USMC 102693: Seoul destruction and Inchon cemetery

Item Description
Title
USMC 102693: Seoul destruction and Inchon cemetery

Citation information
USMC 102693: Seoul destruction and Inchon cemetery. (1D-16-218; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/679

Marine Corps Library Number
1600-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-218; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102693

Decade
1950

Date
1950-10-08

Description
Views of Seoul after Inchon landings showing significant damage from fighting. Civilians return to regular life with some clearing ruble. A brief sequence shows hundreds of North Korean prisoners are marched along the coast under guard. Gen. Douglas MacArthur gets into military car accompanied by other officers. The United Nations' flag flies at half mast over the 1st Marine Division cemetery during ceremonies including Marine, Navy, Army and Korean officers, General Oliver P. Smith among them.

Location(s)
Seoul (Korea); Inchon (Korea)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Division
1st Division


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
350

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
12/05/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
10:54

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video