KOREAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER, SEOUL, KOREA Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7197 ADC 7197 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2266) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 795' ea Silent KOREAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER Seoul, Korea 15 August 1948 HS, Dr Syngman Rhee and his wife arriving by car. Dr Rhee, Gen Douglas Mac Arthur, Lt Gen John R Hodge on the balcony erected in front of the Capitol building for the ceremony. MS, Gen Hodge, Gen Mac Arthur, Dr. Rhee. HS, special guests seated in front of Capitol building. LS & MCU, Dr Rhee making address. Various HSs, special guests in crowd in front of the Capitol building. MCU, Gen Hodge speaking; an interpreter stands alongside. Elements of the Korean Army dressed in American-type uniforms, on parade. Cut-ins of Dr Rhee, his wife, members of the military reviewing the parade. Cut-ins of triumphal arch set up in streets with the motto, "Long Live the Republic of Korea." VS, armored units of the US Army, mounted Korean constabulary, on parade. (Note: Fungus marks throughout reel.) RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities