ONE YEAR IN KOREA Part 1

Description

On the first year of war in Korea. Shows the United Nations General Assembly in session, U.S. troops retreating in Korea in 1950, Gen. Walker, Korean refugees, guns firing, U.S. reinforcements disembarking at Pusan, and munitions and supplies being unloaded. UN forces counterattack under cover of an artillery barrage, Marines land at Inchon as Gen. MacArthur looks on, and tanks and infantry advance through the burning ruins of Seoul. Corpsmen treat the wounded. North Korean prisoners are marched to the rear. UN agencies distribute food and clothing to Korean civilians. Korean and U.S. 7th Cavalry troops cross the 38th parallel, find massacred Korean civilians, and reach the Yalu River. UN forces retreat through snow as Chinese Communist troops intervene. Marines are evacuated from Hungnam. Communist Chinese Gen. Wu appears at the UN. UN forces under Gen. Ridgway repulse the Chinese and recapture Seoul, take Chinese prisoners, and capture Russian war material. Warren Austin exhibits captured Russian submachine gun at the UN; Russian delegate Malik walks out. Shows UN troops arriving in Korea.

Collection

General Records of the Department of State

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations