USMC 104674: Chosin to Hungnam
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Item Description
Title
USMC 104674: Chosin to Hungnam
Citation information
USMC 104674: Chosin to Hungnam. (00004.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
03/716
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
00004
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104674
Decade
1950
Date
1950-12
Description
Marines march from Chosin to Hungnam, Korea following the entry of the PRC to the conflict. The frigid conditions contended by American soldiers while marching through the Northern parts of the Korean peninsula during the cold months. Marines, exhausted from traveling, sleep on the frozen ground. North Korean POWs captured by Americans are tended to. There's a shot of bare frozen feet. The movement and battle is represented with maps and animated diagrams. Combat footage features the use of M20 rocket launchers, M1 rifles, and 155mm howitzers. An F4U drops bombs and battles unseen North Korean forces in the valley below. A F9F takes off the USS Leyte (CV-32) followed by aerial footage. M26 tank is seen amongst Marines as they march. Planes provide air support to troops marching below. C119 planes drop supplies. AT6 and L19 planes land. Injured marines are loaded onto a C47 before takeoff. Naval artillery fire to shore. Sailors load and fire 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 naval guns. B29 planes fly in formation, dropping bombs below. South Korean troops and civilians flee, heading for American ships for the amphibious evacuation of Hungnam. A lone child cries. Several LSTs stand by, including the USS Greer County (LST-799) and USS La Moure County (LST-883). The port is destroyed following the evacuation.
Location(s)
Chosin (Korea); Hungnam (Korea)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Filmed in the Autumn of 1950. Footage from the evacuation is recorded from late December 1950. Released 1951
Division
3rd Division
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
850
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
05/02/2022
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k
Digital runtime
24:46
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Korean War
Title
USMC 104674: Chosin to Hungnam
Citation information
USMC 104674: Chosin to Hungnam. (00004.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
03/716
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
00004
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104674
Decade
1950
Date
1950-12
Description
Marines march from Chosin to Hungnam, Korea following the entry of the PRC to the conflict. The frigid conditions contended by American soldiers while marching through the Northern parts of the Korean peninsula during the cold months. Marines, exhausted from traveling, sleep on the frozen ground. North Korean POWs captured by Americans are tended to. There's a shot of bare frozen feet. The movement and battle is represented with maps and animated diagrams. Combat footage features the use of M20 rocket launchers, M1 rifles, and 155mm howitzers. An F4U drops bombs and battles unseen North Korean forces in the valley below. A F9F takes off the USS Leyte (CV-32) followed by aerial footage. M26 tank is seen amongst Marines as they march. Planes provide air support to troops marching below. C119 planes drop supplies. AT6 and L19 planes land. Injured marines are loaded onto a C47 before takeoff. Naval artillery fire to shore. Sailors load and fire 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 naval guns. B29 planes fly in formation, dropping bombs below. South Korean troops and civilians flee, heading for American ships for the amphibious evacuation of Hungnam. A lone child cries. Several LSTs stand by, including the USS Greer County (LST-799) and USS La Moure County (LST-883). The port is destroyed following the evacuation.
Location(s)
Chosin (Korea); Hungnam (Korea)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Filmed in the Autumn of 1950. Footage from the evacuation is recorded from late December 1950. Released 1951
Division
3rd Division
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
850
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
05/02/2022
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k
Digital runtime
24:46
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Korean War
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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