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The Hungnam Story 1950
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keywords: Korean War, 1st Marine Division, Chosin Reservoir, Firing Bazooka, M-46 Tank, Aircraft Carrier USS Leyte
Synopsis: The 1st Marine Division withdraws from the Chosin Reservoir toward the Port of Hungnam, North Korea on the Sea of Japan in the freezing Autumn of 1950 after Red Chinese troops entered the war....(read more)
- Date: 1950
- Duration: 00:10:57
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Korea
The Hungnam 1950
LS, U.S military camp in snow in North Korea. MLS, Marine chopping log. MLS, MSs, Marines grouped around fire. Marine warming foot and checking for frostbite. MCU, CU, soldier sleeping on pack. LS, pipes for oil. Tilt up to show pipes laid up over hills. MLS, Korean soldiers on damaged concrete wall. ELS, aerial views of rugged mountainous country in North Korea. Planes dropping bombs and attacking ground targets. MS, U.S. Marines (soldiers) moving slowly up snow- covered hill in North Korea. Shows Marine firing 3.5 bazooka, Marines in FG. CU of Marine carrying a 3.5 bazooka. LS Marines moving up steep snow covered hill in two columns.
North Korean prisoners come staggering up hill to U.S. soldiers. MS, prisoners sitting in snow. MCU, U.S. soldier offering prisoner coffee. MCU, prisoner given cigarette. Tilt down to frostbitten bare feet of North Korean prisoner. CU bare feet in snow. Prisoner being searched. MLS, MSs, more Korean prisoners entering U.S. lines. Wounded Marine carried on litter, dead U.S. soldiers pulled along ground, chaplain praying over dead bodies in snow. African-American Marine washing mess kit in stream. Jeep tows another jeep into camp. MS group of Marines in front of M-46 tank. CU of Marine on field radio in falling snow. Marines moving forward in falling snow followed by Korean refugees with household goods carried on top of heads. CU shot "feet only" of column of Marines marching along a snow covered, frozen road.
CU, animated map showing location of Yalu River, Chosin Reservoir, Hungnam, and Pyongyang in North Korea and Seoul in South Korea in relation to 38th Parallel. CU, animated maps depicting fighting around the Chosin Reservoir, depicting Red Chinese Army troops entering the Korean War and the 1st Marine Division surrounded by Red Chinese troops. The 1st Marine Division and UN Forces in eastern North Korea forced to withdraw toward the port of Hungnam North Korea on the Sea of Japan.
Shows 1st Marine Division and UN Forces withdrawing to Port of Hungnam under cover of of U.S. Navy and Marine aircraft. LS, trucks and jeeps around curve on mountain. MLS, jeeps and men moving forward over snow-covered mountain road as U.S. planes drop napalm to cover withdrawal. Various scenes as U.S. aircraft drop napalm bombs and the resulting "wall or ball of fire" as the napalm bombs strike ground targets.
Good footage and numerous shots of F9F Panther aircraft being launched (taking off ) from the USS Leyte (CV-32) aircraft carrier off the coast of North Korea. LS, Scene of U.S. Navy destroyer underway with large flight of Navy aircraft overhead.
Shows Marines and refugees on wind sweep snow covered mountain road. Shows 6X6, 2-1/2 ton truck loaded with supplies, followed by jeep. Marine standing behind tank looking through binoculars. Marines moving across snow covered field with M-46 tank, brief image of plane in flight. Plane drops napalm bomb on hillside, flash of fire, then cloud of black smoke. LS of another plane making napalm bomb drop on same hillside, flash of fire, large cloud of black smoke. Excellent footage of U.S. aircraft providing "close air support" (CAS) for Marines in Korea.
