AIR FORCE ACTIVITIES IN KOREA Reel 1 · Part 2

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Summary: General coverage of maintenance of F-86's at Kimpo, Korea; B-26 air strike; air evacuation of orphans from Kimpo. All scenes in Dec. 1950. Reel 1: CS: Coverage of maintenance of F-86 at Kimpo Airfield, Korea, showing refueling while two crew members put new cartidge belt boxes of ammunition in a section of the F-86. Good coverage of crew members as they work on the ammo belts and ammo feeder boxes. Men are dressed in heavy clothing with hoods, colored and white working together on the ship. Good coverage shot looking beneath the wings of the F-86 as the men load ammo boxes into the ship. MLS: Fueling the F-86. MLS: Looking down taxi strip at stationary F-86's. PS: F-86 taxiing at Kimpo Airfield, Korea. L pan shot down runway to right as two F-86's start up the runway for takeoff. Camera pans with the F-86's at takeoff. PS: Single F-86 takeoff. Slate: F-86, 17 Dec 50, Kimpo. MLS: Fueling the F-86's. CS: Checking 50 cal. machine guns; removal of empty cartridges. CS: Checking 50 cal. ammo belts in F-86. MS: Closing of acess door over the 50 cals. CS: Crew chief using special rack, jacking up tail section of the F-86 to remove tail section. MLS: F-86. stationary. Slate B-26 mission over North Korea, 12 Dec 50. ADS of target area Pyongon, Korea, showing B-26 diving down. Slate: F-86, 17 Dec 50, Kimpo. MS, RV: F-86. Crew Chief. MLS: F-86, stationary.Crew chief and pilot starting plane by means of mobile starting device. Crew chief then helps pilot into plane. CS: Formation of three F-86/s coming in, peeling off to left. Single F-86 passes overhead. LS down runway at F-86's coming up runway after landing. MS: F-86, stationary; pilot getting out of cockpit; plane being refueled immediately; pilot giving signal of victory. Pilot is Lt. Col. Hinton, who got first MIG shot down by F-86 pilot. Good shot of Col. Hinton in cockpit giving victory signal. CS: Slate: Winter scenes, Dec 19, 1950, Kimpo. CS: Men working in snow refueling F-80, packing 50 cal. ammo belts into containers. Good shot of refueling and rearming the F-80. Good shot around the airfield at stationary aircraft--refueling and rearming the F-80. Good shot around the airfield at stationary aircraft--refueling and maintenance scenes. CS: Man working in protective clothing in snow storm, packing, 50 cal. ammo into the boxes which fit into the plane. CS: Airmen in heavy winter overcoast stuffing protective wad into tail section of an F-80. CS: Armorer checking over 5- cal. guns in F-80, MLS: Maintenance being performed upon F-86. Heating element nearby. Men working on the plane. MCS: Four airmen standing around a fire in 50-gal. barrel. CS: Crew chief standing on wing of F-86--another airment and pilot in cockpit working on same. CS: Men putting protective covers over plexiglass, nose and pilot's canopy section of the F-80. CS: Airmen scraping out snow from exhaust section of F-86 and inserting protective cover over same. PS: Fuel truck pulling up to area and stopping in front of F-86. Good coverage of winter scenes at Kimpo Airfield showing protective measures taken for the aircraft against the weather and showing men working, refueling and maintaining the aircraft. ADS: B-26 diving towards target, (fairly large town). Fires burning in target area from previous hits. ADS: B-26 flying low over target. Good shot sitting on the tail of the B-26 as it dives toward the target (fairly large village. Slate: North Korea, Dec 15, 1950, B-26 Mission. Good shot from tail of B-26 as it dives towards target, showing release of Napalm bombs. Single release from left wing. Good shot, B-26 launching rockets towards small village. Excellent shot as the B-26 launches about six rockets showing couple of hits in the Korean village, Cjongne. Reel-2: Slate: B-26 mission, Dec. 12, 1950, North Korea. Good shots taken thru nose of B-26 as aircraft takes off from steel mat runway. AS: Formation of P-5l's (excellent shot). Tight formation with wing tanks and rockets mounted beneath wings. Good shot of nose section of aircraft showing terrain as the plane dives across the mountains and down thru the valleys. Slate: Evacuation of Orphans. MS: Kimpo Airfield, Dec. 20, 1950 women carrying small children up into C-47. CS: Flight nurses carrying babies up into the planes. CS: Korean carrying babies into the plane. Babies covered with all types of blankets and comforts being unloaded from open bed trucks. Good coverage of the action at the airfield after children arrive showing the aircraft used to evacuate the orphans, and the activity at the base. Men assisting with the loading of the children. Flight nurses, airmen, medics, all people available, assist in removal of the children from the open bed trucks. Good shot of C-54's used in the air evacuation of the orphans. CS: Men pulling ramp up into C-54. Good shots of some of the children running up the ramp into the plane--others are babies and are carried into the plane. Information from caption sheets on orphans being flown from Kimpo to the South. Orphans and attendants being loaded onto the planes were flown to safety by the 5th Air Force and Far East Air Force Combat Cargo Command. Further information on air evacuation of the orphans is contained in caption sheets giving story on the subject. Good

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities