MOTION PICTURE HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR ARMED FORCES INFO FILM 80904x

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website A Motion Picture History of the Korean War (AFIF 85) describes the Korean War from the U.S. perspective. The film begins with a brief overview of Korea’s geography and its capital city, Seoul (01:19), as it rebuilds following the war. While it is relatively quiet today, on 25 June 1950, artillery shots (03:05) mark an all-out attack on South Korea from the communist North, prompting U.S. President Harry Truman (03:40) to order U.S. forces to provide assistance to South Korea. At the United Nations, Warren Austin (03:53) makes the American position clear to the world body: the U.S. is answering South Korea’s appeal for help. Seoul falls (04:33) on 28 June, and communist forces cross the Han River. In Suwon (05:00), refugees gather but then must flee the invading force yet again. The U.S. Korean Volunteer Air group pilots a handful of Korean planes (05:18) while eleme