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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250062-05
Color: Colour
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1950,1951
Country: Japan,Korea,North Korea,USA
Location: Chosin Reservoir
TC Begins: 02:34:59
TC Ends: 02:43:29
Duration: 00:08:30
R5 of 6 Color, Documentary Film re How Korea became embroiled in Cold War politics & story of 7th Fleet & 1st Marine Division in Korean War in first year. LS from water & MS from overhead of battleship, USS Missouri (BB-63), as though passing beneath bridge. 02:35:19 MCU Vice-Admiral Arthur Struble looking thru binoculars. LS aircraft carrier; MCU pilots onto deck & briefed, then to planes; men loading napalm bombs & planes launched / taking off w/ helicopter hovering. CU bomb marked: To Whom It May Concern - From Sam. Planes launched. Helicopter picking up ditched pilot watched by Struble. Formation overhead; CU air to air of planes & pilots. GOOD SEQUENCE. 02:37:34 LS across snow covered Chosin Reservoir & evacuation of casualties. Walking wounded, stretchers. 02:38:12 Withdrawing equipment, burning buildings & troops & vehicles along road past camera. 02:38:59 Propellor airplanes in formation. 02:39:05 Soldiers dragging frozen bodies across snow; LS retreating soldiers. 02:39:15 MS tanks firing, snow covered hills / mountains behind. Explosions around tanks. Navy planes diving seen from above; napalm explosions on mountainside from ground & planes dive-bombing. Aerials alongside planes dropping napalm bombs & explosions on countryside & city. 02:41:30 CU pilot looking down, CU hand pushing trigger; view of rockets beneath plane & firing. Multiple sequences. Strafing railroad &/or highway. Bombing river valley & bridge. GOOD. 02:43:08 Line of artillery firing on snowy ground. Soldiers holding ears. Anti-Communist; Communism; American Korean War Propaganda; Cold War; Fighting; Battles; 1950; 1951; NOTE: Battle of Chosin aka Changjin Lake campaign was 17 days : 27Nov-13Dec50