Korean War - 1953: Operation Big Switch POW Exchange & Koje Island Camp, ca 31Jul-05Aug53

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Korean War - 1953: Operation Big Switch POW Exchange & Koje Island Camp, ca 31Jul-05Aug53 CU LEO R. MIMELLA, USMC, working on electrical wiring for tents of BIG SWITCH. CU Sgt. ED CADE, starting power to supply building w/ electric facilities. CU Electrical panel. 13:22:54 CU CPL. ARTHUR POTTMAN, 19th. Army Postal Unit, w/ mail bag from jeep; Men inside mail room sorting mail (dark). 13:23:27 MS MP at three way crossing, directing traffic; PAN to follow passing truck. POV from truck of jeeps. 13:24:04 MS Men unload from trucks. (dark) 13:24:31 Slate: 26???53 Camera: H.W. Lovejoy. MS North Korean prisoners march up from dock & toward train; Military Police watching in FG. MS MP on dock; landing craft arriving & discharging North Korean prisoners. CU Prisoners march off. LA MS Guards at side of landing craft as POWs unload. 13:26:12 Slate: 05Aug53, Lovejoy. MS prisoners march past; hand around bayonet in FG. LS marching up dock, away. 13:26:29 Slate: same. CU sign: Hi Fellows, Glad To Have You With Us. We Will Do Our Best To Make Your Stay Enjoyable, But This Ain’t The States, But the 8057th Is Doing Their Best To Speed You Home. 13:26:45 CU Sign: Welcome To The Inchon Replacement Depot - The Gateway To Home. 13:26:53 HA MS Army buses pulling up. MS Group of North Korean women & children prisoners; LS behind barbed wire fence. 13:27:24 CU North Korean w/ a long white beard in native dress. 13:27:30 Slate: illegible. MS US Army HRS-1 helicopter approach & landing. MS released Black & White American prisoners as they are greeted by military. MS Korean women & children watching; two Korean boys in tree. 13:28:10 MS Released UN prisoners w/ tags down walkway toward camera; MPs in FG. Prisoner w/ very long beard. 13:28:30 MS Side of bus; man wi/ beard inside. 13:28:37 Slate: same. MS HRS-1 landing. CU Released UN prisoners, PAN as they walk away. 13:29:01 Slate: 31Jul53. Camera: K.R. Giles. 13:29:04 HA LS Women’s prison camp w/ guard tower, prisoners sit in shade of barracks. LS across grounds. HA LS Guard making rounds around side of compound building on Koje Island. MS Inside of compound, several women run along fence. 13:29:02 Slate: Same. MS thru wire into prison camp; two men shaking blanket; other men stand around near building. LS Prisoners inside compound marched at jog pace; guard patrols outside fence in FG. ELS PAN of prison w/ hills behind. Military Prison Camp; Prisoner Swap; Release; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: Op Big Switch began in Aug53 & ended Dec53. Operation Little Switch was April & May53 for wounded & sick prisoners. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk