Korean Newsreel No. 21

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44176, LI 242-MID-5238 - Korean Newsreel No. 21 - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. SUMMARY: Kim Il Sung Monument: Celebrations at the unveiling of the Kim Il Sung monument at Pyongyang. VS, spectators leering and applauding. Korean officials including Kim Du Bong make speeches at unveiling. Kim Du Bong unveiling the monument. Civilian groups placing flowers at base of monument. American Ship Arrives in North Korea: A short story on the South Korean crew of the SS Kimbell R. Smith, Mobile, Alabama, turning the ship over to the North Koreans. LS, Ship moving into unidentified harbor. VS, officials and civilians on dock, waiting the arrival of the ship. VS, Ship pulling alongside dock and crew members waving. VS, Ships officers and crew being welcomed and paraded through city streets. Mass outdoor meeting honoring the former South Koreans. Chinese Republic Being Honored: CU, Chinese flag. VS, Chinese students marching through streets. Mass meeting of Chinese and Korean officials, at the National Art Theater in Pyongyang, to celebrate the start of the Chinese Peoples Republic. VS, Chinese and Koreans making speeches (pictures in background of Mao Tse Tung, Stalin and Kim Il Sung). Chinese speaker states "We must fight and destroy American Capitalistic Ideas". CU, Chinese and Korean faces. CU, still picture of Mao Tse Tung. To World Peace: Mass outdoor meeting of Chinese and Koreans at Pyongyang. Chinese and Koreans speaking for world peace. VS, Koreans and Chinese demonstrate in streets with signs, posters, and pictures of Stalin and Kim Il Sung. VS, marchers waving Red flags.