Korean War, arrival of Australian troops, Pusan ; Ruins, Seoul Part 1

Description

LS, USNS Aiken Victory approaching pier. People in front. Korean Navy band strikes up. Koreans waving welcome. CU, Australian flag. Shot of the Aussies lining rail of vessel. Korean women present flowers to Australian officers and a US Navy officer. FS, Aussies coming down gangplank. Follow, as few Aussies walk up ramp onto trucks (light struck). LS, ship at pier still crowded with men on deck. To the right, men going aboard truck. -- Old couple looking through rubble of their former home for any bits they can salvage. Pan, of flattened out area. Few shells of buildings standing. The end of pan shows people walking through. People foraging in rubble selecting bricks, cleaning off pieces of mortar from bricks. Barber cutting hair of customer in center of his completely burned-out shop. Scenes, destroyed market area with the merchants; their wares displayed on the street still doing business. HMS, Korean counting money. MS, people looking at clothing. Shot through archway, old man setting up a wall of bricks without mortar. MS, CU, the old man stacking bricks. Women clearing rubble, shoveling it on to straw mat. Old man digging.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities