BATTLE FOR OLD BALDY, 2ND INF DIV AREA, KOREA Part 1

Description

Seq: Chaplain talking to group of men on side of hill just before going into battle. Seq: Group of soldiers as they participate in singing of hymns. Seq: Soldiers rising and standing with bowed heads as chaplain prays. Seq: Artillery fire bursting on distant hill. LS, overlooking valley with cloud formations in background. LS, overlooking valley and swinging around to look at the crest of Old Baldy. Seq: Negro soldier washes his face in his helmet. Seq: Soldier taking shower at shower point. Seq: Communications personnel restringing a tangle of field wire which is tied to a pole. Scenes of dead Chinese soldiers. LS, artillery firing. Seq: Several GIs outside bunker as they play guitar, write letters; patrol returning to the bunker. Seq: Soldier sitting outside the bunker writing letter. LS, looking into the valley showing graves registration personnel bearing enemy dead in an enemy cemetery. Dusk sequence: Troops (silhouettes) crossing crest of hill at dusk. Seq: GIs and Korean Service Corps personnel unload barbed wire and poles from atop armored personnel carriers. Seq: American soldiers and KSC personnel string the barbed wire taken from tanks. Seq: Logs being loaded on armored personnel carrier. Seq: Solders moving a part of the barbed wire entaglement to the crest of Old Baldy. Seq: Several American soldiers moving along a communications trench just below the crest of the hill. Seq: Soldier doing his laundry on a stretcher. Seq: Catholic chaplain conducting services below crest of hill for members of the 2nd Division. Seq: Dusk showing silhouetted figures of soldiers as they advance across crest of hill. Seq: American soldier sitting in communications trench eating his meal from mess kit. Seq: Dusk showing tracer shells being fired across valley towards enemy position. Dusk Seq: Tracers firing. Enemy artillery firing from opposite position. Seq: Air strike on Old Baldy followed by good scenes, tank receiving a direct hit in defilade position. VS, looking across crest of Old Baldy showing the airstrike on enemy positions on opposite side of valley. VS, looking across enemy terrain from Old Baldy. Seq: 2nd Division soldiers fire an air-cooled 30 cal. LS, crest of hill across the valley where the MG bullets are striking. LS, valley showing white phosphorus shells exploding on enemy position. Artillary strike on the same positions. LS looking from crest of Old Baldy across the valley toward enemy position. Seq: Troops resting along one of the many paths leading up to the hill crest. Seq: Troops on chow line getting food in mess kits. Seq: Infantry platoon moving up hill preparatory to the attack. Seq: Troops moving into an open area where a Chinese pillbox has been under fire. Seq: Artillery and small arms fire landing on hillside just ahead of advancing troops.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection