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POW exchange between North Korea and UN Allied Command Forces in Munsan, South Korea in August 1953
Title: "First Films: P.O.W. Exchange!" superimposed over LS truck convoy on ridge / High angle Panmunjom UN receiving center / CU sign "Welcome Gate to Freedom" / High angle crowd of soldiers, MPs, military officials behind open military...
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Korean War POWs who don't want to repatriate arrive at allied receiving center during Operation Comeback
VS General John E. Hull, General Maxwell D. Taylor and UN officers walking, Hull saluting, Hull shaking hands with officer, Taylor shaking hands with officer / WS Hull and UN officer watching POWs marching with flags / CU Hull and UN...
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Korean civilians welcome the arrival of POWs at train station during Operation Comeback
WS Crowd, mostly women waving and applauding / MS sobbing elderly woman in traditional Korean white clothing comes out of crowd being stopped by M.P., who grabs her neck scarf, making her stop/ MS crowd, most are women and children...
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Anti-Communist POWs of Korean War refusing repatriation leave allied receiving center by trucks during Operation Comeback
MS a POW drinking water, another soldier looking into camera in foreground / WS POWs on trucks / Angle shot of POWs holding small flags on truck / MS a POW drinking water, soldiers and truck with letter USA painted on truck in background...
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Last of Anti-Communist Korean War prisoners to be released to the United Nations
"World News" superimposed over spinning globe / Title "'Operation Comeback' Ends in Korea" superimposed over barbed wire fence / VS under guard of Indian troops, Korean anti-communist POWs march in road carrying South Korean and...
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German POWs return to Germany from Russia after ten years of captivity
A group of people waving handkerchiefs as a bus drives past / Scores of people in warm clothing wave from the side of a road / Numerous shots of returnees in a crowd listening to a speech with applause / VS the former POWs with several...
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POW US Army soldier Edward Dickenson, released by Chinese Communists, reunites with his family in Washington, DC
Edward Dickenson, who first decided to remain with Chinese Communists at end of Korean War, standing with his mother posing for photo opportunity; he then puts his hat on his sister standing on other side / Dickenson shakes hands with...
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During Korean War, 11-year-old Korean boy held as UN spy by North Korean military is released at Panmunjom, North Korea
Title: word "Korea" superimposed over teletype machine / North Korean soldiers walking past tents, soldier standing guard in foreground / released boy Kim Won Kyo standing in front of North Korean officers next to UN liaison officer, US...
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Korean town welcomes the Korean War POWs as more POWs depart compound
WS Dancers on stilts waving trucks loaded with POWs driving by, line of crowd across the street waving at POW trucks driving by / MS young girls waving small flags, shouting, banners written in Chinese in background saying "Long Live...
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Gen. John E. Hull and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor see Korean War POWs off during Operation Comeback
WS Unid official showing Korean flag held by POW to General John E. Hull, General Maxwell D. Taylor, and unid official / CU Korean flags / MS unid Korean official talking to Taylor, unid official, and Hull / WS Taylor, Hull, and unid...
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AMTRACs (amphibious tractors) traveling through countryside; prisoners file into them in South Korea during Korean War
AMTRACs moving through countryside, villagers on hillside watching and following in bg / villagers sitting on ground watching line of AMTRACs across maybe crop field / various shots AMTRACs moving down dirt road, vehicles to side,...
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US and South Korean soldiers interrogate prisoners
North Korean prisoners on and in moving jeep with hands on heads, three soldiers in jeep; it comes to stop / soldiers point rifles at prisoners as they get out / prisoners sitting on ground interrogated by US and South Korean soldiers...
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US Marines nab prisoner from hut and tie his hands in South Korea during Korean War
MS marines walking with civilian with band around jacket sleeve past camera / soldiers headed for hut, villagers in front and boy behind soldier / soldier pointing rifle at shirtless man coming out door; man searches him for weapons,...
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British and Canadian soldiers arrive at Geoje Island prisoner facility to reinforce the garrison for the defying Red prisoners
MS British and Canadian soldiers marching with rifles past camera / WS soldiers standing at attention / MS soldiers standing at attention / WS British and Canadian troops disembarking from ship in background, lettered "USNS LST 535" and...
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During Korean War, two North Korean soldiers surrender to South Korean forces during the Battle of Bloody Ridge
Shot of North Korean bunker / two North Korean soldiers with hands raised walking away from bunker towards camera / South Korean soldier talking to two North Korean soldiers who have surrendered / close shot of one of North Korean...
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During Korean War, US soldier takes two North Korean soldiers prisoner during Battle of Bloody Ridge in North Korea
LS US soldier searches two North Korean prisoners with their hands up, denuded trees around them on slope / North Korean prisoners walking towards camera with their hands up and guarded by US soldier / Note: exact month/day not known
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Recently released POW General William Dean with Generals Maxwell Taylor, Mark Clark, and other officials in Seoul, South Korea
Quick shot soldiers at attention / US officers coming out door and down steps / generals saluting, military men in bg saluting / MS Generals William F. Dean, Maxwell D. Taylor, and Mark Clark, cars in garage and soldiers saluting in bg /...
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US Army Sec. Robert Stevens interviews POWs In Munsan, South Korea; Generals Maxwell Taylor and Mark Clark present
Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens at table with officer and American POW, microphones on table / CU Stevens listening to POW behind microphones, hand holding camera flash in corner / men at table, Stevens and POW shake hands,...
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POWs arrive in ambulances at Freedom Village in Munsan, South Korea; US Army Secretary Robert Stevens present
Army ambulance comes to stop, soldiers and officers including US Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens waiting arrival; another pulls in / pan up to POWs getting out of back / ambulance drives off, soldiers get out of another ambulance,...
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After end of Korean War, North Korean POWs who first refused repatriation change their minds and return to North Korea
Two UN officers talking to Indian man / close shot of Indian man / trucks carrying released North Korean POWs who have chosen to return driving past crowd of North Korean and Chinese Communist POWs / Chinese Communist and North Korean...
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South Korean POWs arrive at South Korean compound
VS South Korean POW being carried out of bus on stretcher, soldier pulling up blanket for POW, tilt up to sign over entrance tent written in Korean, UN and South Korean flags flying / WS South Korean POW getting off Red Cross bus, each...
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UN and Korean POWs being exchanged
Low shot POW in white robe with wounded hands walking out of tent with doctor on right and soldier on left / CU wounded Korean POW in white robe / Tilt down to his hands; he lost all the fingers on his left hand and his right hand is...
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North Korean POWs arrive at North Korean compound
MS North Korean POWs getting off USA Red Cross bus from the back, with assistance from nurses and soldiers, walking past camera / Tracking shot female nurse holding POW walking by / MS and Tracking shot more POWs getting off bus with...
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American and North Korean POWs exchanged at Panmunjom
A flatbed truck covered with a tarp comes to a stop and MPs (one is African American) place a ladder at the back of the vehicle; a man in a North Korean uniform looks over paperwork as Koreans get out of a truck with small bundles of...