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Former Korean War POWs arrive at American base
VS Mungsan processing center with numerous tents and mountains in the distance / VS a elevated view of UN Supreme Commander Gen. Mark Clark and Gen. Maxwell Taylor welcoming men getting out of the ambulances / a group assists a man in an...
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US Senate Subcommittee holds hearings in Washington, DC, on atrocities committed by North Korea against US POWs during Korean War
Title "Washington" superimposed over members of US Senate subcommittee sitting at table, people in audience in foreground / side shot of members of subcommittee sitting at table, chairman US Senator Charles E. Potter sitting second from...
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UN General Assembly approves resolution condemning atrocities committed by North Korea against US POWs during Korean War
Title card: "The Red atrocities in Korea" / title card: "From the lips of GI's . . . How American war prisoners were starved, tortured and murdered by their Communist captors" / title "United Nations condemns Reds" superimposed over...
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Rebuilt city of Cassino, Italy
Title: "Cassino 10 Years After" superimposed over aerials of post-World War II city / street scenes, sign "Cassino" / rebuilt Monte Cassino monastery / rebuilt city // title: "1944" superimposed over American military airplane in flight...
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Three ex-GIs who renounced the US for communism choose repatriation after two years of communism and are back in US to face charges
Title: "Turncoats Arrive - Three Ex-GIs Under Military Arrest" superimposed over William A. Cowart, Lewis W. Griggs, and Otho G. Bell, all US war prisoners who had chosen Communism / WS US liner S.S. President Cleveland, at sea / Cowart,...
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UN representative Adm. John Daniel signs agreement with North Korea for repatriation of sick and wounded prisoners of the Korean War
Title: "Korea - The Drama of Prison Exchange" / PAN site of Panmunjom meeting, people outside tents and on road / CU UN group led by Rear Adm. John C. Daniel, Chief UN Liaison Officer, arriving / CU North Korean Gen. Nam Il arrives and...
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Former Korean War POW Gen. William Dean
Title: "General Dean Ready for Duty" / former prisoner of war Major General William Dean arrives at airport, greeted by Lt. General Bruce Palmer / honor guard salutes Dean / Dean and Palmer salute / Dean in White House with President...
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USAF airmen captured during Korean War in Hong Kong and then Tokyo after being released from prison by Communist China
Title card: "First pictures: US fliers freed by Chinese Reds" / Hong Kong sentry looking through binoculars / two shots of released prisoners walking across railroad bridge being greeted by US officers / released prisoners and officers...
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Interned Americans released from captivity by North Korean Communists
Title superimposed on newspapers rolling off the press: "People and Events, you're reading about" / title "Internees...Safe in US after long Red captivity" superimposed over the arriving former prisoners standing and waving from airplane...
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Released UN and Communist POWs in North Korea in "Big Switch" prisoner exchange following Armistice ending Korean War
Card: "Paramount News issue no 103" / title "'Big Switch,' First week of PW exchange" superimposed over trucks carrying released UN POWs / VS trucks pulling into Panmunjom / CU sign over gate "Welcome, Gate to Freedom" / POW looking out...
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The US and Korea swap sick and wounded prisoners at Panmunjom: Red Cross ambulances arrive at Korean side of prison exchange site
PAN Tents with gate in foreground, gate with flags and banners in Chinese and Korean / CU PAN tents seen thru gates, Chinese flag flying on gate / PAN from soldier to tent / WS Korean soldiers outside tents, trucks in background / WS...
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The US and Korea swap sick and wounded prisoners at Panmunjom: Wounded GI POWs leave makeshift US Army hospital
VS Two GI POWs accompanied by soldier walking out of US Army hospital tent, soldier taking pictures as they walk by / Follow wounded POW being carried on stretcher, nurse walking by side / MS nurse shaking hands with wounded POW lying on...
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American former POWs of the Korean War speak at press conference
VS unidentified POWs speak into microphones, some held by soldier, at press conference / CU unid POW speaking into mike held by another man who asks him questions / CU unid POW speaking, pan to man holding mike / VS wounded soldier...
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Former American POWs wait by buses and board ship homeward bound in Incheon, South Korea
VS freed US prisoners of war stand in group with suitcases next to line of buses / Pan down line of buses with former POWs standing beside them and MPs managing situation / MS black soldier gets off bus / Pan over to rear view soldiers...
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Korean War POW is freed, arrives in Panmunjom for debriefing, and talks to soldiers and press
MS former POW reaches out from back of truck, soldier walks up and they shake hands, POW grabs man's hat and puts his hat on soldier's head, then soldier throws hat into air and they laugh / truck pulls away and former POW waves paper /...
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Freedom Village with repatriated Korean War POWs
VS a blond man is helped from a truck with a tarp as a man checks a list; a man holding a bundle of his belongings is helped down and others follow / A sign in English and Korean, "Welcome Gate to Freedom" with a tent beyond / VS...
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British POWs at Britannia Camp in South Korea
VS The men inside the tent drinking, eating, and smoking; a nurse talks to a man holding a cup / VS the returnees sit at tables with paperwork; one speaks to a man wearing a beret and smoking a pipe while filling out paperwork; his face...
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Repatriated British POWs return to Britannia Camp in South Korea
Tilt up of sign, "Britannia Camp" / A Red Cross truck drives past men standing at attention; "...Homeward Bound" on the bumper / Men seated in the dimly lit interior of the truck / same scene with the tarp covers opened and cheerful...
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Korean War: prisoner repatriation
Korean War: truck arrives with prisoners to be repatriated to South Korea / United States military police assist prisoners from truck / Turkish former prisoner being escorted by American officers / Note: exact day not known
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North Korean delegates and US Rear Adm. John Daniel arrive for another around of discussion on prisoners of war
WS Air balloon, tilt down jeeps driving on country road / WS North Korean officials getting off jeep and walking into conference venue / MS helicopter landing, UN correspondents in foreground / Side view US Rear Adm. John C. Daniel...
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Red Korean, Chinese officials and US Rear Adm. Daniel arrive at conference venue for prisoner exchange
MS Jeep carrying Korean Officers drives toward camera, comes to stop, / Follow Korean officers getting off jeep, walking past guard post, salute to guard / Follow more Korean officers walking past guard post, saluting to guard as walking...
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North Korean and Chinese officials leave conference venue where discussion of prisoners of war is held
MS North Korean officer followed by Chinese official leaving meeting venue / CU North Korean officer leaving by jeep / MS Chinese official gets into jeep / CU US Rear Adm. John C. Daniel and others walking into tent / Note: exact day not...
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The US and Korea swap sick and wounded prisoners at Panmunjom: Korean POWs arrive at Korean makeshift hospitals
MS Crowd at back of Red Cross ambulance, wounded Korean POW accompanied by Korean soldier walking past / MS Korean POW and Korean medics walking by / Follow Korean POW in heavy coat with by Korea soldier walking by, into tent / MS Korean...
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Premiere of "Stalag 17" at Astor Theatre in New York City benefits Air Force Association's Widow Rehabilitation Program
Title card: "Big Benefit Premiere in New York" superimposed over twinkling stars / LS EXT Astor theater and marquee showing Stalag 17 with crowd gathered outside / high angle crowd in lobby / in lobby former inmates of the original...