Korean War Home Movie Pusan West Air Base Burial Detail Marine Corps (1951)

Synopsis

This graphic Korean War era (1950-1953) reel of raw footage, filmed by a US serviceman, documents operations of UN Intervention force and the US Marines in Korea, near Pusan and Masan. It features the U.S. Marines VMAT-502 / Attack Squadron 513 at their airbase, handling of North Korean POWs, and the work of the local Korean people to bury the bodies of the dead at a temporary UN cemetery at Masan. It may also show the aftermath of an atrocity, as many dead civilians are seen in the footage. 0:08 Street full of rubble and destroyed buildings 0:30 Another part of the city, more damaged roofs. Women dressed in hakama (large Japanese work pants) or Korean women's hanbok 0:54 A disheveled woman, dressed in burned rags stares at the cameraman. She seems to be in shock 1:32 Pan to 1st Sergeant in the Republic of Korea Army 1:37 A ROK Army Colonel, in field uniform, talking to a ROK Major General 1:58 Men on foot, probably disarmed North Korean soldiers. 2:10 Closeup shot of an Asian man, in dirty and tattered stripped business suit 2:28 Various men, some looking distraught. 3:01 ROK soldier with a nameplate and an armband in Korean. 3:11 A US Army Lt. Col. talking to woman. He seems to appear multiple times in the film. 3:44 An airplane standing at a remains of an airfield, most likely the Pusan West Air Base, a destroyed mass of a mangled hangar and a service walkway lies in the b/g 3:53 An F-4U-5N of the US Marines Fighter Attack Squadron VMF (N)-513 #17 3:55 A F4-U-5N #18 3:59…

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Running time

22 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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