USMC 104673: History of the Korean War Part II

Item Description
Title
USMC 104673: History of the Korean War Part II

Citation information
USMC 104673: History of the Korean War Part II. (00003.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
03/712

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00003

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104673

Decade
1950

Description
An informational documentary shows the history of the Korean War produced by the Office of Armed Forces Information and Education. Combat footage and diagrams illustrate the history of the Korean War and details the current armistice. M40 tanks roll through combat zones. A C47 plane takes off from a runway. A C119 drops UN pamphlets in Korean, �safe conduct passes�. LVTs roll ashore and the USS Dunn County (LST-742) drops M46 tanks and military onto the beach. A Korean village burns. A marine rides a bike past the camera while smoking a cigarette. Christian Koreans gather to pray in the open. F9F aircraft sit aboard a ship that is lashed by bad winter weather. AD4 planes can be seen. M1919 Browning .30 caliber medium machine gun sits at the ready while two marines keep at the ready. Supplies are airdropped from a C119. A young marine holds aloft large poultry. Both South Korean and American soldiers eat. Marines march on to Hungnam. A M114 155mm Howitzer is fired. Several mortars are loaded and fired in quick succession. Ships are loaded. US Marines march on through the winter, sleep on the ground, and wash despite the snow. Combat can be seen, US forces wielding M1 rifles, a M1 RR anti-tank rocket launcher, and several machine guns including a M1919 and M2 .50 cal heavy machine gun. O1 plane lands and Gen. James A. Van Fleet exits. Several 17PDR are fired. An aircraft is downed, crashing into the valley below. Marines use gasoline to burn a bridge. Further combat is seen. HRS1 and HO3S1 helicopters stand idle in the background as Adm. Turner Joy is greeted by North Korean military staff. North Korean Gen. Nam Il walks past the camera. FJ2s land on an airstrip. The ceasefire treaty is signed by Gen. Mark W. Clark. Gen. William F. Dean, the highest ranking POW, is seen.

Location(s)
South Korea

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Squadron
HMR-161
VF-114
CV-45


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
975

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
04/29/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
27:47

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War