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Big Picture - Pictorial Report From Overseas (1952)

Reel Number: H1690-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1952

Country: Germany,Korea,South Korea,USA

Location: Berlin,Heidelberg,Laramie,Seoul,Wyoming

TC Begins: 12:00:04

TC Ends: 12:28:03

Duration: 00:27:59

Titles. 12:00:44 Capt. Carl Zimmerman at desk speaks to camera (SOF) describing report. 12:01:15 Lt. Frank Grub SOF from in front of Templehof; Army helicopter lands behind, Capt. Mel Schumacher, Laramie, Wyoming flies patrol over Berlin explains why Army helicopter patrol in Berlin & its history. 12:04:03 Aerial past Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Russian memorial, traffic, partially rebuilt buildings, over elevated railroad & railroad yards. Powerplant, canal & barges unloading. Landing. 12:05:30 Zimmerman introduces Korean Military Assistance Group. 12:05:41 Korean, USA & NATO flags. Hilltop w/ US & Korean officer looking soldiers training w/ machine gun; others training w/ field telephone; excavating; unloading supplied. 12:06:54 CU sign: Commanding Gen (in English & Korea). US advisor & Korean General look at map. Korean General sends message, telephone & message received to fire artillery at North Koreans; fired & explosions on hillside. Korean soldiers w/ rifles behind mud wall. CU KMAG patch. 12:09:01 Zimmerman introduces French Battalion in action: Sign, flag on pole & four buglers playing. Riflemen doing target practice as others hold targets. Practice running while firing machines guns. French commander reads statement about training. 12:11:34 Zimmerman re 3rd Division testing armored vest in Korea. Soldiers put on vest, out on patrol, firing rifles, machine guns & mortars. scarred vests shown; returned for removing fragments & repair. Combat infantryman firing. 12:14:01 Zimmerman. 8th Army HQ Honor Guard in Seoul, Korea. Carl Flynn interviews. Band playing & Honor Guard marching at ?? Palace & perform. Man talks to camera SOF. Band plays, marching; various patches in CU. Drilling. 12:23:08 Zimmerman introduces report on WACs. CU WAC SOF to camera. Various jobs, calculator, drafting, dental assistant, map making. WACS map reading at Heidelberg, Germany. WACS drilling on parade ground. Inspection of gear on bed in barracks. 12:24:57 WACS to education center taking German & other classes. Teaching German children. WACs playing volleyball; riding bicycles; sightseeing / touring. 12:26:15 Two WACS into cuckoo clock shop. 12:26:54 Recreation club w/ officers. 12:27:11 Zimmerman summary. The End. 6th Infantry Regiment; Sexist Narration; 1952; Army Propaganda; Korean War; NOTE: Any continuous 14 minutes sold at per reel rate.

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