Korea - Atrocity Eye-Witnesses

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1108A
Date Released
31 Aug 1950
Date submitted
28 Aug 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - Atrocity Eye Witnesses. DESCRIPTION: A wounded GI in South Korea, Roy Manring, picks out one of the men concerned in the brutal massacre of three hundred GI prisoners on Hill 303. The Communist newspaper Daily Worker has challenged Movietone about the truth of Communist outrages against the Red Cross. Sergeant Ray Johnston, a coloured American, gives an eye witness account. SHOTLIST: KS. North Korean POWs led out of tent. Ditto. GI wounded soldier picks out prisoner concerned in atrocities. Several shots of prisoners being pointed out as atrocity instigators. GI prods one. GV wounded Sergeant Ray Johnston being wheeled in grounds of hospital. SCU & CU of him giving an eye witness account of how he with other soldiers were tortured & ill treated, shot at with their hands tied behind their backs.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Cardiff or Glasgow.
Keywords
Ethnic groups
Locations
Korea
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
54246
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Korea - Atrocity Eye-Witnesses', British Movietone News Issue No. 1108A, 31 Aug 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16628 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)