Korea - Latest Film Despatch

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1102

Date Released

17 Jul 1950

Date submitted

14 Jul 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Circus Aids Army Benevolent Fund
2. 1Royal Landlord in Cornwall
3. 2Spanish Schooner Visits Dublin
4. 2Thompson Retains Lightweight Title (Exclusive Pictures)
5. 3International Car Race - The Leinster Trophy
6. 3Shrinking Swim-Suits
7. 4Australian Premier to Discuss Defence?
8. 5Korea - Latest Film Despatch

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - Latest Film Despatch. DESCRIPTION: As reinforcements leave for Korea, President Truman promises victory, however long the job may take. The aircraft carrier Bataan is leaving Norfolk, Virginia. In Korea, the southern native, under the direction of American troops, build and repair the all-too-few airfields. First the wounded GIs are brought back from the front. Refugees present a problem, following the pattern of all sudden aggressions. Meanwhile, against heavy odds, the Americans fight a vital delaying action. Undoubtedly, their presence has stiffened South Korean defence. SHOTLIST: KS. MS fighter aeroplane. Aircraft carrier "Bataan" at Norfolk, Virginia, comes alongside quay. Fighter planes being loaded aboard, below deck. CU ditto. Tail of plane being hauled by mechanical tractor along deck. Pan along plane being towed. GV carrier with planes on flight deck, loaded. CU planes, wings folded. Wake of landing craft. GV landing craft, stern. Sailors on landing craft. Landing craft entering parent landing craft. CU & CU ditto of same. Ship with supplies in hold. Crate labeled "Dangerous Explosives". CU same. Sailors with crates of explosives. Negroes carrying equipment down gangway. Negroes on dockside. CU same. GIs wave from deck. LS ship. SCU group of sailors. Relatives wave from dockside. Aircraft passes over. CU ditto. Natives work on airfield guarded by GIs. SCU native. CU ditto. Natives clear rubble from airfield. CU natives. GV airfield. Wounded GI soldiers look at same. Communist lieutenant wounded. Wounded being tended - CU. Policeman on point duty, house in background. Crowds of natives. North Korean interviewed by GI (silent). CU ditto. Refugees on railway station. Hundreds emerge from platform stairs. Various shots of refugees on station. GIs stand about. GIs board goods trains. Several shots aboard goods wagons. South Koreans board goods trains, sitting about.

Keywords

Politics and government; Displaced persons; Casualties

Locations

Korea

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

54053

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

209

Story extras:

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