STALEMATE IN KOREA Part 1

Description

Reel 1, Part 1, a U.S. infantry patrol creeps forward and fires rifles in dense underbrush in a raid on Chinese lines. Machine guns and bazookas fire on a Chinese outpost and the patrol then return to its lines. Part 2, a VHF radio telephone relay station is erected by Signal Corps personnel on a hill. Mules and Korean civilian laborers carry the materiel and equipment necessary for the station to the crest. Part 3, infantry storm and capture Hill 1179 in Korea under cover of a barrage from 4.2 mortars and a 155 mm. self-propelled howitzer. C-119 transports then parachute supplies to the troops holding the newly won position. Reel 2, Part 1, South Korean refugees stream back to Seoul and are processed, inoculated and ferried across the Han River on rafts. Part 2, a M-4 tank wrecked by a Chinese box mine is towed back to the lines by a tank recovery vehicle and a wounded crewman is given first aid. Part 3 shows crease-fire talks at Kaesong with Adm. Joy, Gen. Nam Il, and correspondents Winnington and Burchett present. A captain stranded on an island by the collapse of a pontoon bridge is rescued by helicopter and small boat. Adm. Joy reports violation of the Kaesong area by Chinese troops to Gen. Ridgway, Gen. Nam Il apologizes and the truce talks go on.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series