- Title: VM-1006B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:00:00 - 00:32:25 - UNITED NATIONS FORCES COUNTER-ATTACK NARRATOR TELLS OF U.N. COUNTER-ATTACKS BETWEEN MAY 20,1951 AND JUNE 20,1951 FOLLOWING THE RED SPRING OFFENSIVE WHICH COST THEM DEARLY. 00:32:48 - CU- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS U.N. COUNTER-ATTACK DURING 5/20/52 TO 6/20/51 WHICH TOOK THE U.N. FORCES WELL ABOVE THE 38TH PARALLEL TAKING KUMHWA AND CHORWON AND ADVANCING NORTH TOWARD PYONGANG. 00:33:59 - ALLIED UNITS ADVANCE - MONTAGE- INFANTRY-TANKS ADVANCE ALONG ROADS AND HILLS. 00:35:17 - INFANTRY RECEIVES CLOSE AIR SUPPORT - ELS- DIVE BOMBERS SMASHING ENEMY HILL POSITIONS AS SMOKE CLOUDS RISE FROM EXPLOSIONS ON THE FAR HILLS. 00:36:58 - MUD HAMPERS U.N. FORCES - MS- VEHICLES RIDE ACROSS MUDDY ROADS DURING RAIN. 00:37:31 - CU- GIS' FEET SLIDE IN THE MUD AS THEY CLEAN THE BARREL OF THEIR ARTILLERY PIECE AS THEY AWAIT DELIVERY OF AMMO.CU- GI, WITH SHORT STUBBY BEARD AND TANK GOGGLES ON HIS HELMET SMILES BROADLY INTO CAMERA. 00:38:00 - LS- TRANSPORT PLANE DROPS AMMO BY PARACHUTE. 00:39:58 - CU- CAPTAIN JOHN ROCK IS INTRODUCED AND HE TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INFORMATION PROGRAM OF THE ARMY. HE TELLS HOW THE KOREAN GI IS KEPT INFORMED OF WHAT GOES ON IN KOREA AND THE WORLD. 00:40:03 - MS- CAPTAIN ROCK A COPY OF THE 'STARS AND STRIPES' NEWSPAPER AND 'ARMED FORCES TALKS' MAGAZINE. 00:42:35 - MS- GIS STACK NEWLY ARRIVED SHELLS FOR THEIR CANNONS. CU- AFTER STACKING THE SHELLS THE GI SCREWS ON THE FIRING PIN. 00:42:50 - CU- THE GIS POLISH THE BREECH OF THE CANNON AND RETURN IT TO THE CANNON THE TEAM MOVES QUICKLY TO LOAD AND FIRE THE PIECES.CONTINUOUS ROUNDS ARE FIRED BY THE BIG GUNS. 00:44:47 - MONTAGE- SOLDIERS AND TANKS CONCEAL THEMSELVES IN DEEPLY IMPLACED BUNKERS COVERED BY BRUSH AND HARD TO SEE. MS- GIS IN BUNKER THOUROUGHLY CLEAN THEIR RECOILLESS RIFLE. 00:45:06 - MS- LT.GENERAL FRANK MILLBURN VISITS THE FRONT LINES. 00:47:05 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES FATHER JOSEPH MURPHY WHO ATTENDED TO THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF TROOPS AT THE FRONT LINES.TELLS OF CREATIVE METHODS USED TO HOLD MASS AT THE FRONT. 00:54:01 - ATTACK CONTINUES - LS- MACHINE GUN OPENS FIRE ON A ENEMY HELD SMALL HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE. MS- COMMUNIST PRISONERS ARE TAKEN. 00:55:12 - MONTAGE- GIS SIT AROUND AND REST BEFORE THE ATTACK.LS- 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS IN CLUSTERS OF 4 FIRE INTO THE HILLS.MS- GIS STOP FOR A HOT MEAL 00:56:14 - NAVY ROCKETS BLAST WONSAN.ROCKETS ARE LOADED ABOARD A NAVY ROCKET SHIP.MS- SAILORS PLACE THE LONG ROCKETS IN THE FIRING TUBES. 00:56:41 - LS- THE NIGHT SKY IS LIT UP BY A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS AS ROCKETS ARE FIRED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1006B