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World War II: captured soldiers
World War II / French language / captured soldiers march with hands up / troops moving out, walking through civilian crowded streets of port city / wounded German soldiers boarding boat / soldiers boarding truck / Note: exact month/day...
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UN conducts Operation Little Switch rehearsal ahead of prisoner exchanges
CU Sign says Munsan, train car and soldiers in background / MS nurse with soldiers on train talking to soldier on platform / PAN train at platform, sign reads "Munsan" on left screen / MS soldiers talking on platform, train with Red...
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In prisoner exchange at end of Korean War, US POW Army General William F. Dean arrives in Panmunjom, North Korea
Title "First pictures - Gen. Dean a free man again" superimposed over US Gen. William F. Dean, released POW, holding microphone speaking in in Tokyo / VS Dean riding in jeep as it arrives at prisoner exchange camp at Panmunjom / CU Dean...
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Geojedo prison camp
Title card: "First Pictures Koje Island Prison Camp Incident" / Korean War / garden sign Kojedo outside United States Army prisoner of war camp / Korean War prisoners behind barbed wire fence / photographers outside fence / CU General...
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In Chinese films, Communists interrogate US Airman Floyd O'Neal about germ warfare
Title card: "The Big Lie Exposed!" / Title card: "These films, shown to the United Nations by U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., unmask Communist torture techniques." / Title card: "Red propaganda movies show American airmen who have...
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First days in Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea after Armistice ends Korean War
Title "Korea - First days of the truce" superimposed over panning shot of empty trench in Demilitarized Zone / shot of former battlefront / empty trench / US soldiers clearing out bunker / US soldiers stacking machine guns and boxes of...
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Former American Korean War POWs being fed and treated at US medical facility at Panmunjom
MS GI POW eating, smiling at camera / CU POW eating / MS POW holding a cup, talking / CU POW smiling at camera / MS POW who lost an arm sitting at table talking to another soldier / CU POW talking and smiling at camera / MS POW sitting...
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During war in Indochina (now Vietnam), captured French General Christian de Castries in Viet Tri after being freed by Indochinese Communists
Title card: "Indo-china, de Castries freed, Anti-Reds evacuated" / de -Castries, former commander of Dien Bien Phu, after being freed, reviewing French troops in Viet Tri with General Rene Cogny, commander of French Union forces / de...
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American forces capture Nuremberg at close of European war
Giant bronze swastika at Zeppelin Field / VS captured German soldiers and civilians including young boys and old men / VS CU faces of the men / boy's ' ... Volkssturm Wehrmacht' armband / American solders (one: Native American/or...
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Korean War anti-Communist Chinese POWs board landing ship tank during Operation Comeback
WS POW with Taiwanese flag walking across rail track, two women serving tea to POWs, crowd holding signs and banners behind rope barrier in distance along rail track / side view of POWs with belonging on back, waving flags / CU POWs...
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South Korean prisoners of war released
North Korea releases three South Korean prisoners of war / prisoners walk behind North Korean officer / photographers line area as prisoners walk / hand over between North Koreans and American military / released prisoners, South Korean...
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Chinese and US films shown to the UN of pilot John Quinn confessing to using germ warfare in North Korea then repudiating confession
Chinese POW films and US films shown to UN by US UN Rep Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.--Chinese film: MS Chinese guard and pilot John Quinn sitting at table facing camera, microphone in front of Quinn, other Chinese at table writing down Quinn's...
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Chinese and US films shown to the UN of airman Paul Kniss confessing to germ warfare in North Korea then repudiating confession
Chinese POW films and US films shown to UN by US Ambassador to UN Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.--Chinese film: Asian guard and American Airman Lieutenant Paul Kniss in interrogation room, Kniss sits down / Kniss at interrogation table with two...
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President Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at ceremony in front of the White House
Title: "Washington - 7 Heroes Receive Medals of Honor" superimposed over CU Medal of Honor / WS White House / MS President Dwight D. Eisenhower coming out / WS guards come to attention / MS Medals of Honor winners standing / VS...
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An overview of the Korean War and the UN reaction after armistice is signed on 7/27/1953
VS smoke from explosion on ground / airplane in air / bomb exploding on mountain ridge / VS ship fires gun / side view soldiers climbing from boat to shore at dark / soldiers walk with guns, smoke in bkgd / tanks rolling through Seoul /...
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First group of sick U.S. armistice prisoners arrive home by plane and U.S. sends shipment of grain to South Korea
Title: "17 Come Home - First Plane With Sick Korean PWs" superimposed over Travis Air Force base: POW being carried down ramp on stretcher from C-54 through the Military Air Transport Service Pacific Division Airlift / VS C-54 plane...
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US Rear Adm. John Daniel briefs UN correspondents after meeting with North Korean officers regarding prisoners of war
Front view of US Rear Adm, John C. Daniel and delegates walking out of conference venue, being surrounded by UN correspondents / CU Daniel talking to UN correspondents / Close PAN correspondents taking notes / CU Daniel talking to...
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French nurse Lt. Genevieve De Galard-Terraube reaches Hanoi after release from communist captivity, and French wounded are evacuated
Title: "Freedom For Heroic Nurse of Dien Bien Phu" superimposed over Genevieve De Galard-Terraube, French nurse speaking to press at airport in Paris, and her mother Vicomtess Germaine De Galard-Terraube standing next to her / VS night...
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During Korean War, scenes of US troops in combat in South Korea, peace talks in North Korea, and US troops in US leaving for Korea
Title in form of newspaper headline: "Korea cease-fire drama, Global story of the year" / US soldiers in South Korea march down road, trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns behind / US Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Commander of UN Forces in Korea,...
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Arab prisoners released by Israeli military at end of 1948 Arab-Israeli War arrive in Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel)
Two shots of Commander of Arab Legion Lt. Col. Abdullah El Tel standing on street talking to officials / three shots of trucks carrying released Arab prisoners driving down street / two shots of released prisoners getting off truck / two...
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Overseas Chinese Committee rally supports the anti-communist POWs; people dancing in the street
VS People in traditional Chinese costumes dance on stilts in street, crowd of onlookers in background / VS men and women in traditional Chinese costumes dancing on stilts in street, onlookers in background / CU sign reads "Long Live...
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Gen. John E. Hull is interviewed by press while seeing Korean War POWs off during Operation Comeback
MS CU Side view of Gen. John E. Hull talking to media / CU front view of Hull talking to presspersons
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Gen. John E. Hull and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor visit Korean War POWs
WS Indian officer shaking hands with General John E. Hull, General Maxwell D. Taylor, and unid official, talking with Gen Taylor / CU Indian officer talking with POW, with Hull, Taylor and unid official in background / Note: exact day...
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During First Indochina War, French military in Indochina (now Vietnam) return wounded Viet Minh POWs to Viet Minh
Title "French return wounded POW's to Viet Minh" superimposed over Red Cross ambulances driving over pontoon bridge across river, mountain in background / ambulances pulling into camp / ambulances parked next to tents / wounded POWs...