Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1031

00:01:30 0	"REBIRTH OF SEOUL" THE GRIPPING STORY OF A CITY RAVISHED BY WAR & OCCUPATION, AS IT REBUILDS WITH THE HELP FROM THE U.S. AND OTHER U.N. MEMBERS WHO HELPED TO SAVE SOUTH KOREA'S CAPITAL
00:02:20 50	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ORPHANS IN SEOUL, KOREA AND THE RE-BIRTH OF THAT CITY.
00:03:16 106	LS- (PAN) A DEVESTATED CITY IN EUROPE. A WOMAN RUNS THROUGH THE RUBBLE. LS- ANOTHER WOMAN FALLS AS SHE RUNS DESPERATELY. MS- A WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS RUNS TO COVER FOLLOWED BY 5 SMALL KIDS.
00:03:32 122	MONTAGE- THE FACES OF MEN AND WOMAN REFLECT TRAGEDY. MS- A YOUNG GIRL CROUCHES OVER BODY IN STREET AND CRIES. 2 WOMAN WALK PAST A BODY OF A WOMAN IN THE STREET.
00:04:08 158	MS- AN OLD PEASANT WOMAN WIPES TEARS FROM HER EYES. MS- 2 WOMAN AND A MAN CLASP THEIR HANDS IN PRAYER. A WOMAN SITS ON A WINDOW LEDGE AND HOLDS HER HEAD IN GRIEF.
00:04:15 165	CU- A GRIEF STRIKEN WOMAN HOLDS WITH HAND TO FACE STARES DISPARINGLY AT A STATUE OF THE VIRGIN
00:04:44 194	AERIAL- CITYSCAPE OF SEOUL, KOREA IN THE SUMMER OF 1950 BEFORE THE WAR. MS- A KOREAN POLICEMAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC IN THE MODERN CITY
00:05:01 211	MONTAGE- NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS WITH THEIR HELMETS CAMOUFLAGED PREPARE TO INVADE THE SOUTH. MS- RED OFFICERS EXAMINE A MAP BEFORE THE ATTACK.
00:05:45 255	LS- UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS AND VOTES 7 TO 1 TO SEND HELP TO SOUTH KOREA. REPORTERS RUSH THROUGH THE HALLWAYS TO SEND IN THE NEWS.
00:06:00 270	MONTAGE- ANNOUNCER BROADCASTING NEWS, A RADIO TOWER AND AN EDITOR SETTING THE PRESS. MONTAGE- TROOPS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS PARADE AND EMBARK FOR KOREA.
00:06:50 320	MONTAGE- KOREAN REFUGEES CARRY THEIR BELONGINGS OUT OF SEOUL, A LITTLE GIRL RUNS TO KEEP UP WITH HER MOTHER.
00:08:30 420	MONTAGE- GIS FIGHT HOUSE TO HOUSE IN THE CITY OF SEOUL UNTIL THEY TAKE IT. LS- REFUGEES RETURN TO THE BATTERED CITY. CU- A RETURNING REFUGEE SCANS THE DESTRUCTION WITH SADNESS
00:10:00 510	MONTAGE- CAPTURED RED FILM SHOW LONG LINES OF NORTH KOREAN FORCES ON THE OFFENSIVE WHICH FAILED DISMALLY.
00:10:30 540	MONTAGE- UN TROOPS RETREATING ON ROADS AS CHINESE ENTER WAR. MONTAGE- REFUGEES AGAIN EVACUATE SEOUL.
00:11:30 600	LS- COMMUNIST CHINESE SOLDIERS MARCH INTO SEOUL AMERICAN AND UN PRISONERS MARCH UNDER GUARD, MANY WILL NOT SURVIVE CAPTIVITY.
00:14:00 750	LS- ON MARCH 13, 1951 UN TROOPS MOVE BACK INTO SEOUL AND START IT'S RESTORATION.
00:14:13 763	MONTAGE- DESTRUCTION OF SEOUL WAS COMPLETE. DEAD BODIES LIE IN THE DEBRIS. MS- TELEPHONE AND POWER LINES AND LIE ON THE GROUND
00:14:55 805	MONTAGE- CHILDREN CRY AMID THE DEBRIS AFTER SEEING THEIR FAMILIES KILLED BY THE FLEEING REDS MS- DIRTY FACED KIDS HOLD OUT TIN CUPS FOR FOOD.
00:15:51 861	MS- A KOREAN WORKER USES A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A WOODEN PILE INTO THE GROUND AS RESTORATION WORK STARTS.
