Korea - Clearing Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1115A
Date Released
19 Oct 1950
Date submitted
16 Oct 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - Clearing Up & Wake Island Meeting. DESCRIPTION: Action in Korea has now swept North far beyond the 38th Parallel and new pictures from Seoul are vivid evidence of the toughness of the battle. Mr Truman leaves Washington Airport on his way to the dramatic rendezvous on Wake Island with General MacArthur. SHOTLIST: KS. Tanks along road - mix. GIs etc. in action (street actions). Various shots of same. Buildings burning. Snipers shooting. Tanks pass along street. Prisoners (only youths) being searched hundreds in camp. Shots of them being handed food in basins & eating same greedily. General MacArthur walks over countryside viewing position, two shots. CU MacArthur. Truman alights from car at Washington Airport. SCU him & his wife. SCU Truman & Acheson. Truman half up gangway into plane turns & waves, posing for cameras.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Korea
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
54471
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
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'Korea - Clearing Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 1115A, 19 Oct 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16725 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)