Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. UN PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGE IN KOREA, AND ARRIVAL OF POW'S IN HAWAII UN PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGE IN KOREA, AND ARRIVAL OF POW'S IN HAWAII IN HAWAII

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. UN PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGE IN KOREA, AND ARRIVAL OF POW'S IN HAWAII UN PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGE IN KOREA, AND ARRIVAL OF POW'S IN HAWAII IN HAWAII

1953

Summary: Various scenes of POWs returning to UN, and also arriving at Hawaii. Aircraft included are C-47, C-97, C-54, and C-124. Korea and Hawaii, 1953. Reel 1: MS high angle several ambulanes drive into parking area--MP's guarding area, directing traffic. 2) MS C-124 taxiing, stopping in head-on view. 3) MS medics carrying stretcher eases from C-124. Several scenes of stretcher cases being carried from plane to ambulance at Tachikawa AB, Japan. 4) MS POW's, assisted by medics, walk to ambulances. 5) MS POW's being escorted across the area. 6) CU flight nurses talking to medical aids in area. 7) MS sign on side of C-124's BULLY BEEF EXPRESS. SLATE: 24 APRIL 53. 8) POW exchange. Several scenes of medics walking out to C-124. Some of the men enter plane and then walk out, carrying stretcher cases. 9) Camera pans with stretcher case, showing airfield, ambulances, and people watching the return of UN POW's. 1O) MS Gen. Hargraves, Far East Air Force Air Surgeon, and Col. Chapman, Commanding Officer of Tachikawa Air Base. 11) MS the two men as they walk away from C-124. 12) CU stretcher cases being carried, by medics, across area. 13) CU Gen. Hargraves and Col. Chapman talking to one of the stretcher cases. Scene is repeated several times as the general talks to various stretcher patients. Other officers in various scenes are: Col. Joe Bain, Deputy Surgeon for AFFE; and Col. Lancaster, Vice Commander of the 315th Air Division. 14) MS patients who are able to walk are assisted from the C-124 to the waiting ambulances. 15) CU two flight nurses talking. 16) CU ambulance driving into scene. 17) PS of same area--hangars, stationary C-124 in bg. 18) MS enlisted men attaching tow vehicle to nose section of C-124. 19) CU sign: BULLY BEEF EXPRESS, on nose of the plane. 20) CU stretcher case being moved past camera. 21) CU Gen. Hargraves. 22) MCU Gen. Hargraves talking to stretcher patients. 23) CU of a patient. 24) Several scenes of stretcher cases being moved past camera. 25) CU patient lying on the stretcher. 26) MS ambulatory patients, assisted by medical technicians, walk to waiting cars. 27) LS medical technicians waiting by automobiles--C-124 stationary. 28) CU loading of stretcher cases into ambulance. 29) CU PS's of stretcher cases and other patients being loaded into ambulances and staff cars. 30) MLS convoy of ambulance vehicles starting to pull out of the aircraft parking area. 31) MCU two flight nurses talking to ground crewman who is wearing checkered shirt. 32) CU two flight nurses. 33) LS high angle of long string of ambulances used to transport the patients to hospital. 34) LPS C-124 landing at Tachikawa AB--other C-124's and a B-l7 stationary, C-47 taxiing. 35) High angle looking down on medical aids awaiting the arrival of the POW's. 36) LS C-124 taxiing and turning. 37) MLS medical aids walking up into C-124, then walking out carrying stretcher patients. 38) High angle looking down on same operation. 39) MS high angle, Gen. Hargraves talking to stretcher case. 40) Several scenes of stretcher cases and other patients being assisted to awaiting ambulances. Gen. Hargraves talks to several of the patients. Reel 2: l) LPS C-124 taxiing at Tachikawa AB--four C-124's stationary in bg. 2) MS C-124 turning into parking area. 3) CU C-124 stopping, clamshell doors open. 4) MS ramp coming down. 5) MS medics walk up to aircraft. 6) MS spectators, MP's hold crowd back--Gen. Hargraves walks through area. 7) LS crowd of airmen atop hangar building, watching the arrival of POW's. 8) MS medical aids hurrying up ramp to C-124. 9) Several repeated scenes of the medics carrying stretcher cases out of the C-124, across area to ambulances. Gen. Hargraves and other officers in scene, crash truck nearby. Crash airmen are standing around, watching the event. 10) LS crowd awaiting the arrival of C-124 at Tachikawa AB--C-124's and C-47's stationary in bg. 11) MLS crowd of airmen on roof of hangar watching the event. 12) Several scenes, at various angles of stretcher cases and patients coming off C-124--walking patients are assisted across area by medics. Reel 3: SLATE: 21 APRIL 1953. 1) MS)MP's standing guard duty, C-124 taxiing in bg. 2) MS past ground crewman directing C-124 into parking area. 3) CU C-124 stopping. 4) MS medics carrying stretcher case out of C-124 at Tachikawa AB. 5) Several scenes of patients being carried out of C-124 on stretchers, walking patients are assisted across area--in bg are spectators, military officers, and airmen. Several of the POW's and fellow countrymen are greeting each other. SLATE: 20 APRIL 53. UN POW EXCHANGE AN-MI. 6) AV's of the UN hospital tent area at Freedom Village, Munsan, Korea. 7) Several passes made across the hospital tent area--Red Crosses on roof of tent, activity in area, H-19 stationary on ground. 8) AV's of ambulance convoy driving down road. 9) Several AV's of the ambulance convoy enroute to hospital area. 10) MS, taken from INT C-124, as patients are carried from ambulance to C-124. 11) Several scenes of stretcher cases being carried up ramp into the plane. Other scenes of walking patients being assisted up ramp, into the plane. SLATE: C-124 AERIAL To JAPAN. CAMERAMAN: LT. KRASNEY. 12) CU of various prisoners lying on bunks in C-124--1st Lt. Alice V. Hendron, flight nurse, talks to one of the men. 13) CU medic and patient standing, talking. 14) CU of POW Robert A. Lee. 15) CU Two returnees, 1st Lt. Roy M. Jones and Sgt. Gerald E. Neignbors, talking. 16) CU of Pvt. Constantine V. Caletzos. (Greece) 17) CU of Pvt. Caletzos receiving package from medic. 18) CU Pvt. Caletzos opening sandwich. 19) GU Pfc. A1berto Daez Pizarro. (American) 20) CU Pfc. Pizarro drnking from paper cup through strav. 21) GU of Pfc. Donald K. Legay. 22) CU Pfc. Legay talking to Pvt. Halet Kocuk of Turkey. 23) CU of Pfc. Raymond H. Medina. 24) CU Pfc. John L. Robertson and 1st Lt. Kittridge, flight nurse. 25) CU of A/1C Laverne Guthmiller, medical technician--he puts oxygen mask on Bilir Er Ali, Turkish POW. 26) CU Flight Nurse Hendron attending to Cpl. Theodore Jackson. 27) CU nurse fixing pillow for patient. 28) CU Cpl. Jackson sleeping. 29) CU Flight Nurse Kittridge talking to Pfc. Almond L. Nolan. 30) CU of Pfc. Nolan. 31) CU medical technician talking to M/Sgt. John P. Porter. 32) CU of two Puerto Rican POW's, Epifanio Cordero Ramos and Antonio Matos Rodriguez. 33) INT C-124--nose doors open and ramps are lowered. 34) Several scenes of POS's being carried down ramp on stretchers; others being assisted down ramp by medical aids. Ramp 4: SLATE: 21 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: CHAMBERS. 1) LS past the ambulance parking area; ambulance are parked in double rows near building--C-124's stationary in bg. POW's are unloaded from the plane and placed into the ambulances and staff car. Ambulance convoy pulls out of area, past camera. SLATE: 21 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 2) LS gate entrance to Tachikawa AB; MP's on duty--FEAF sign above the MP building. Ambulances start down street and through gate. 3) PS NBC-TV Newsreel station wagon driving through gate. 4) LS convoy of ambulances driving through the entrance. 5) PS of ambulance driving from gate into nearby Japanese village. 6) LS Japanese village street showing signs and people. 7) MS sign above gate entrance: FEALF. 8) MS gate entrance, sign in front of same: STOP FOR IDENTIFICATION--American MP's on duty. 9) CU three flight nurses standing on aircraft parking ramp--in bg, crash truck, two C-47's, MP's, and nurses checking over lists of patients. 10) Several scenes of trucks, ambulances, and of medics preparing to unload the stretcher cases from ambulances to plane. 11) CU, MS unloading patients into bus-type ambulance. 12) Several scenes of loading the patients from the ambulance into planes at K-16, Korea--Gen. Taylor and Gen. McCarthy are in several of the scenes. SLATE: TACHIKAWA, JAPAN. CAMERAMAN: NANINI. 