00:16:10 880	MS- 2 MEN DO SOME CEMENT WORK ON A DAMAGED BRIDGE MS- RESOVOIRS ARE PUT BACK INTO SERVICE RESTORING 50 PERCENT OF THE WATER TO THE CITY.
00:16:43 913	MS- TRUCKS ARE LOADED WITH RICE FOR THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. LS- A CARAVAN OF TRUCKS WITH FOOD MOVES TO THE CITY. CROWDS OF PEOPLE WAIT FOR THE HAND OUTS.
00:18:04 994	MONTAGE- FARMERS TEND THE RICE PADDIES MS- THE CIVILIAN POPULATION ARE GIVEN INJECTIONS AGAINST DISEASE. MS- MEDICS EXAMINE CHILDREN
00:19:47 1097	MS- A LITTLE BOY CRIES AS A NURSE TREATS HIS WOUND
00:20:19 1129	LS- MEN WORK ON BRIDGES AND RAILROAD TRACKS TO RESTORE TRANSPORTATION. LS- A LARGE GROUP OF WORKERS RAISE AND LOWER THEIR PICK AXES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
00:20:46 1156	MS- PEOPLE BOARD AND EXIT TROLLEYS AS THEY ARE AGAIN PUT INTO SERVICE. LS- WELDER WORKS ON A METAL BUILDING TRUSS. A CEMENT WORKER BUILDS A WALL. ROOFER LAYS TILES.
00:23:17 1307	LS- A MALE TEACHER HOLDS CLASSES OUTDOORS WITH CHILDREN SITTING ON THE GROUND. MS- A TEACHER READS TO AN OVERCROWDED INDOOR CLASSROOM.
00:23:57 1347	MS- A KOREAN MAN CARRIES A CHILD AND GUIDES 3 WALKING CHILDREN INTO AN ORPHANAGE. MS- A LITTLE GIRL WASHES HER HAIR AS SHE SITS IN A BARREL TAKING A BATH
00:24:06 1356	MS- A LITTLE BOY LEANS OVER AS HIS BACK IS SOAPED HE SMILES AS HIS FACE IS WASHED. MS- A NUN FEEDS THE ORPHANS.
00:24:26 1376	MS- A LONG LINE OF ORPHANS SIT AT A LONG TABLE AND SPOON THEIR FOOD. MONTAGE-CLOSE UP OF LITTLE KIDS TAKING SPOONFULS FROM THEIR DISHES.
00:25:11 1421	MS- A GI WATCHES A NUN PUSH A GROUP OF KIDS ON A SWING. MONTAGE- FOOD FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE UNLOADED AT THE PIER IN SEOUL.
00:26:18 1488	MS- WORKERS WITH THEIR HEAD AND BACK DRAPED WITH GUNNY SACKS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE SUN, CARRY HEAVY SACKS OF FOOD FROM THE PIER TO A WAITING RAILWAY CAR
00:26:50 1520	MS- A STEAM ENGINE SLOWLY PULLS AWAY WITH ITS FREIGHT CARS LOADED.
00:27:03 1533	LS- CITYSCAPE OF SEOUL,KOREA SURROUNDED BY IT'S SCENIC MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE. MONTAGE- TROLLEYS RUN ON BUSY AVENUE AND CROWDS FILL THE MARKET PLACE.
00:27:41 1571	MS- A SLUM AREA WITH DELAPIDATED SHACKS. A WOMAN PREPARES HUGE POT OF HOT WATER ON OUTDOOR FIRE. MS- A LITTLE BOY SITS AMID THE RUBBLE.
00:28:28 1618	MS- 2 LITTLE KIDS SIT IN A BOMBED OUT CHURCH AND CLASP THEIR HANDS IN PRAYER. CU- A YOUNG MOTHER CARRYING A BABY ON HER BACK CLASPS HER HANDS IN PRAYER.
00:32:10 1840	"THE STEEL RING" THE PICTORIAL TOUR OF DEFENSE LINES OF RADARS & GUNS WHICH PROTECT OUR SHORES & CITIES.
00:32:12 1842	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 'STEEL RING'. A COMPLICATED DEFENSE LINE OF RADAR AND GUNS WHICH SURROUND OUR COUNTRY AND CITIES.
00:32:20 1850	LS- MOUNTAINS OF ALASKA. MS- AN ESKIMO FISHES THROUGH A HOLE IN THE ICE.
00:32:36 1866	ELS- VAPOR TRAILS OF UNIDENTIFIED PLANES ARE SPOTTED IN THE DISTANT SKY HEADING FOR THE WEST FLANK OF AMERICA.
