Korean War - 1952 | Movietone Moment | 9 Oct. 2020

On this day in 1952, The U.S. Defense Department released the numbers killed so far in the Korean War, at that time 120,269. Here is a British Movietone report about the front line during the Korean War.

Seafires and Fireflies of the aircraft carrier HMS "Triumph" provided Britain's earliest contribution to the United Nations' forces operating against the North Koreans. Together with American aircraft from the carrier "Valley Forge", they have been attacking targets in the communist-held territory. The city of Pyongaeh, South Korea, gives plenty of evidence that communist bombers had passed that way. Thousands of refugees were on the trek southward as the small American force withdrew to prepare positions near the Kum River. Scenes of the actual battle were filmed by Gene Zenier, one of our newsreel war correspondents: they give a good idea of the difficult country in which the Americans have been fighting - and a typical skirmish by a forward patrol coming under enemy fire.

KS. Tank passing along the roadway. Seafires & Fireflies aboard HMS "Triumph" aircraft carrier. Fighters taxies & take-off. US carrier "Valley Forge" - MS. LS warship with planes in formation above. GV US carrier. Planes come into the land, one undercarriage wrecked, it lands safely. City of Pyongaeh - GV. GV wrecked plane, Communists bomber. Wrecked railway depot. MS refugees, CU types - old woman, in their thousands, on the march. Elevated GV of the same. MS goods trains loaded with equipment. GV rain-sodden ground. Goods train passes. Mechanised GIs pass the camera. CU lorry passing, tanks pass waving South Koreans. CU tank. Artillery firing. CU shells loaded into the barrel. Patrols searching near enemy positions. Set up a 75mm AA gun. CU GI running with bayonet raised. GI in a ditch. Troops advancing. Bazooka firing & artillery to finish.

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