13) MLS C-124 being directed, by ground crewman, into parking area. 14) MS doors opening on C-124. 15) LS airmen atop roof of building, watching the arrival of the POW's. 16) LS medics carrying patients down ramp from C-124. 17) PS of stretcher cases being carried from plane to ambulance. 18) Several scenes showing unloading of patients from C-124--officers and other spectators watch the operation. 19) Several pan shots, MS's & CU's of the stretcher cases and walking patients being removed from plane to ambulances--large crowd watches the operation. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: PALMER. 20) Repeat scenes of transfer of patients from C-124 to ambulance. 21) LS down row of ambulances and staff cars used to transport the POW's from plane to hospital at Tachikawa. 22) LS vehicles pulling out of the area. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: PALMER. 22 APRIL 1953. Reel 5: SLATE: 19 APRIL 1953. PANMUNJOM, KOREA. CAMERAMAN: DESENFANTS. 1) MS Communist delegation leaving exchange area, in jeep. 2) LS of the Chinese tent area at Panmunjom. 3) PS same scene description. 4) ELS same scene description. 5) MS two North Koreans walking toward tent area. 6) LS Freedom Village area as litter cases are carried into Freedom Village Hospital tent. (Name of first American to be carried into the Village is Robert Stell). 7) CU interview with Stell in the hospital tent building. 8) MS high ang1e, various American officers at the camp site area--Gen. Mark Clark, Gen. Barcus, Gen. Whelan in scene. 9) MS Gen. Barcus, Gen. Clark and Gen. Whelan. 10) MS Gen. Clark shaking hands with Marine guards and medics at entrance to the hospital tent building. 11) LS convoy of ambulances driving down road toward Freedom Village. 12) MS ambulance doors opening, crowd of officers and men around same. 13) MS first repatriated American prisoners being helped from ambulance--Gen. Clark, Gen. Barcus, Gen. Whelan in crowd. 14) Several CU's of the returning POW's. 15) LS crowd around the ambulance, first arrivals. 16) LS returning POW's being assisted across area--James Pinkston is one of the men. 17) CU men coming out of hospital tent buildings--name of one POW, Almond L. Nolan. 18) Several CU's of various POW's coming out of the hospital tent building. 19) Several scenes of various POW's being assisted across the area, after leaving the hospital tent building. 20) Several scenes of patients being assisted across the area from hospital tent building--others are carried on stretchers. 21) CU of the men as they come out of the building and pass camera. 22) CU three of the prisoners. 23) MS INT tent building--chaplain is giving services to stretcher case. 24) CU chaplain and POW--chaplain wears MP arm band on his arm. 25) Several scenes of POW's attending chapel services, receiving Communion and Confession--others, of Protestant faith, talking to chaplain. 26) MS unloading of POW's from ambulance--Gen. Clark greets the men as they come out of ambulance. 27) MS unloading of stretcher cases from another ambulance. 28) CU patients coming out of the hospital tent building--stretcher cases and walking patients. 29) CU ambulances--information on bumpers of same: 52ND BN 584TH M. 30) CU ambulance driving into area. 31) MS unloading of patients from the ambulance. 32) Several scenes of the unloading of repatriated military personnel from ambulances at Freedom Village. The men are assisted across area to the hospital tent buildings. SLATE: 22 APRIL 53. CAMERAMAN: GOMEZ. 33) CU & MS of stretcher patients being carried from C-124 to ambulances at Tachikawa. 34) MS Gen. Hargraves, Army surgeon general of the Far East Command. 35) CU Gen. Hargraves walking past camera. 36) CU one of the patients being carried across area on stretcher--patient has oxygen mask on face; a medical aid carries small portable oxygen container. 37) CU Gen. Hargraves standing beside ambulance. 38) CU of patients being carried past camera. 39) CU patients who are able to walk are assisted across area by medical aids. 4O) Several scenes of Gen. Hargraves greeting returning POW's. 41) CU Turkish officers greeting POW's. 42) Scenes of the air base in Korea, showing transfer of stretcher cases from ambulance into C-124. 43) CU POW's, assisted by medical aids, walking up ramp into C-124. 44) CU of the removal of critical patient from C-124--he is given oxygen during the transfer from plane to ambulance. 45) Several CU's of various patients walking out of the plane--others are carried on stretchers. 46) CU various American and Turkish officers. 47) MS C-124 stationary--BULLY BEEF EXPRESS, on side of plane. Reel 6: SLATE: 19 APRIL 1953. PANMUNJOM. CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 1) MLS to CU of Communist delegates walking out of area, boarding jeeps. 2) MS & CU men getting in jeeps and being driven out of area. 3) LS Communist tent area--large star, made from whitewashed stones, in fg. 4) CU wooden directional arrow. 5) MS convoy of ambulances driving down to the Freedom Village area. 6) PS of the convoy driving down dirt road. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 7) MS military police jeep heading convoy of ambulances which drives past camera position. 8) CU gatepost along road entering American sector. 9) CU MP directing traffic along road. 10) CU ambulance convoy driving up near the gatepost. 11) Several scenes of the ambulance convoy. 12) CU of sign: WELCOME GATE TO FREEDOM, at gateway entrance to Freedom Village. 13) PS ambulances driving into area. 14) CU ambulance backing into area. 15) Scenes of the ambulances driving into the area at Freedom Village. 16) MS military police radio jeep driving into Freedom Village, followed by ambulances. 17) CU sign: AMBULANCE ENTRANCE--ambulances driving into area. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 18) MLS Communist jeeps and ambulances driving into area at Freedom Village. 19) several scenes of the Communist vehicles driving into area--arms of American POW's protrude through windows as the men wave. 20) MLS Communist delegation walking across area, being met by American delegation. 21) Several scenes at Freedom Village showing the arrival of Communist ambulances and the unloading of the American POW's. 22) CU men being checked off list as they walk out of ambulance--others are checked as they are carried out on stretchers. The first patient is Pfc. John Bidel. 23) CU of Korean medical aid and ambulance driver securing doors of ambulance after unloading patients. 24) CU the Americans and the Korean delgation as they check the list of men. 25) PS long line of American ambulances at the village site. SLATE: 22 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: CHAMBERS. 26) MS FV C-124 taxiing into parking area at Tachikawa AB, Japan. 27) MS unloading of stretcher cases from the plane. 28) PS same scene description. 29) MS patients walking from plane to ambulance. 30) MS convoy of ambulances driving down flight line at Tachikawa--C-124 in far bg. 31) PS ambulances driving into area near the Administration Building. 32) CU various patients walking away from plane, being greeted by Gen. Hargraves and Gen. Weyland. Other NATO troops are greeted by their respective officers. Reel 7: SLATE: 21 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: CHAMBERS. 1) LS ambulances leaving terminal area at Tachikawa AB, Japan, C-124 in bg. SLATE: 21 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 2) PS of NBC-TV Newsreel station wagon driving out of Far East Command Gatepost No. l, Tachikawa--camera follows the station wagon down the street of Japanese town. 3) MLS convoy of ambulances, led by motorcycle escort, leaving the gate area. 4) PS of the ambulances driving down into the town. 5) LS street scene at Tachikawa, showing various American vehicles, Japanese vehicles, and Japanese citizens. 6) MS FEALF atop gate entrance to hospital building. SLATE: 27 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: CHAMBERS. UN POW EXCHANGE, TACHIKAWA AIR BASE. 7) MS Mrs. Dean and Gen. Weyland awaiting arrival of C-124, which is carrying Capt. Dean. 8) CU of the captain's wife and the general in conversation. 9) CU Capt. Dean and Mrs. Dean walking down ramp from C-124, followed by Gen. Weyland. 10) CU of the happy couple. 11) CU Army medical aid assisting a walking patient off the C-124. 12) MS flight nurses getting off C-124. 