- Title: VM-1006C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:09 - THE KOREAN CEASE-FIRE TALKS BEGIN NARRATOR TELLS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE TRUCE TALKS AND THE CONTINUOUS FIGHTING THAT CONTINUED DURING THE TALKS. 01:01:37 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE FROM JUNE 20,1951 TO JULY 20,1951. 01:01:46 - MAP SHOWS THAT KAESONG WAS CHOSEN AS THE SITE OF THE TRUCE TALKS. THE UN ESTABLISHED A BASE CAMP AT MUNSAN WHERE THEY COMMUTE BACK AND FORTH TO THE TRUCE SITE. 01:02:48 - MONTAGE- CROWDS OF NEWSMEN MOB THE UN NEGOTIATORS AS THEY BOARD A HELICOPTER AT MUNSAN. THE CHOPPER TAKES OFF FOR THE TRUCE SITE. 01:03:47 - AERIAL- THE LETTER 'W' IS MARKED ON THE SPOT THE REDS WANT THE UN NEGOTIATORS TO LAND IN KAESONG. 01:04:04 - LS- THE GROUP IS MET BY TWO UNIFORMED MEN AND A WOMAN INTERPRETER AT THE LANDING SITE.LS- PAN OF THE KAESONG LANDSCAPE. 01:05:15 - CROWD OF NEWSMEN TAKE SHOTS OF GENERAL RIDGEWAY AS HE MEETS RETURNING HELICOPTER. 01:06:10 - MS- COMMUNIST NEGOTIATORS ARRIVE AT THE SITE WITH AN ARROGANT OVER CONFIDENCE. 01:06:18 - LS- ARMED RED GUARDS ARROGANTLY DISPLAY THEIR WEAPONS WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BANNED AT THE MEETINGS. 01:07:11 - MS- AS ADMIRAL JOY,CHIEF UN NEGOTIATOR ARRIVES HE NOTICES AN ARMED GUARD AT WHAT SUPPOSED TO SERVE AS HIS VILLA,LIKE AN IN-HOUSE ARREST. 01:12:10 - MONTAGE- COMMUNIST NEGOTIATORS AND UN NEGOTIATORS ENTERING AND LEAVING THE METING BUILDING WITH LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED EXCEPT ONE- SIDED PROPAGANDA FAVORING THE REDS WHICH HAS ONLY THEIR NEWSMEN PRESENT WRITING SLANTED VIEWS TO OUTSIDE WORLD 01:13:05 - MS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY BIDS GOOD-BYE TO TRUCKS FULL OF NEWSMEN AND ASKS THAT THEY TELL A TRUTHFUL STORY OF THE TRUCE TALKS. 01:13:40 - THE NEWSMEN ARE MET OUTSIDE OF KAESONG AND TOLD THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE TALKS. 01:13:44 - CU- A RED OFFICER WEARS A SMALL SIDE ARM AS HE TALKS TO WESTERN REPORTERS WHO ARE SHOCKED BY THE DECISION.THE CONVOY OF NEWSMEN MAKES A U-TURN BACK TO WANSAN 01:15:42 - GENERAL ALLEN, AIDE TO GENERAL RIDGEWAY, ISSUES AN ULTIMATUM TO THE REDS FROM RIDGEWAY IN THE FORM OF A WRITTEN DOCUMENT WHICH IS READ IN FULL BY GENERAL ALLEN. 01:17:32 - CU- MAP SHOWS SPOT WHERE GENERAL RIDGEWAY PROPOSES FOR THE TALKS TO PROCEED AT PANMUNJON AND BE COMPLETELY FREE OF ARMED PERSONNEL.THE TERMS ARE QUICKLY ACCEPTED AND THE REPORTERS ARE FREE TO ENTER THE AREA. 01:19:32 - CU- FEMALE CORRESPONDENT SITS ON STOOP OF SITE AND WRITES HER REPORT.LS- WESTERN CORRESPONDENT AND RED OFFICER TAKE PICTURES OF EACH OTHER. 01:20:30 - MS- GI STRING TELEPHONE WIRES ACROSS THE FIELD LEADING TO THE MEETING SITE. 01:21:00 - MS- A KOREAN WORKER CARRIES A HEAVY CRATE ON HIS BACK UP A STEEP HILL. HE IS ASSISTED BY A FELLOW NATIVE THE CRATE CONTAINS RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR A RELAY STATION WHICH WILL BE ERECTED AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 01:21:44 - MS- GIS SET UP AN ANTANNAE ON THE HILL. 01:21:56 - MS- THE REDS PUT ON A SHOW OF CHASING TWO ARMED CHINESE OUT OF THE AREA. 01:22:45 - MS- GENERAL NAM IL OF NORTH KOREA STIFFLY POSES WITH HIS NEGOTIATING TEAM AT PANMUMJON. 01:22:57 - AERIAL- VIEW OF THE TRUCE TALK SITE. 01:23:31 - NARRATOR INTRODUCES INFINTRY LIEUTENANT ROBERT FALLON WHO TELLS ABOUT THE SKILL OF THE NEW GI. WHO UNSELFISHLY RISKS HIS LIFE UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1006C