIRES HIS RIFLE RAPIDLY, FROM BEHIND A SANDBAG BARRIER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1008