13) CU several of the flight nurses walking away from C-124. 14) CU two nurses talking. 15) CU flight nurses getting into the ambulance bus. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 16) MCU POW's, on stretchers, being removed from C-124 at Tachikawa. Several scenes same scene description. 17) CU Capt. Dean and his wife standing near ramp. 18) CU the captain kissing his wife. 19) CU the smiling couple walking across scene, being greeted by various personnel at the Base. 20) CU Gen. Weyland talking to Gen. Barcus. 21) CU various officers standing near the C-124--Gen. Barcus, Gen. Hargraves. 22) CU flight nurses as they leave the C-124. SLATE: 27 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: CRAVEN. 23) CU patient being carried from aircraft to ambulance. 24) CU Capt. Dean and wife getting into staff car. 25) CU various P0W's as they walk past camera, away from C-124. 26) MLS of C-124 stationary, ambulance driving from the back of same--another C-124 in bg. 27) CU of Mrs. Dean. 28) CU of Mrs. Dean and Gen. Weyland. 29) PS of dependent wives and airmen standing outside of roped area taking photographs of the event. 30) CU stretcher case being carried past camera. 31) CU Capt. Dean, Mrs. Dean, and Gen. Weyland. 32) CU the couple in back of car. 33) MS medical aids walking toward the ambulance and staff bars. 34) CU dependent wives taking photographs. 35) CU group of four flight nurses. 36) MS four MP's standing guard duty in area. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: DESENFANTS. 23 APRIL 1953. 37) CU repatriated American POW's being brought into receiving hospital at Freedom village. 38) MS sign over receiving hospital entrance: WELCOME, GATEWAY TO FREEDOM. 39) Several scenes of the returning POW's coming out at ambulances and walking toward hospital building. 40) CU stretcher cases being carried across to H-19 and loaded into it. 41) CU INT H-19 showing stretchers strapped into position. 42) MS FV of H-19 taking off and passing directly over camera--cameraman follows plane in flight. SLATE: DESENFANTS. 43) CU medics carrying A/2C Robert Wiebrandt to helicopter. 44) CU Airman Hilycord, USAF Gunner, walking out of receiving tent. 46) CU another view of Airman Hilycord as he walks into Press Clearance tent building. 47) MS tent building, showing POW's activity. 48) CU POW's walking up and into 45th Surgical Hospital tent building--sign on doorway: 45TH SURGICAL HOSPITAL, US ARMY. 49) CU of the same sign. SLATE: 25 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: GOMEZ 50) CU various generals of the Air Force. 51) CU of Gen. Hall of MATS. 52) CU Brig. Gen. Fisher of the 19th Bomb Command. 53) CU Gen. Hargraves, FEAF Air Surgeon. 54) CU Gen. Brentnall, Deputy Commander, Far East Air Force. 55) CU Gen. McCarty, Commanding Officer, 315th Air Division. 56) CU other unidentified officers standing in the line. 57) CU three of the generals talking. 58) CU removal of stretcher cases from C-124. 59) CU the two Cox brothers--one is being returned, the other is Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cox. 60) CU the two brothers talking--one is a stretcher case. 61) CU returnees being moved from ambulances. 62) CU walking POW's being escorted to area. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: GOMEZ. 63) CU troops being returned. 64) CU two unidentified generals standing near ramp. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 65) MLS C-124 taxiing and turning into parking area at Tachikawa--other C-124's stationary in bg. 66) Several scenes of ramp being lowered and extended. Gen. Hargraves looks down ramp from the plane. 67) MLS patient being removed from C-124. 68) PS of the Cox brothers--one is carried on stretcher, away from the plane. 69) CU T/Sgt. Cox talking to returning brother. 70) Several scenes of POW's, of mixed nationalities, walking away from C-124. 71) CU greeting between the Cox brothers of Altoona, Pennsylvania. 72) Several scenes of patients walking off of C-124. 73) CU flight nurse walking away from scene. 74) CU of two colonels. 75) CU two flight nurses walking down ramp from C-124. 76) CU captain talking to flight nurses. 77) Repeated scenes of various flight nurses. 