38th Parallel Reel 5 of 5

38th Parallel Reel 5 of 5 Korean propaganda film on the events leading up to the crossing of the 38th parallel. Reel 5 portrays North Korea as idyllic. North Korean children at ballet class, theatre workshop, music school and choir - vars North Koreans at home listening to children singing on radio. Reconstruction and new buildings going up in North Korea. CU train wheel & pan of Korean countryside as seen from moving train. Small islands in bay. North Korean tourists at Diamond Mountain resort looking at the Koo Rong Hun falls and the Sin Ke Sa temple. 20:38:04 Mass meeting to get equal rights for women w/ speakers. Women operating switchboards. Construction of the Kim Il Sung University. 20:39:05 Education - schoolyard - children and adults classes. Children receiving instruction in dancing, singing, and acting. Variety show performed by young adults; audience applauds. 20:40:14 Cinema - National motion picture studios under construction. Movies being filmed at the new studios. 20:41:12 Workers sports meeting showing scenes of the various events incl. running, basketball, volleyball, martial arts, football, disc throwing, marathon, downhill skiing, ice skating etc. Crowds with banners cheering. 20:42:49 Montage & superimposition of heroic images as narrator states, we must abolish the 38th parallel, move south, throw out Syngman Rhee, crush imperialism and became one nation again. Men and women students parading through Pyongyang street. Still of Kim Il Sung with superimposed North Korean flags.