- Title: VM-1001B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description: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.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1001B