78) MS ambulance stationary near C-124, clamshell doors open. 79) CU of the ambulance. Reel 8: SLATE: 23 APRIL 1953. PANMUNJOM. CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 1) PS of Communist ambulances driving into Freedom Village area. 2) MS POW's walking away from ambulance, being checked by American and Korean delegations. 3) CU one of the men being assisted from ambulance by North Korean medical aid. 4) MS two South Korean medical aids standing at rear of ambulances. 5) Several scenes of the unloading of POW's--some able to walk, some are crippled, and others are stretcher cases. 6) CU checking of the POW list as men are unloaded from the ambulances. 7) LS convoy of Communist vehicles leaving truce site area. 8) MS North Korean guards standing guard duty in center of the road leading to North Korea. 9) ELS of Communist area of Freedom Village. 10) Closer shot of same, flags and signs erected in front of the tent area. 11) CU arrival of convoy of American vehicles at truce site area. 12) PS American ambulances driving into scene. 13) LS of camp site area. 14) MS the arrival of the Communist POW's at exchange site. Men are unloaded from ambulances at the Communist tent area. 15) CU Communist representative signing receipt for POW exchange. 16) CU North Korean nurse assisting in the movement of POW'S from aubulance to tent building. 17) CU medical aid carrying crippled Communist POW into tent. 18) LS convoy of American ambulances driving across temporary bridge. LS to CU of same. 19) LS RV of the convoy of American ambulances driving up toward truce site area. 20) CU Communist ambulances driving into the area. 21) MS to CU the unloading of American POW's from Communist ambulances. 22) CU sergeant checking list of POW's. 23) CU Korean medical aid closing door on vehicle. 24) CU officer gives out news release to correspondents. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 25) MLS H-19 stationary--activity around same, as POW's are about to be evacuated by helicopter. 26) CU patient, with amputated right leg, on stretcher. 27) CU two American medical aids carrying stretcher case over to helicopter. 28) MS loading of POW into H-19. 29) Several scenes of the unloading of American POW's from Communist ambulances, and carrying the POW's out of the area. 30) MS loading stretcher cases into H-l9. 31) Several scenes of the transfer of patients from ambulances to H-l9. 32) CU loading of POW's into H-19. 33) CU several patients being carried into tent buildings. 34) MS as stretcher cases are carried from the Army 45th Surgical Hospital tent building at Freedom village. 35) CU as the men are carried out to the H-19. 36) CU INT of the plane, showing faces of the men as they are carried by helicopter back to Freedom Village. 37) MS H-19 stationary, rotors turning--men close door on side of helicopter. SLATE: 25 APRIL. CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 38) MLS Communist exchange party coming up to the American exchange party. 39) MS of the group. 40) MS unloading of POW's from Communist ambulances. 41) CU various POW's getting off the Communist ambulances and being checked off POW roster. 42) CU sign on tent building: PRESS CLEARANCE. 43) CU patients walking out of the Press Clearance Building. 44) CU the men entering tent building. 45) CU of Capt. Dean. 46) CU of Airman William R. Hilycord. 47) CU Navy Ensign Marvin S. Broomland coming off of the truck at the village. Reel 9: SLATE: C-124 LOADING AT K-l6. CAMERAMAN: LT. KRASNEY. 1) MS taken from INT of C-124, camera angle focused down ramp as walking patients are loaded onto the plane, followed by stretcher cases. 2) MS of transfer from ambulance to plane. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: KRASNEY. 3) LS INT C-124, stretcher cases are placed into position and other patients seated along left wall of plane. 4) CU one of the patients lying on stretcher, talking to medical aid. 5) CU the two men lighting up cigarettes. 6) CU INT of the plane, flight nurse talking to one of the patients. SLATE: LT. KRASNEY. 7) CU medical aid fixing drink in paper cup for one of the stretcher patients, Pvt. Robert S. Philpot. 8) CU of Cpl. Kenyon L. Wagner. 9) CU of Pfc. Er Acar Davut, Turkish soldier. 