UNITED NATIONS CIVILIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR KOREA (UNCACK) Part 2

Description

Summary: MCU, ext, major holds a Korean child in his arms; both smiling. VS, soldier watches a nun pushing a group of orphan children on a large swing. The children enjoy it. LSs, US officer passes cookies around to the children seated in a semicircle around him. MCU, child accepts and eats. MS, nun holding child. MCU, baby silently munching cookie. LSs, older children in the playground perform a dance. LS, MS, American soldier watches as a nun turns the happy children on a circular swing. LS, Korean wharf with several fishing boats tied up. MSs, baskets of fish are slid off a boat. The baskets are loaded in the hold of the vessel. MCU, Int, the catch in the hold. LS, ext, the wharf with rows of strange fish neatly piled up. MCU, the odd fish. LS, int, warehouse. Boxes of fish line the floor. Natives stand by. MCU, native warehouseman, chanting like an auctioneer. MS, warehouse floor lined with boxes of fish. VS, ext, cakes of ice slide down large chutes. MSs, int, native feeds cakes of ice into the chopper or grinder. LS, ext, pier with boats and buildings and busy street scene. MS, boats at anchor being loaded with chopped ice. MCU, ground ice is chuted into ship's hold. MLS, lines are cast off and the fishing vessel pulls away l. LS, harbor and fishing boats. LS, int, icehouse; large molds of ice are raised by winch from the freezing compartments in the floor. MSs, winchman operating controls, watches intently the molds which rise in front of him. VSs, the molds move r on overhead cables where they are tilted to drain off water. The molds are gently settled down on a slope wherein the cakes of ice slide out, and down the chute. MLS, American soldiers at work in the powerhouse at Pusan. CU, spinning flywheel. MLS, int, tin fabricating plant. A Korean feeds sheets of tin into a machine. MS, two Koreans oiling or operating a large machine. VSs, tin can assembly line. The assembly line equipment is fairly new and modern looking. A conveyor system feeding the cans through the various stages. The cans and machinery are inspected. MSs, Korean women weave strips of tin under the guidance of an instructor. LS, rabbit cages, the doors of which are made of woven tin strips. MCU, rabbit cage, its occupant, a white rabbit. (Light poor) LS, Korean women squatting on ground, working. LS, boatyard at Pusan. Apparent wreckage of wooden ships litter the scene. In the bg construction takes place on a new wood vessel. MS, boat under construction. The hull is almost completed. MS, LA, Korean at work. Action is obscured, he seems to be using a drawknife or scraper. LS, Boatyard. LS, sign, with a clown-like face, reads "Happy Mountain". LS, barracks-like buildings with lines of drying clothes. LS, sign, "Pusan Free Pediatric Medical Clinic". LS, large warehouse, a few natives stand around. It bears sign: "Warehouse UNCACK - Depot No. l." LS, powerhouse at Pusan. VS, transformer station. LA shots of tower, transformers and parts of the structure. Sign reads "High Voltage - 6600 Volts Overhead". LS, int, Syngman Rhee, President ROK, enters room from r sits at desk. VS, Rhee reading his script.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities