The Battle for Bloody Ridge

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1169A
Date Released
1 Nov 1951
Date submitted
29 Oct 1951
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - Battle for Bloody Ridge. DESCRIPTION: Canadian gunners have been effective in blasting the Reds from strong positions. The battle for Bloody Ridge, as one Communist position has been named, involved South Korean infantry in some very stiff fighting and after many hours of desperate struggle, they eventually took the ridge. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV artillery firing. GV masses tens of thousands of shell cases on ground, just dumped there. Ditto. Tanks going over rough country. Tanks firing their guns. GV valley. GV artillery putting up a barrage. GV infantry advance over valley. Individual infantrymen racing forward, falling flat & firing machine guns, etc. Communist Koreans surrender, several shots. Shot of dead Korean. Various shots of men firing tracers at dusk, hitting ridge & ricochetting. Dense smoke rises from the ridge.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Death; Prisoners of war; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
56256
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
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'The Battle for Bloody Ridge', British Movietone News Issue No. 1169A, 1 Nov 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17442 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)