00:33:02 1892	MS- THE SPOTTER REPORTS TO A COMMUNICATION OUTPOST AND A TELEGRAPH IS SENT BY ARMY RADIOMAN TO FAIRBANKS AND RELAYED TO WASHINGTON.
00:33:16 1906	MS- TECHNICIANS WORK AT A LARGE CONTROL ROOM WITH IT'S TICKERTAPES AND TELEPHONE BOARDS.
00:33:45 1935	MS- AN ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE PATH COVERED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK IN THE U.S. MS- AN ALARM IS SOUNDED AND PILOTS RUN TO THEIR INTERCEPTER PLANES. JETS TAKE OFF.
00:34:56 2006	MS- RADAR MEN FROM MAINE TO ALASKA TRACK THE UNIDENTIFIED PLANES. MONTAGE- RADAR MEN SPEAK CONTINUOUSLY ON THEIR HEAD PHONES.
00:35:37 2047	MS- GIS RUN DOWN STAIRWAYS, PUTTING ON THEIR SHIRTS AS THEY RUN, AND MAN THEIR POSTS AT THE PLOTTING TABLES, AS A FULL SCALE EMERGENCY ALARM IS SOUNDED.
00:36:00 2070	MS- MEN TRACK THE PLANES ON THEIR PLOTTING TABLES AS OTHERS MAN COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. MESSAGE IS RECEIVED 'THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE, ALERT ALL BATTERIES'
00:37:45 2175	MS- SLEEPING GIS ARE AWAKENED IN THEIR BARRACKS BY AN ALARM. THEY JUMP UP AND GET DRESSED. THEY RUN TO THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND READY THEM. CU- RADAR PIN POINTS THE TARGET ON SCREENS.
00:39:20 2270	MONTAGE- GUN BARRELS POINTING SKYWARD. LS-(PAN) OF THE GUN POSITIONS. THE ALERT IS CALLED OFF AS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL AIRLINES ARE IDENTIFIED. THEY LAND AT AIRFIELD.
00:41:29 2399	MS- SOVIET BOMBERS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR. LS- TANKS AND MILITARY VEHICLES ON PARADE IN MOSCOW. MS- LAVRENTIA BERIA AND PREMIER MALENKOV LOOKDOWN FROM THE KREMLIN WALL.
00:42:49 2479	MONTAGE- LARGE VEHIVLES PULLING HUGE CANNONS ROLL THROUGH THE STREETS OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.
00:43:10 2500	MS- WOMAN HANGING CLOTHING ON HER BACK YARD CLOTHES LINE. MS- A LARGE CANNON IS ROLLED INTO A VACANT LOT AND SET UP IN THE HEART OF A HOUSING PROJECT. A RADAR ANTENNA IS PUT IN PLACE
00:43:42 2532	MS- A WOMAN LOOKS OUT OF HER PROJECT WINDOW TO WATCH THE SOLDIERS SET UP THE CANNON. MS- YOUNG BOYS WATCH THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE.
00:44:16 2566	MONTAGE- A WOMAN PUSHING HER BABY CARRIAGE IN A BUSY TOWN, CHILDREN PLAYING IN A PLAYGROUND OF A HOUSING PROJECT.
00:44:35 2585	LS- GUN SIGHT IN THE HEART OF A HOUSING PROJECT.
00:44:45 2595	CU- AN ALARM CLOCK ON A DRESSER SHOWS 6:30AM. MS- A GI BLOWS HIS WHISLE TO SIGNAL ASSEMBLY. MS- THE WHISTLE ALSO AWAKENS A MAN IN BED IN THE HOUSING PROJECT WHO WAS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY. HE PICKS UP HIS CLOCK AND LOOKS AT IT DISGUSINGLY AND SHAKES HIS HEAD.
00:45:26 2636	CU- THE MAN AND SOME NEIGHBORS GO TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OFFICE AND SHAKES HIS FINGER AT HIS ARGUMENTIVELY. LS- THE OFFICER ACCEPTS THE COMPLAINTS AND SHAKES THEIR HANDS.
00:45:58 2668	LS- A GI SPEAKS AND POINTS TO A MAP TO CITIZENS AT AN OUTDOOR SETTING EXPLAINING THE GUN POSITION
00:46:25 2695	MS- A POLICEMAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC AT A BUSY STREET IN A LARGE CITY. SHOPPERS JAM THE INTERSECTIONS. LS- A SUBWAY TRAIN RIDES ALONG AN OVERHEAD 'EL'
00:47:00 2730	MS- SPARKS AND FLAME SHOOT UP FROM MOLTEN STEEL IN A BLAST FURNACE. MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN WORK AT ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY SHAPING THE STEEL.
