155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZERS (SUPPORTING 1ST ROK DIV) Part 1

Description

Summary: A 155 being fired from stationary position. MS, RV, negro crew loads shell and charge; HOW is fired. MS, another round fired. MS, negro soldier unscrewing plugs from shells and inserting fuzes. CU, negro Cpl adjusting sights. CU, 999th insignia on side of gun. A little pup, crew mascot, walking atop shells. HLS, six HOWs in ready position with crews dug-in. Stacks of shells on the ground. MLS, two self-propelled guns in fixed position. MCU, negro Cpl digging foxhole, first with pick, then with shovel. IMJIN RIVER PATROL, 1ST ROK TROOPS & 64TH ARMD DIV.: 03/27: A Korean officer chatting with an American Lt. CU, No 1 patch on Korean officer's shirt. CU, negro men of the 64th in tank. Both men wear lip-mikes. M-46 tank moving twd the camera. Few M-46s with men atop moving twd camera. Trucking Shot from one tank as two other tanks of patrol move fwd. Short flash of smoke from a shell at side of slope. Few Koreans are treated by white and negro soldiers. ROKs bringing in a wounded comrade. The wounded man is smiling. MCU, Korean very excitedly explains something to another Korean. Korean using handie- talkie. CU, American Lt talking. CU, several Koreans. Korean officers checking map. Cut to, very cocky-looking Korean leaning against the wall, talking. HMS, ROKs, with camouflaged helmets, come by. Farmer comes by with oxen. Shot from atop tank: Few bodies in ditch. Two Korean officers, and American officer, check map, talk in front of tank. WAR WITH ROKs.: Munsan, Korea: 03/28/1951: A Korean farmer loosening soil with hoe. Smoke rising in distant bg. CU, old man grinning and hoeing. CU, hoe as it cuts into the soil. Korean, barefooted, digs in rice paddy. CU, barefeet pushing shovel blade into wet ground. Two Koreans plowing. An ox draws plow. CU, primitive plow breaking the ground. Tilt-up, to old man behind plows. MS, Follow, plow breaking up the soil. Kids trudging by. One boy has a rolled-up mattress on his back. Few refugees, some women, walk along road. Young girl with kid on back looks askance at the camera as she passes by. Explosion along roadway looks like mine being blown up. Another terrific explosion. Smoke almost filling the screen. Women and children, refugees, on road. One woman pulls a heavily-laden basket on a toy wagon. Women carry heavy sacks on their backs. One carries a child. CU, ROKs, 1st Div as they relax, eat rice balls. CUs, ROKs eating, they smile, very happy. MLS, two M-46s coming around turn in dirt road, moving twd and to L. Girl followed by an old man, as they pull baggage.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities