- Title: VM-1001C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description: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-1001C