| Atom War? Truman Hints Use Of A-bomb | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1554 |
| Catalog #: | 350959 | |
| Clip Number: | 350959-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 023-409-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:14:54 - 00:14:84 | |
| Location: | various | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: United Nations PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry WAR & CONFLICT/KOREA: Battle WAR & CONFLICT/KOREA: Casualties WAR & CONFLICT/KOREA: Military | |
| Description: | Atom War? Truman Hints Use Of A-bomb Fears that World War III may be near grip the world, as Red Chinese hordes threaten to engulf U.N. Forces fighting in Korea. In Washington, President Harry S. Truman calls a press conference and announces that the US is considering the use of its prime weapon, the Atom Bomb, in the Korean crisis. At the united nations, historic meeting hears Red China branded MLS White House. CU Politicians walking into the White House, Photographers taking pictures, flashbulbs and all. MLS President Truman standing at the podium getting ready to speak; President Truman Speaks: "The forces of the United Nations are in Korea to put down an aggression that threatens not only the whole fabric of the United Nations but all human hopes for peace and justice. If the United Nations yields to forces of aggression no nation will be safe or secure. If aggression is successful in Korea we can expect it to spread throughout Asia, Europe and to this hemisphere. We are fighting in Korea for our own national security and survival. We have committed ourselves to the cause of a just and peaceful world order through the United Nations. We stand by that commitment." On the battlefront of Korea: Forces for a definite stand against appeasement and further encroachment of communism. America spearheads the United Nations "police action:", a grid for a long fight increases. Allied foces In South Korea fight desparate to hold off Communist advances. Casualities begin to mount. MCU An army vehicle burning. Plane dropping bombs in a wooded area. Soldier running to get back in his fox hole. Soldiers face as he looks out the small window of a tank. MLS Soldiers sitting on top of a army tank as it moves along. CU Soldier face as he's driving the tank. MLS Soldiers in the battlefield firing their weapons at the enemy. MLS The United Nations. MCU Chinese delegates sit and listen to the charges of aggression by Korean Representative Of The Republic Of Korea Ben C Lyn. As Mr Lyn speaks the representatives from Red China refuse to take their seats. Ben C Lyn charges of aggression: "I point my finger at these representatives of the Chinese communist regime and I ask, "Why do they come here with un-clean hands? Why do they come here with their hands dripping with blood? Blood of the United Nations, the blood of the Korean people?" Close up shot of Soviet Representative on The United Nations Security Council, Jacob A Malik MCU United States Chief Delegate, Warren Austin took up the debate and further accused the Chinese of Red of aggression. Chief Delegate - Warren Austin speaks: "It is no exaggeration to say that that problem is the greatest one now confronting the world. That problem is this. Will there be peace or war? In the far east. The world awaits anxiously the answer to this question." | |
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