Motion Picture MP76-28

Newsreel

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
234 feet
Running Time
6 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Warner Pathe News
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Several newsreel clips showing the proposed Korean War truce, and Harry and Bess Truman's car trip to Washington, D.C.

Date(s)
June 1953

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   “Korean News,” In Seoul, angry South Koreans stage a demonstration to protest the terms of the proposed truce between the United Nations and the Communists…The biggest Red air raid of the war sends towers of smoke over Inchon…American soldiers take over the guard at P.O.W. camps after 25,000 anti-red captives were released by order of Syngman Rhee.
2:00   “Rebellion behind the Iron Curtain” ---East Berlin.
2:45   “Aviations worst crash – 129 Dead!” ---Japan.
3:25   “Mr. Truman goes to Washington” ---Washington, D.C.
4:15   “Sports! Golden Gloves: Chicago vs. Europe, knife-throwing thrills the Ascot Race Classic.”