00:47:46 2776	MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING HOW THE 'STEEL RING OF DEFENSE' STRETCHES OUT FROM THE UNITED STATES.
00:48:02 2792	MONTAGE- INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RADAR EQUIPMENT IN ACTION.
00:48:52 2842	LS- THE JIM CREEK RADIO STATION, THE MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD, LOCATED IN ARLINGTON, WASH.
00:48:52 2842	MS- NAVY MEN MAN THE CONTROLS AT THE STATION. CU- A RADAR SCANNER SCREEN SHOWS AIR ACTIVITY.
00:50:05 2915	MS- WOMEN AND MEN OF THE CIVILIAN GROUND OBSERVER CORP SIT IN CLASSROOM AS MILITARY MEN GIVE INSTRUCTION USING VISUAL AIDES
00:50:22 2932	MS- MEN AND WOMAN TELEPHONE OPERATORS BUSY AT THE SWITCHBOARD.
00:50:34 2944	CU- A BARBER WITH HIS CUSTOMER IN THE CHAIR.
00:51:20 2990	CU- AN ALARM IS SOUNDED AND GIS,EATING CHOW, JUMP OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND RUN TO THEIR POSTS INCLUDING THE CHEFS.
00:51:38 3008	MS- A MECHANIC GETS OUT FROM UNDER A CAR AND RUNS LS- ALL OF THEM RUN TO THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND READY THEM.THE GUNS LOCK ON TARGET.
00:52:42 3072	LS- THE FULL TRAYS OF FOOD SIT ON THE VACATED TABLES. CU- HALF-EATEN FOOD IN A TRAY. MS- EMPTY DESK VACATED BY GI. MECHANIC'S TOOLS LIE BY THE TRUCK HASTILY ABANDONED.
00:53:54 3144	LS- ARTILLERY MEN LOAD A CANNON CALLED THE 'SKY SWEEPER' WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED BY RADAR. THE GUN DOES EVERYTHING BUT LOAD ITSELF LS- THE AUTOMATIC GUN FIRES AND SHOOTS DOWN A DRONE TARGET.
00:55:07 3217	MONTAGE- THE NIKE GUIDED MISSILE IS DEMONSTRATED. KNOCKING A DRONE FLYING FORTRESS OUT OF THE AIR.
00:59:55 3505	"ENGINEER MISSION" STORY OF PAST & PRESENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
01:00:00 3510	NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE ENGINEER CORP AND SHOWS THE CASTLE EMBLEM OF THE CORP AND IT'S SEAL
01:00:52 3562	CU- A HAND PICKS UP A COPY OF THE 'CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES'.
01:01:25 3595	MS- WWI ENGINEER SOLDIERS BUILDING A PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS A RIVER, UNLOADING ROCKS FROM A TRUCK AND LIFTING LARGE WOODEN BEAMS TO FIX MUDDY ROADS.
01:01:48 3618	CU- A GI SURVEYOR PEERS THROUGH HIS TRANSIT AND GIVES HAND SIGNALS. MONTAGE- TRACTORS BUILDING RUNWAYS AND ROADS.
01:02:18 3648	MS- SOLDIERS DROP SECTIONS OF PIPE FROM A MOVING TRAIN TO BUILD A PIPE LINE ALONG A JUNGLE ROAD
01:02:43 3673	LS- DOZENS OF CHINESE SOLDIERS USE AXES TO FORM RAILROAD TIES OUT OF TREE LOGS.
01:03:25 3715	LS- THE REMAGAN BRIDGE IN GERMANY DURING WWII IS REPAIRED BY THE ENGINEER CORP.
01:04:00 3750	LS- THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
01:04:17 3767	MONTAGE- THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY OF KOREA AND THE WORK DONE BY ENGINEERS THERE DURING THE WAR WITH BRIDGE AND ROAD BUILDING (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED)
01:07:22 3952	LS- THE ENGINEER OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT BELLOIRE AND THE ARMY MAP SERVICE BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. MS- CIVILIANS WORK AT DRAFTING TABLES AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO MAKE MAPS
01:08:29 4019	LS- CLUSTERS OF PARACHUTES GENTLY LOWER HEAVY EQUIPMENT FROM THE AIR TO GROUND, INCLUDING BULL DOZERS AND TRACTORS..
01:10:18 4128	ELS- A GI IS LIFTED HUNDREDS OF FEET INTO THE AIR BY A HUGE CRANE HOVERING ABOVE A 'DELONG PIER' ACTUALLY A FLOATING DOCK BARGE WITH HUGE POSTS.
01:11:47 4217	MS- A HUGE SPOTLIGHT MOUNTED ON A TRUCK. LS- IN A METHOD USED TO UNLOAD HEAVY EQUIPMENT, A TRUCK STOPS SUDDENLY CAUSING THE LOAD TO SLIDE BACK TO ROLLERS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE TRUCK
01:12:47 4277	CU- ENGINEER USES A MINE DETECTOR TO SCAN THE LEAF COVERED GROUND.
01:13:35 4325	LS- A WORKER EXAMINES A HUGE COLLAPSABLE GAS TANK WHICH LOOKS LIKE A GIANT WATER BOTTLE LAYING ON THE GROUND. THE ABILITY OF A CONTAINER TO WITHSTAND BEING SLAMMED AGAINST A WALL IS CHECKED
01:14:26 4376	MS- CONTAINERS ARE SUBJECTED TO A VIBRATION MACHINE TO EXAMINE THE RESULTS OF LONG RANGE VIBRATION ON SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT.
01:14:49 4399	LS- A PLASTIC ASSAULT BOAT IS RIDDEN RIGHT ONTO SHORE AT FULL SPEED WITHOUT DAMAGE.
01:15:10 4420	LS- SEVERAL TYPES OF ONE PIECE BRIDGE SECTIONS ARE PLACED ACROSS STREAMS AND TESTED.
01:15:40 4450	MONTAGE- THOUSANDS OF MACHINES, PARTS AND EQUIPMENT ARE KEPT IN OUTDOOR DEPOTS.
01:16:05 4475	LS- BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM BLAZING OIL TANK FIRES
01:17:09 4539	LS- UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ARMY ENGINEERS LONG DAISY-CHAIN LINES ARE FORMED BY TOWNS PEOPLE TO PLACE SAND BAGS ALONG A LEVEE TO PREVENT FLOODING OF POPULATED AREAS ALONG MISSOURI RIVER
01:17:28 4558	MS- A PLATOON OF ARMY ENGINEERS MARCH PAST DEAD CATTLE AS THEY AIDE HOLLAND DURING A FLOOD.
01:18:22 4612	LS- (PAN) THE GARRISON DAM BEING BUILT ON THE MISSOURI RIVER IN NORTH DAKOTA. IT IS THE LARGEST EARTH STRUCTURE EVER BUILT BY MAN. 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT.
01:18:45 4635	LS- WATER FLOWS DOWN THE IRRIGATION CHANNEL AT FORT TEC DAM AT THE HEAD OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN MONTANA. LS- THE FORT RANDALL DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
01:19:18 4668	MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER PRESSES A SIGNAL TO PUT THE 1ST FORT RANDALL GENERATOR INTO OPERATION ON MARCH 15, 1953.
01:20:06 4716	MS- AT THE WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION, VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI, SMALL SCALE MODELS OF ENTIRE WATER BASINS ARE CHECKED UNDER EVERY CONCIEVABLE RIVER CONDITION AND ANALAYZED.
01:20:41 4751	LS-A DREDGING BOAT DREDGES A RIVER CHANNEL. LS- A LARGE PROPELLER IS USED TO LOOSEN RIVER MUD WHICH IS SUCKED UP THROUGH THE PIPES.
01:21:13 4783	LS- THE LARGEST SEA-GOING DREDGE THE 'ESSAEON', BUILT BY THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS, FLOATS DOWN NEW YORK HARBOR WHERE IT REMOVED 7 1/2 MILLION YARDS OF MUD.
01:21:58 4828	ANOTHER ODD LOOKING VESSEL, THE 'DRIFTMASTER' WORKS AS A VACUUM CLEANER IN NEW YORK HARBOR SUCKING UP SURFACE DEBRIS WHICH CAN CAUSE DELAY IN SHIPPING TRAFFIC.
01:22:40 4870	LS- A CONCRETE 'MATTRESS' MADE OUT OF RECTANGULAR SLABS OF CONCRETE FORMING A HUGE MATTRESS IS LAYED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL FROM BARGES.
01:23:19 4909	WAVES ARE CREATED IN SMALL SCALE AT THE BEACH EROSION BOARD FACILITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF WAVES POUNDING AGAINST A SHORE.
01:23:41 4931	MONTAGE- VIEWS OF NIAGARA FALLS FROM VARIOUS ANGLES.
01:24:00 4950	MONTAGE- STEEL WORKERS AT WORK ON A SKYSCRAPER TOSSING MOLTEN RIVETS TO WORKERS ABOVE.
01:24:40 4990	MS- A STEAM ROLLER RIDES TOWARD THE CAMERA AS IT SMOOTHES THE SURFACE OF A ROAD.