UN FORCES IN KOREA Part 1

Description

Summary: The following are stories from Australian newsreel: AUSSIES LAND IN KOREA.: Few Aussies march from barracks in Japan. Truck and buses with troops move thru rain- swept streets of Japanese town. VSs, Aussies board US transport Aiken Victory. MS, Lt Gen Robertson on board speaks to US Capt. (underexposed) LS, from ship, Japanese girls under umbrellas watch from pier. Aboard ship en route, troops relax on deck. A man plays an accordian, men play cards chuck-a-luck (dice game), tossing coins. Several men look thru binocs. Coming into port, SKs on pier applaud. SK Marine band plays. Girls wave flags. The first men are presented with flowers. Lt Col Green, Comd, smiles as he receives bouquet. Col Green with Adj Maj Ferguson. Men debark leave pier in trucks. FIRST TROOPS LEAVE FOR KOREA.: Aussies assembled on camp grounds. CUs, men in ranks. Men marching off. VS, (night) men board plane at Sydney. CU, Sgt kisses sweetheart. Officer shakes hands with men. Women, some tearful, wave goodbye. CU, Prime Minister Menzies. He says, in part, it is no mere form of words to say that Australia has the affectionate regard of the United States to a remarkable extent...probably because of the last two wars and because of the prompt association of Australia with the United States in regard to Korea. AUSSIES ARRIVE IN JAPAN.: Skymaster flys low over countryside. Aussies debark from plane. CU, Japanese still photographer. Aussies march on path twd camera. LS, Aussies march on winding road past house.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities