1950-1951NEWSREELS
DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT OF THE KOREAN WAR
NOVEMBER 20, 1950 - MARCH 1951
NOVEMBER 20, 1950 - MARCH 1951
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UNITED NATIONS FORCES ESCAPE THE CHINESE
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| 00:31:06 66 |
CU- ARMY TANK COMING TOWARD CAMERA - ROLLS OVER
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| 00:31:23 83 |
CU- NARRATOR CAPTAIN ZIMMERMAN TELLS OF ARMY 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION ADVANCE TO THE YALU RIVER, THANKSGIVING DINNER ALONG THE MANCHURIAN BORDER AND THE GREAT EVACUATION AT HUNGNAM.
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| 00:32:20 140 |
CU- ANIMATED MAP SHOW EVENTS AND POSITIONS OF UN FORCES BETWEEN NOVEMBER 20 TO DECEMBER 20, 1950 MAP SHOWS UN FORCES REACHING MANCHURIAN BORDER AT HYESANJIN ON NOVEMBER 20,1950.
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| 00:33:02 182 |
CU- MAP SHOWS CHINESE ENTERING IN GREAT NUMBERS ON NOVEMBER 28,1950 AND PUSHING BACK UN FORCES CUTTING THEM IN HALF.WITH PART OF THE 10TH CORP FIGHTING OUT OF A TRAP NEAR THE CHANGJIN RESEVOIR.
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| 00:33:28 208 |
MAP SHOWS BY DECEMBER 20, 1950 THE REDS REACH THE 38TH PARALLEL.
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| 00:33:53 233 |
LS- TROOPS OF U.S 7TH DIVISION SLOWLY ADVANCE ACROSS SNOW COVERED HILLS AND PLAINS NEAR THE YALU RIVER
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| 00:34:59 299 |
LS- THE YALU RIVER FROZEN OVER COMPLETELY AND THE KOREAN TOWN OF HYESANJIN NESTLED ACROSS THE RIVER FROM MANCHURIA.
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| 00:35:25 325 |
CU- NARRATOR ZIMMERMAN INTRODUCES SERGEANT CHARLAS DUMAS, COMBAT CORRESPONDENT, OF THE 7TH DIVISION. HE TELLS OF 7TH DIVISION'S AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT INCHON AND BEING ONLY DIVISION REACHING THE MANCHURIAN BORDER.
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| 00:39:00 540 |
MS- DUMAS TELLS OF U.S TROOPS HAVING TURKEY DINNER AT THE YALU RIVER AND THE FRIGHTFUL COLD.
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| 00:40:52 652 |
TROOPS SIT OUTDOORS,IN THE EXTREME COLD, ON PICNIC TABLES AND ENJOY A HOT TURKEY DINNER FOR THANKSGIVING AT THE YALU RIVER.
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| 00:41:08 668 |
MS- A MACHINE GUN CREW,DUG IN A SNOW COVERED FOX HOLE, WITH THEIR GUN POINTED ACROSS THE FROZEN YALU RIVER.MS- A MESS SERGEANT BRINGS THEM COVERED POTS OF HOT TURKEY AND DISHES IT OUT.
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| 00:42:12 732 |
MONTAGE - TROOPS MARCH IN RETREAT IN HEAVY WINDS AND SNOW AS CHINESE PUSH ACROSS THE YALU RIVER IN FORCE.LS- (PAN) ARMY TENTS ARE BATTERED BY HEAVY WINDS. (PAN) TANKS ARE LINED UP FOR WITHDRAWAL.
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| 00:43:19 799 |
MS- CREWMEN PUSH SUPPLIES OUT OF AIRPLANES ON PARACHUTES,TO THE TROOPS ON GROUND.MS- HEAVILY CLAD GIS ON GROUND PICK UP THE CRATES OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
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| 00:44:12 852 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS BURN ANY EXCESS MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THE ADVANCING ENEMY CANNOT USE IT.
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| 00:44:54 894 |
MS- MEDICS TRANSFER BATTLE CASUALTIES IN STRETCHERS ONTO HOSPITAL PLANES.
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| 00:45:45 945 |
MONTAGE- A STEADY STREAM OF TROOPS AND VEHICLES RETREAT ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS COVERED WITH SNOW.
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| 00:46:17 977 |
CU- TROOPS FEET MARCHING IN SNOW ALONG A ROAD.
LS- ENDLESS LINE OF TROOPS BRISKLY RETREATING ALONG A MOUNTAIN ROAD, A CONVOYS OF VEHICLES FOLLOWING. |
| 00:47:12 1032 |
MONTAGE- WEARY TROOPS BARELY WAVE AS THEY RIDE IN TRUCKS AND ANYTHING THAT ROLLS.
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| 00:48:03 1083 |
MS- SERGEANT DUMAS TELLS OF THE HARROWING EXPERIENCE AT THE CHANGJIN RESEVOIR, WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHINESE TROOPS BLOWING BUGLES AND CHARGING IN HUMAN WAVES HIT THE 31ST REGIMENT.
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| 00:50:25 1225 |
MS- DUMAS TELLS OF WITHDRAWAL OF THE 17TH AND 31ST REGIMENT'S RETREAT TO THE HUNGNAM PERIMETER.HE TELLS OF THE GREAT EVACUATION OF THAT PENINSULAR.
WHICH INCLUDED THE 3RD DIVISION,THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION,7TH DIVISION THE ROK DIVISION AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NORTH KOREAN CIVILIANS |
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LS- HUGE STORES OF SUPPLIES LIE ON THE SHORE OF HUNGNAM READY TO BE EVACUATED. MS- A HUGE PILE OF SUPPLIES IS LIFTED BY WINCH ONTO SHIP..
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| 00:53:15 1395 |
MONTAGE- AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE TREMENDOUS STORES OF SUPPLIES AND VEHICLES AWAITING EVACUATION ON THE PIERS.
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| 00:54:10 1450 |
MONTAGE- SOME OF THE OVER 100'000 CIVILIAN REFUGEES CARRYING BUNDLES ON THEIR HEADS, BABIES IN PAPOOSES GATHER ON SHORE TO BE EVACUATED BY WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE.
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| 00:55:40 1540 |
MONTAGE- TRUCK BEING LIFTED ONTO A SHIP,VEHICLES DRIVING ONTO LST'S ALONG WITH A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF TROOPS. WOUNDED ARE HELPED ONTO AN LST.
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| 01:00:42 1842 |
THE UN OFFENSIVE CONTINUES.
CU- NARRATOR CAPTAIN ZIMMERMAN TELLS OF EVENTS IN KOREA DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 1951. |
| 01:01:36 1896 |
NARRATOR TELL OF TROOPS PUSHING THROUGH RAIN AND MUD,PLANE SUPPORT OF 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND UNITS OF THE 25TH DIVISION CROSSING THE HAN RIVER.
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| 01:01:56 1916 |
CU- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE CHANGING LINES AS 'OPERATION KILLER',PUSHES ACROSS THE HAN RIVER AT CHIPYONG AND WONJU CLOSE TO THE 38TH PARALLEL BETWEEN FEBRUARY 20 AND MARCH 20,1951.
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| 01:03:12 1992 |
PUSH PERSISTS DESPITE RAIN - M0NTAGE- TROOPS AND VEHICLES ADVANCE ON MUDDY ROADS AS RAIN FALLS.
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| 01:03:58 2038 |
ELS- PLANE DROPPING ARTILLERY AMMO BY PARACHUTES TO THE 1ST CAVALRY.LS- THE CHUTES HIT THE GROUND IN A SMALL CLOSE PERIMETER.
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| 01:04:24 2064 |
A GI CARRIES A SHELL AND SCREWS ON THE FIRING PIN.
POWDER IN SMALL WHITE PACETS ARE ALSO PREPARED. |
| 01:04:56 2096 |
MONTAGE- AN ARTILLERY BATTERY IS FED THE SHELLS AND FIRES LS- THE SHELLS ARE SEEN EXPLODING IN THE DISTANT HILLS.
