IT'S WASH DAY FOR THE MARINES IN KOREA Part 1

Description

Summary: LSs of trucks, jeeps and other vehicles moving along very dusty curved road. Closer shots as vehicles make turn raising a great deal of dust. An ambulance makes a turn in a cloud of dust. A truck coming twds the camera on dusty road. MS, CUs, of Marines along mountain stream pounding their uniforms on the rocks. CU of stick beating clothing. MS, two Marines washing their clothes at stream, soaping the garments then beating them with sticks. BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY BOMBARDS N KOREA.: Released 06/12/1951. The New Jersey assisted by heavy cruiser Manchester and destroyers, all units of the US 7th Fleet, bombard enemy shore installations in Wonsan Harbor. (The scenes are AVs, photographed from a low flying helicopter). Flashes from the ships' guns can be plainly seen. MS, New Jersey's big guns being fired. CU, gun being fired. Man at turret of 3, 16" guns as they are fired. MS, showing damage made to forward gun turret on the New Jersey by a direct enemy hit. Some members of the crew examine damage. Men around 40mm gun. One of the shields, damaged. Scenes made from a destroyer as the vessel fires its gun at enemy target. Adm Arleigh, Burke comes aboard the New Jersey, via the boatswain's chair. HS, as he is greeted by Vice Adm Martin. Capt Paul Crosley, Chief of Staff walking on deck with an officer, then saluting camera. NAVY ROCKET SHIP BLASTS N KOREAN COAST IN NIGHT ACTION.: Released 06/22/1951. H MLSs, MSs, rockets being loaded aboard a Navy LSMR in a harbor in Japan. Local labor is used. Two crewmen removing a rocket from a cylinder, placing it back again. Members of the crew store rockets in hatch. LS, rocket ship, LSMR, in action along the NK coast during daylight. Night Scenes aboard the LSNR in Wonsan harbor as rockets are fired against enemy installations. Night Shot, rockets sailing through the air. Back to the rockets being shot from the launchers from aboard deck. (Note: The "Hotshellmen" men who handle the rockets, can be seen occasionally on the deck in the glare of the exploding powder charges). "OPERATION FLOOD". AVs, from a patrol plane from the Forbes Air Force Base flying over flooded Kansas area looking for marooned flood victims and cut-off farms. AVs, flooded farms, partly inundated farm bldgs. Soldiers putting supplies in containers which will be loaded aboard planes. This is at Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka. CU, boxes of rations stapled together. Containers of suppiles, food, serum, etc, loaded aboard plane. C-47 taking off. An SA-16 in flight; seen from another plane. Shot, from door of plane, as supplies are dropped via parachute. The supplies parachuting to the ground. This, says caption, is near a cutoff Boy Scout camp. AV, as the SA-16 flies over area, drops supplies. C-47 in flight. AV, of the cutoff camp. Supplies being dropped from a plane.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities