PEACE DELEGATES AT KAESONG

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Summary: Shots of the peace delegates at Kaesong, Korea. Gen. Nam I11, North Korean delegate; Maj. Gen. Hseih fang, Chinese Communist delegate; and other communist delegates. Also Admiral E. Turner Joy, Major Gen. Hodes, Maj. Gen. Laurence Craigie, Admiral Arleigh Burke, and Maj. Gen. Paik Sun Yuk, the South Korean delegate. Film also includes scenes of Gen. william Nuckols briefing the correspondents in the Peace Train, and of Gen. Van Fleet meeting the press. 1) MS pan of Gen. Nam I11 and party entering conference house at Kaesong, Korea. 2) MS camera pans right with Maj. Gen. Lee Sung Cho as he enters conference house. 3) MS pan of Gen. Hseih Fang entering the conference house -in bg is a small pagoda. A dozen or so Korean troops stand on the front steps of the conference building to watch the delegates enter the building. 4) Series of MPS's of Admiral C. Turner Joy and UN delegates entering tent for preconference discussion. 5) MS Gen. Nam I11 and entire group of Red delegates leaving conference house for 30 minute recess. 6) MS FV Adm. Joy and the group of UN delegates leave the conference house. 7) Series of shots in the conference area of the delegates about to leave in their jeeps. 8) Several shots of Chinese and North Korean soldiers and the Communist newsmen. Reel 2: SLATE: 8/9/51. PROJECT: PONTOON BRIDGE. LOCATION: IMJIN RIVER. CAMERAMAN: SAM HARDY. 1) LS abutment of demolished bridge. A GI is on guard duty at the river's edge-two other GI's are on the demolished bridge. 2) MSL pontoon raft used for crossing the river. 3) MS pontoon raft is brought in close to shore; two GI's are in fg on the bank. 4) MS four GI's-three are seated on the river's bank, with the pontoon raft below them. Four GI's stand looking to camera left, rocky shore on the far side. 5) MLS SV same scene description. 8) LS of helicopter coming in at river's edge and circling back in front of camera. 9) MCU unidentified BI-s talking into microphone. Reel 3: SLATE: CAMERAMAN: POOLE. 18 AUG 51. 1) MPS as two officers come out of gate and enter jeep. They wave goodbye to a man and three children standing in the entrance on raft used for crossing the river. 2) MS of Gen. Nuchols entering Peace Train. Series of MCU's of Gen. Nuckols briefing correspondents inside the train. 4) MCU SV of correspondent writing as Gen. Nuckols talks. 5) Several shots of the correspondents grouped around Gen. Nucloks during the briefing inside the train. 6) MS Air Force representative putting dispatches in Press bag, on side of which is stenciled: AIR FORCE PRESS, RUSH, DELIVER IMMEDIATELY PIO, MEIJI BUILDING, PHONE 330, TOKYO. 7) Series of shots of correspondents typing after the briefing. 8) MLS camera pans with Air Force T/Sgt. Owen D. England carring press bags from the train toward helicopter-he is accompanied by South Korean guard. 9) MCU press bags carried past the train by the sergeant. 10) MCU pilot of the helicopter taking the press bags from T/Sgt. England. 11) MLS helicopter taking off from train station. 12) MS press bags being handed to pilot of the helicopter-camera pans with the sergeand as he walks with the bags towards camera righrt. 13) MS Quonset hut with sign: KIMPO BASE OPERATIONS, 8TH FIGHTER WING. 14) MS sergeant delivers bags to lieutenant standing beside transport aircraft; the lieutenant hands the bags up to pilot in doorway of the plane. 15) CU of the bags being handed from the lieutenant to the pilot. Reel: 1) MS of Gen. Van Fleet arriving at Press Train in a jeep, talking to correspondents. One of the correspondents is Marguerite Higgins. Reel 5: SLATE 8/14/51. GEN. VAN FLEET MEETS THE PRESS. PRESS TRAIN, MUNSAN, KOREA. CAMERAMAN: HARDY. SLATE: 8/15/51. MILITARY ARMISTICE CONFERENCE. KAESONG, KOREA. CAMERAMAN: HARDY. 1) MS Korean troops gathered around jeep. 2) MS of cameraman sitting on steps of building awaiting arrival of the delegates. 3) Series of PS's of the Red delegation leaving conference area. 4) Series of shots of Gen. nuckols talking to the cameramen and correspondents. SLATE: 8/15/51. MILITARY ARMISTICE CONFERENCE. KAESONG, KOREA. CAMERAMAN: HARDY. 6) Series of shots of the Allied delegates leaving the conference building in Kaesong. 7) Scenes at the conference site. 8) Several scenes of the delegates standing in front of two-story house where they ate during the conference. From L to R: Adm Joy, Maj. Gen. Hodes, Maj. Gen. Craigie, Adm. Burke, and Maj. Gen. Paik Sun Yuk, the South Korean delegate. 9) MS of the delegates as they walk down path from building. SLATE: 8/13.51. IMJIN RIVER CROSSING. ENROUTE. CAMERAMAN: HARDY. 10) LS correspondents walk down to shore, where the boat is beached. In bg, engineers are reconstructing a bridge, which was destroyed by a flood. LS from boat as it shoves off and gets underway in stream. 12) MLS from the boat as it approaches shore-two Korean soldiers in the bow. 13) MCU of UN correspondent and airman at the controls of outboard motor. 14) MS from the bow as boat pulls in to land on far shore-two Korean soldiers in the bow. 13) MCU of UN correspondent and airman at the controls of outboard motor. 14) MS from the bow as boat pulls in to land on far shore-Korean GI's in the bow. 15) Several shots of the correspondents as they walk past and away from camera after leaving the boat. 16) ms CORRESPONDENTS CLIMBING INTO WEAPONS CARRIERS. 17) Several shots of the correspondents around the conference site.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities