Motion Picture MP75-5

In Defense of Peace

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
828 feet
Running Time
23 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
United States Information Service
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Film detailing the progression of Soviet expansion from the end of World War II to the Korean War.

Date(s)
ca.
1951

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   In Defense of Peace (title).
0:10   Last days of World War II.
0:36   English Channel.
0:57   France during World War II.
1:20   World War II – German surrender.
1:40   Yalta Conference – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin – 1945.
2:03   Ernest King at Yalta.
2:32   Berlin, Germany in ruins.
2:46   Potsdam Conference.
3:14   Truman at Potsdam Conference.
3:19   Stalin at Potsdam Conference.
3:25   Map of war progression.
3:30   Japan war scenes.
3:46   Tokyo in ruins.
3:55   Japanese surrender – U.S.S. Missouri – August 14, 1945.
4:06   MacArthur at Japanese surrender, September 2, 1945 – Tokyo Bay.
4:27   MacArthur briefly speaks on board U.S.S. Missouri about peace.
5:05   United Nations charter meeting in San Francisco – Truman there.
5:43   Edward Stettinius – at United Nations charter – signing, June 26, 1945.
6:08   Troops come home.
6:50   Guns destroyed along with other military bombs.
8:30   United Nations meeting.
8:50   USSR walks out of United Nations meeting, 1950.
9:14   Marshall Plan in operation in Paris, France.
10:17   Aid and Recovery.
11:40   Berlin Blockade by Russia.
12:19   Airlift in operation at Berlin.
14:01   Lift of the blockade.
14:40   38th parallel division of Korea.
14:58   Republic of Korea founded 1950.
15:44   North Korea attacks South Korea.
15:55   Refugees in Korea.
16:24   Lake Success – United Nations vote to unify command of U.N. forces.
17:00   Port of Pusan where U.N. troops landed.
17:40   Korean War scenes.
18:00   United Nations countries prepare for war.
19:03   53 of 59 U.N. countries resolve to resist aggression.
19:57   Warren Austin at the United Nations.
20:45   End.