GEN MATTHEW B RIDGWAY IN KOREA, SEOUL ; DEFENSE, SEOUL AREA, KOREA Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8858-1 ADC 8858 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2966) Card 1 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 771° ea Silent RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 GEN MATTHEW B RIDGWAY IN KOREA Seoul 4 May 51 Officers coming out of HQ. Lt Gen Ridgway speaking to Korean officer, shakes hands. They get into jeep. Gens James A Van Fleet, Ridgway, Frank W Milburn, Charles D Palmer visit 1st ROK 7th Cav and 25th Div. Refugees, children, carrying belongings as they trudge across road in open country. LS, long line of refugees making their way across the field. RA, the same. In the far distance, the line can be seen going up hill. 29 April 51 MS, refugees coming twd and to R of camera. Some of them leading animals. A little girl carrying a baby on her back. Man carries a woman in an "A" frame. VS, refugees making their way up hill and across rice paddy. Refugees assemble at waterfront where they load into boats to be ferried across. Few ROK soldiers are in charge. LS , three boats crossing, while the shore is lined with many refugees. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/kfr Signal Corps 111 ADC 8858-2 ADC 8858 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2966) Card 2 of 3 RG III FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 771° ea Silent Accession III-NAV-210 DEFENSE Seoul Area; Korea - 1 May 51 U S Cavalry soldier carrying his gear on a Korean "A" frame - walks jauntily along the Lincoln Line. Another soldier digs in position for MG. Three men resting. They are heating cans of food over small wood fire. CU, unshaven veteran. CU another man, unshaven and smiling. Man eating can of beans. CU, another man wearing a helmet, playing a harmonica. Another man ties up a bag of sand. (soft) Soldier stripped to the waist, picks up dirt with a shovel, which he dumps over some bags. Communication man finishes wiring, climbs down tree = this is in the city area. LA MS, man on pole stringing wire. FS, dirty-faced signalman carrying a strand of wire across street. CU as he pulls on the wire. LA MS, another man sitting on limb of tree - he is handling wire. MS, two men standing in the street splicing wire. CU, face of man as he works. MCU, pliers stripping the wire. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/kfr Signal Corps 111 ADC 8858-3 ADC 8858 SOURCE: AFCF (A=2966) Card 3 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 771' ea Silent RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 DEFENSE (CONT'D) Seoul Area; Korea - 1 May 51 (CONT'D) FS, two signalmen walk along street. One man is handling the wire. Another wire team with truck as they set up wire around tree. In the fg an ROK soldier watching. MS, as wire jeep pulls away letting out wire from drum. Aboard the vehicle as wire is paid out. CU, reel unwinding the wire, almost finished. CU, soldier splitting a piece of wire. CU, as wire is spliced. Two pair of hands at work here. MS, of two men taping wire. The reel of wire is set up on stand in truck; truck pulls away paying out wire. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/kfr

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities