Korea Incidents

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1129
Date Released
22 Jan 1951
Date submitted
18 Jan 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea Incidents. DESCRIPTION: In Korea, American sabre-jets sweep into battle to engage Russian-built MIG 15’s - US Air Force camera-gun pictures show us the destruction of one of the enemy. Scenes taken during a local retreat tell the story of sub-zero weather. Finally, Air Lift Orphan, in spite of all difficulties, more that a thousand Korean orphans have been evacuated by air. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Aerial of snow covered country. Aerial with camera-gun. Sabre-jets shooting (in combat) up Russian MIG 15s. Latter crashing towards earth with smoke coming from same. US tanks into camera along road. Troops slide down embankment in snow. Troops carry wounded on stretchers, snowing hard. Placed on jeeps. Korean kids in hundreds, being evacuated by 5th Air Force, loaded onto lorries & at airport. Nurses handling children & taking them aboard planes.
Keywords
Vehicles; Health and medicine; Weather; Environment; Aviation; Displaced persons; War damage; Evacuees; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
54885
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Korea Incidents', British Movietone News Issue No. 1129, 22 Jan 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16898 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)