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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250023-19
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1950
Country: Korea,North Korea,South Korea
Location: Hungnam,Seoul
TC Begins: 20:37:57
TC Ends: 20:47:16
Duration: 00:09:19
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Korean War - 1950, Hungnam Evacuation & Destruction; Ridgway Inspection Tour 20:38:12 Intertitle: Hungnam Port Destroyed 20:38:19 26Dec50 Map w/ 38th Parallel, showing arrows of evacuation of Hungnam & Chuncheon counterattack on 38th Parallel. 20:38:58 Artillery dug in at Hungnam firing during evacuation; mortars fired along beach. Large chimney / smokestack blown up to remove landmark for Chinese invasion. 20:40:08 Refugees to dock w/ many waiting in line w/ bags & boarding LSTs. Loaded naval ship leaving. Aerial over fleet in harbor. 20:40:52 3rd Div. HQ personnel burn maps & other papers in 55 gal barrels. Oxcarts pulling last defenders; soldiers w/ large packs & guns & machine guns. Marching aboard LST; trucks & artillery, tanks loading. Landing craft in harbor filled w/ troops & refugees to ships in harbor. 20:42:30 High angle of empty Hungnam; aerial over bridge across frozen river as demolition truck leaves bridge. Plane dive bombing; ships firing onto shore. Aerial of destroyed bridge w/ bomb craters in ice; burning city. 20:43:19 24Dec50 Army engineers placing explosive charges onto docks & to pilings. Hose of TNT ringed around concrete warehouses & primer cord placed. Men board landing craft & leave. Timed devices set off enormous explosion seen from ship in harbor w/ ammunition / ammo dump exploding. USS Begor ( seen in harbor. 20:45:13 Docks explode, enormous clouds rising from explosions. 20:46:00 Intertitle: New Eighth Army Commander Arrives 20:46:05 2-star General waiting, 4-engine plane arrives w/ 3-star Lt. General Matthew B. Ridgway, off plane in Tagu & greeted by Chief of Staff Leven C. Allen, 8th Army. Posing. 20:46:50 Ridgway plane arriving in Seoul, greeted by General Frank W. Milburn, into car. Retreat; Dec50; Withdrawal; NOTE: Ridgway arrived to replace General Walker, killed in car crash on 23Dec50. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk