Korea - The Fight to Halt the Reds

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1105
Date Released
7 Aug 1950
Date submitted
3 Aug 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Belgian Crisis Subsides
  2. 2Festival Site Grows
  3. 3Skipper Brown of England - (Talks to Movietone)
  4. 4A Guided V-2
  5. 5Korea - The Fight to Halt the Reds
  6. *Pickworth Wins Irish Open
  7. *Our Lady of Fatima Statue in New Delhi
  8. *St Patrick’s Pilgrims Climb the Reek

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - the Fight to Halt the Reds. DESCRIPTION: News from Korea generally includes reports of the work being done by American airmen - here, official pictures show just how useful that work is; tanks, trucks, railways and bridges are evidently the main targets. SHOTLIST: KS. Groups of soldiers seated on goods trains. Aerial of tanks, trucks, railways & bridges being hit by planes, shot up etc. Aerial of Russian fighter plane gets direct hit from one of our planes. GIs fight on ground, artillery firing. Fighting a withdrawal battle in local village, using rifle & machine guns. GV American trucks passing over long bridge. GIs laying dynamite under bridge. GV smoke as bridge blows up.
Keywords
Aviation; War damage; Military
Locations
Korea
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
54141
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
150
Story extras:
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