Korea - Latest Pictorial Record

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1103
Date Released
24 Jul 1950
Date submitted
20 Jul 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - Latest Pictorial Record. DESCRIPTION: Captives are filmed by Newsreel cameramen in Korea. Also captured Russian built equipment. Wounded GIs from the front, receive immediate treatment on their way back to base hospitals. In Tokyo, for the first time in history, the United Nations flag is presented to fly in sanctioned battle. General MacArthur received it from General Collings - US Army Chief of Staff. President Truman - who asks for wide powers and great expenditure for the fight against Communism - received a battle report from General Collings who commented on the situation. SHOTLIST: KS. SCU three North Korean POWs. Reds prisoners being interrogated, various shots. Various shots of Russian built armoured car & 76 mm field gun. CUs of various parts of same. GIs being carried from planes, wounded, some giving blood, treatment etc. as they are carried on stretcher from plane to ambulance. In Tokyo, MacArthur receives United Nation flag from General Collings. GV Capitol, Washington. CU Truman serious. Report from front line, delegates leave & on steps outside building. General Collings says a few words about the fighting.
Keywords
Politics and government; Prisoners of war; Casualties; Military
Locations
Korea
Footage sources
United States of America
Pathe
Card file number
54077
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Korea - Latest Pictorial Record', British Movietone News Issue No. 1103, 24 Jul 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16553 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)