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| 01:05:27 2127 |
AIR FORCE POUNDS ENEMY - AERIAL - PLANES STRAFE ROADS AND SHOOT ROCKETS AT SUPPLY DUMPS AND ENEMY POSITIONS, AS SEEN FROM THE ATTACKING PLANES.
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| 01:08:45 2325 |
NARRATOR INTRODUCES SERGEANT BILL TAYLOR OF THE 24TH DIVISION WHO SHOWS 2 TYPES OF MORTAR ROUNDS AND THEIR VARIED PURPOSES.
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| 01:12:40 2560 |
CU- TAYLOR TELLS OF THE ACTION SEEN BY HIS 24TH DIVISION FIGHTING FOR THE HILLS ALONG THE HAN RIVER AND HIS ACTIONS IN TAKING AND RE-TAKING OF HILL #1157.
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| 01:13:45 2625 |
CU- TANK WITH MARKINGS OF A TIGERS MOUTH, ROLLS TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND VEER OFF TO THE LEFT BEFORE ROLLING OVER.TANKS AND TROOPS FIRE INTO THE DENSE UNDERBRUSH.
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| 01:14:28 2668 |
CU- SOLDIER OF THE 24TH DIVISION DIGS A FOXHOLE.
MS- OTHERS LAY DOWN AND REST AMID THE BRUSH. A SOLDIER SETS UP A MORTAR POSITION.CU- ALIGNS THE SIGHTS, FEEDS THE ROUNDS AND FIRES. |
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MS- A MACHINE GUN CREW FIRES ROUNDS. MS- A CHINESE SOLDIER SURRENDERS AND IS ESCORTED WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS HEAD.HE IS STRIPPED AND SEARCHED.
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| 01:16:02 2762 |
25TH DIVISION UNITS CROSS HAN RIVER. ELS- COLUMNS OF TROOPS CROSS NARROW BRIDGE ACROSS HAN.TROOPS TAKE TIME-OUT FOR FOOD BEFORE CROSSING.
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| 01:16:40 2800 |
MS- A BULLDOZER PUSHES THE MUD TO CLEAR FOR A BRIDGE AS TROOPS CROSS IN ROW BOATS.
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| 01:17:27 2847 |
CU- A GI SPOONS HIS FOOD HE JUST HEATED ON AN OPEN FLAME.
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| 01:17:51 2871 |
MONTAGE- GI LOOKS THROUGH HIS RANGE FINDER GETS THE DISTANCE AND THE MORTAR CREW PUMP SHELL AFTER SHELL INTO THE MORTAR.
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| 01:19:19 2959 |
MONTAGE GIS PLACE SECTION AFTER SECTION OF PONTOON BRIDGE IN WATER UNTIL THEY GET ACROSS THE RIVER.AN ENGINEER SHAKES OUT HIS BOOTS AFTER FALLING INTO THE COLD RIVER.
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| 01:20:17 3017 |
NARRATOR INTRODUCES LIEUTENANT CHARLES WRIGHT OF THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION.CU- HE SHOWS THE NEW COMPACT FOOD RATION ISSUED TO THE GIS IN KOREA.
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| 01:24:57 3297 |
MONTAGE- GIS RIDE ATOP FAST MOVING TANKS AS THEY ADVANCE. MONTAGE- GROUND TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN. GI SWEEPS MINE DETECTOR SLOWLY ACROSS THE GROUND.
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| 01:25:40 3340 |
MS- GIS USE SHOVELS TO REPAIR A ROAD DESTROYED BY RETREATING REDS.
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| 01:26:32 3392 |
MS- A TANK TOWS ANOTHER DISABLED TANK ACROSS A STREAM,BUT HAS TO BE ABANDONED IN MID-STREAM.
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| 01:27:00 3420 |
MS- 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS MOUNTED ON A TRUCK AUTOMATICALLY POUR FIRE INTO ENEMY POSITIONS.
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