- Title: VM-1004B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT OF THE KOREAN WAR DECEMBER 20, 1950 - FEBRUARY 20, 1951
- Description:00:30:33 - JANUARY 20, 1951 TO FEBRUARY 20, 1951. UN FORCES PUSH THE CHINESE BACK. 00:31:52 - NARRATOR TELLS OF U.N. FORCES MOVING NORTH: THE CAPTURE OF SUWON, 25TH DIVISION ATTACKING TOWARD SEOUL. 00:32:23 - CU ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE CHANGING POSITIONS OF FORCES DURING JANUARY 20 TO FEBRUARY 20,1951. WONJU IS RE-TAKEN AND 1ST CORP OF 8TH ARMY CROSSES THE HAN RIVER, INCHON IS RE-OCCUPIED AND UN TROOPS ARE AT THE GATES OF SEOUL. 00:34:24 - MAP SHOWS THE EXPECTED RED DRIVE IS STOPPED AND 100,000 RED CASUALTIES RESULT. 00:34:56 - SUWON RECAPTURED: MONTAGE HEAVILY ARMED 25TH DIVISION TROOPS RIDE ATOP TANKS IN THEIR ADVANCE. 00:35:56 - TROOPS SLOWLY WALK ACROSs THE FROZEN WAN RIVER IN A SINGLE LINE. 00:36:26 - CIVILIAN COMING FROM THE VILLAGE IS CAREFULLY SEARCHED. 00:37:22 - CU ARTILLERY CREWMAN AFFECTIONATELY POLISHES A SHELL. CU MUZZLE OF CANNON FACES CAMERA 00:38:00 - TROOPS SEARCH HOUSES IN SUWON AS THEY GO THROUGH. 00:38:37 - GENERAL JOSEPH BRADLEY EXAMINES A MAP WITH A CAPTAIN AS TROOPS ADVANCE IN BACKGROUND. 00:39:05 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES LIEUTENANT BILL TRAVIS OF 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION TELLS OF GREAT MORAL OF MEN AND OF THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF SUWON. 00:42:00 - TRAVIS SHOWS THE OLD AND NEW BAZOOKA WHICH WAS USED TO KNOCK OUT RED TANKS 00:43:30 - ENEMY DEAD LITTER A RIDGE AND CHINESE PRISONERS ROUTED OUT OF THE HILLS ARE GIVEN FIRST AID BY UN MEDICS AND ESCORTED TO THE REAR. 00:44:33 - GIS LAY ON THE GROUND AND SLEEP IN GROUPS 00:44:40 - CU GI SOUND ASLEEP WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN. 00:45:20 - MONTAGE TANK CREWMEN STICK THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR TANKS BEFORE BLASTING AWAY AT ENEMY. AN ENEMY SHELL EXPLODES NEAR A UN TANK, BARELY MISSING 00:46:20 - MONTAGE GIS AIMING AND FIRING THEIR RIFLES AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. 00:46:30 - THE HAN RIVER IS REACHED: 25TH DIVISION TROOPS HIDE BEHIND A BARRICADE ALONG THE RIVER AS THEY ARE FIRED UPON. 00:49:35 - CU LIEUTENANT TRAVIS TELLS SOME INTERESTING WAR STORIES AN ANECDOTES. 00:54:03 - HILL 584. MONTAGE 24TH DIVISION ARTILLERY FIRE ROUND AFTER ROUND AT STUBBORN ENEMY FORCE ON HILL. 00:55:03 - GI POURS ROUND AFTER ROUND INTO A HEAVY MORTAR TUBE AS OBSERVERS WATCH WITH BINOCULARS. 00:55:26 - GIS SLOWLY CLIMB THE HILL UNDER COVER OF THE MORTAR BARRAGE AS THE HILL CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES HANDS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1004B