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Korea: Plane lands, POWs, Red Cross
MS of a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando Long Range Transport Aircraft and the POWs deboarding the plane. MS of POWs going from the plane to an ambulance bus. CU ofRed Cross personnel handing out cigarettes to POWs as they head onto the bus. CU of POWs heading onto the bus. TS of soldier dictating to a woman a letter to be sent home. CU of woman writing a letter. Tracking shot of bus leaving with POWs onboard.
MacArthur Takes Over As UN Backs US
UN Backs America In Korea Conflict By a vote of 7 to one the security council invokes sanctions against red aggressors . Truman makes a statement to the press: "...We face a serious situation. We hope we face it in the cause of peace. The only reason for the action which was taken on the advice of all the brains that I could muster, was hoping, always hoping, that we could finally arrive at the peace in the world which we anticipated when we created the United Nations. That's the only reason for the action. Thank you very much." In Korea and General MacArthur takes over command, as other nations rush forces to suppress the invasion.
A Time for Choosing. A thoughtful address by Ronald Reagan, on behalf of the Goldwater Presidential campaign.
Ronald Reagan continues: "Our Democratic opponents seem unwilling to debate these issues. They want to make you and I believe that this is a contest between two men, that we're to choose just between two personalities. Well what of this man that they would destroy, and in destroying, they would destroy that which he represents, the ideas that you and I hold dear? Is he the brash and shallow and trigger-happy man they say he is? Well I've been privileged to know him when. I knew him long before he ever dreamed of trying for high office, and I can tell you personally I've never known a man in my life I believed so incapable of doing a dishonest or dishonorable thing. (appluase) This is a man who, in his own business before he entered politics, instituted a profit-sharing plan before unions had ever thought of it. He put in health and medical insurance for all his employees. He took 50 percent of the profits before taxes and set up a retirement program, a pension plan for all his employees. He sent monthly checks for life to an employee who was ill and couldn't work. He provides nursing care for the children of mothers who work in the stores. When Mexico was ravaged by the floods in the Rio Grande, he climbed in his airplane and flew medicine and supplies down there. An ex-GI told me how he met him. It was the week before Christmas during the Korean War, and he was at the Los Angeles airport trying to get a ride home to Arizona for Christmas. And he said that a lot of servicemen there and no seats available on the planes. And then a voice came over the loudspeaker and said, Any men in uniform wanting a ride to Arizona, go to runway such-and-such, and they went down there, and there was a fellow named Barry Goldwater sitting in his plane. Every day in those weeks before Christmas, all day long, he'd load up the plane, fly it to Arizona, fly them to their homes, fly back over to get another load. During the hectic split-second timing of a campaign, this is a man who took time out to sit beside an old friend who was dying of cancer. His campaign managers were understandably impatient, but he said, There aren't many left who care what happens to her. I'd like her to know I care. This is a man who said to his 19-year-old son, There is no foundation like the rock of honesty and fairness, and when you begin to build your life on that rock, with the cement of the faith in God that you have, then you have a real start. This is not a man who could carelessly send other people's sons to war. And that is the issue of this campaign that makes all the other problems I've discussed academic, unless we realize we're in a war that must be won."
1950s - Blood Drives - Waiting to Donate Blood
"Collection Room" sign. Adult Japanese woman comes to sit with other Japanese women (one male) sitting in hallway, waiting to donate blood; nurse sitting at desk.
Marines in Korea
Marines in Korea
Marines in Korea
Poor contrast and blurry imagery. LS of a silhouette of a hillside when the sun out and casting a shadow. Tracer fire is seen being shot at the hills. Artillery fire is being concentrated on the hillside as plumes of smoke are seen rising and dissipating.
Marines in Korea
Fixed MCU of a truck (possibly an early version of the Deuce and a Half or Studebaker US6) pulling a T66 rocket launcher behind it, through vegetation. Camera stays fixed until the truck and the equipment move out of the shot, screen right. There is a soldier in the background watching its movement. Another soldier is riding in the back of the truck.
Marines in Korea
Fixed MCU of eleven soliders pushing the T66 rocket launcher from screen left to right. Two additional soldier follow their path.
Marines in Korea
Fixed LS showing most of the Army truck and the equipment. Far in the background is another unit taking their position. One soldier is looking into the back of the canvassed truck, while two other soldier are digging holes right by the wheels of the T66. Six more soldier come into the shot (much closer to the camera) from the bottom screen right as they push their T66 into position. Another soldier comes into the frame from screen left in the background. CU shot of the soldier uncovering the equipment and putting it into place. The truck is being moved in reverse in the background.
Marines in Korea
MS of American soldiers packing a hole in the ground with explosives (TNT). The soldier on the left is passing the explosives down the other soldier, who is halfway in the hole, and is packing in the explosives. CU of the soldier placing the explosives in the hole. MS shot of the soldiers running towards safety off camera before the explosives are set off.
1950s - American Soldiers - Moving Materials
Caucasian soldier tossing small duffel bag onto another bag. Soldiers rolling metal drum onto Army truck; muddy ground. Soldier rolling drum on ground; mountains, hills in distance.
Truman Views New Arms
Master 1779 - Tape 2 Rear view MS U.S. Army soldiers wearing rain parkas while standing by railroad tracks, train pulling in to station at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. MS white male reporters and photographers including Associated Press standing in rain at train station. TLS/MSs U.S. President HARRY S. TRUMAN alighting train, shaking hands with U.S. Army lieutenant and major generals, posing for press. Sideview MS white male cameraman filming with wind-up 35mm short reel camera. LS U.S. Army marching band performing on foggy, misty field. LSs remote controlled artillery field guns firing. Great slightly low angle MS President Harry Truman watching through binoculars in gallery stands, then lowering glasses to reveal great smile. TLS gallery stand. LS M41 Walker Bulldog light tank in action on field. MSs Harry S. Truman standing in mess line, holding tray, receiving food. TLS/MSs U.S. Army soldiers in dress uniforms eating in mess hall. MS President Truman speaking: "I hope you'll all go home with the feeling that we are putting forth all these efforts for peace and not with any idea of destroying any other nation or any other government." VO: "Rain-soaked guards at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland await President Harry Truman, who cuts short the celebration of his daughter's birthday to inspect some of the newest weapons in the United States arsenal. The President, an artillery captain during WWI, doesn't seem to mind the weather. Recently-developed remote controlled artillery is unveiled for the Chief Executive who also sees the Walker Bulldog, the Army's new light tank named after the late General Walton Walker. At chow time Mr. Truman pushes his own tray through the G.I. mess line. Wounded veteran of the Korean War, now instructors at Aberdeen, meet the President who makes an after-lunch, off-the-cuff speech said to be an answer to Joseph Stalin's recent charges against the U.S."
1950s - Blood Drives - Packaging Plasma
Adult Japanese female nurses boxing plasma for shipment to Korea.
1950s - Blood Drives - Actresses Donate Blood
Three adult women lying down to donate blood for Red Cross blood mobile in Manhattan Chinese restaurant; two adult Caucasian nurses facilitate blood draws. Woman flexing arm with needle in it.
1950s - Parachutes & Packages - Cargo Deliveries
VS of cargo parachuting to the ground; cargo planes fly away in formation. Adult Caucasian male pilot in cockpit. Cargo falling to the ground.
1950s - Aircraft Carrier - Tower
Three Caucasian U.S. Navy sailors looking out from tower of an aircraft carrier; man in the middle using binoculars.
1950s - American Soldiers - Bazooka Man
Caucasian soldier marking his anti-tank rocket launcher with tank drawing in white paint, symbolizing a kill; looking at his artwork.
1950s - American Soldiers - Transporting Explosives
Two soldiers scooping water out of boat loaded with explosives. Soldier trying to open box of explosives. On land, soldier lifts bundle of explosives out of box; “I.C.C.–14 High Explosives Dangerous”.
Dead Body Covered in Snow
Fingers of frozen adult male dead body sticking out of snow mound.
Army Equipment Crossing
LS of military trucks and soldiers gathered on rural bridge during the day, crossing slowly with soldier guiding them forward.
US Navy Battle at Night
Flashes in darkness from twin barrel turret gunfire. USAF bomber planes in flight (silhouette). Glowing sparks from artillery fire aboard ship. Large fire-ball explosion in distance.
CPV Army Soldiers Firing Guns
Group of adult male Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPV) soldiers wearing heavy winter uniforms, emerging from tall grass hillside, carrying rifles with attached bayonets; troops descend into position and fire weapons off-screen.
1950s - Aircraft Carrier - Navy Plane Takes Off
Poor lighting. Navy propeller airplane takes off from aircraft carrier flight deck.
Sikorsky H03S-1 Helicopter in Korea
TLS U.S. Marines dressed in winter fatigues standing by HO3S-1 Sikorsky helicopter in snowy field. Great tilting & panning MS HO3S-1 Sikorsky helo taking off, lifting off.