10) CU flight nurse talking to a lieutenant colonel. 11) CU one of the patients seated in the plane. 12) CU of Cp1. Vernon L. Warren. SLATE: LT. KRASNEY. 13) CU Cpl. Vernon Warren, Pfc. Robert A. Lee, and Lewis Herot, a medic. 14) CU & ECU of individual POW's seated along wall of the aircraft. 15) MS INT C-124, looking down ramp as stretcher cases are unloaded from the plane at Tachikawa AB. Several scenes of same. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: DESENFANTS. 16) MS INT receiving hospital tent, repatriated USAF A/2C Robert L. Wienbrandt talking to Maj. Young, 5th Air Force, Assistant PIO officer. 17) CU of A/2C Wienbrandt. 18) CU of Maj. Young. 19) Several scenes of these two men. 20) CU sign: FREEDOM VILLAGE, UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL AND MEDICAL PROCESSING UNIT, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, 1ST CORPS, 8TH Army 21) CU Red Cross on top of tent building. 22) CU sign: 45TH SURGICAL HOSPITAL, US ARMY. 23) CU INT C-124, stretcher cases being carried up ramp into the aircraft. 24) CU ambulatory cases walking up ramp into the plane. 25) CU INT plane, flight nurse talking to a few of the POW's. 26) CU of the POW's that are talking to the nurse. SLATE: TURKEY TROOPS. 27) CU several returnng Turkish troops. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: WATKINS. POW EXCHANGE. 28) Several CU's of various patients in hospital plane. 29) CU Patricia Carruthers talking to Earl M. Wiseman and Albert Howard. 30) CU of Pfc. John C. Martin. 31) CU Capt. Dorothy Roche talking to Earl Wiseman and Albert Howard. 32) CU of James Ball. 33) CU of Arthur Gregory. 34) CU of Tibor Rubin and Wilbert Warring. 35) CU of Louis Kerkstra. 36) CU various Puerto Rican and other UN troops, stretcher cases and out patients, in aircraft. Reel 10: SLATE: HICKAM PX. CAMERAMAN: REEVES. 1) PS L to R MATS C-97 taking off from Hickam AFB, Hawaii. (Very good shot) 2) MS unloading of returnees from hospital bus onto C-97 at Hickam AFb. 3) Closer shot of same--sign on ramp: MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION. 4) LS crash truck standing on alert duty. Scene also shows the loading operation of Pacific Division C-97. 5) MS fire truck standing on alert duty in nearby area. 6) Completion of loading of patients--bus pulls out of scene, crew of the C-97 walks up ramp. 7) CU ground crewman and medic removing the loading ramp from beneath the C-97--information on side: MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION, MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE. 8) MS loading of large crate, using elevator system, into the rear of the C-97. 9) MS starting No. 4 engine on C-97--fire truck standing by. 10) CU No. 4 engine on the C-97 starting. 11) PS of C-97 taxiing out of parking area, several B-29's visible on the field in bg. 12) PS of C-97 taking off, mountains in bg. 13) Hand-held camera view of Hickam AFB as aircraft takes off, runway receding as plane leaves runway--C-54, hangar buildings and maintenance buildings visible on field as the plane takes off. SLATE: AERIAL. 14) ASV C-97 in flight over Diamond Head landmark, in bg coastline of Hawaii. (very good shot) 15) ASV high angle of C-97 in flight over Hickam AFB, coastline, mountains and clouds. (very good shot) 16) ADS C-97 in flight over Hawaii. 17) ASV high angle of C-97 in flight over Diamond Head landmark in Hawaii. 18) ASV C-97 in flight, coastline of Hawaii receding behind plane. 19) AS RV C-97 in flight, clear sky bg. 20) ALS SV C-97 in flight, wheels down, approaching for landing--cumulus cloud formation in bg. (very good) 21) AS 3/4 SV C-97 in flight, landing gear coming down--clouds in bg. 22) Aerial scenes taken from aircraft as it goes in for landing over water, harbor area, and finally setting down on runway. 23) LS, from INT of aircraft, of runway and hangar buildings as aircraft taxis down strip after landing. 24) LS medics and ground personnel standing near the ramp at Hickam AFB--written on side of ramp: MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION, HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE. 25) AV of coastline as aircraft puts in for landing at Hickam AFB. Scenes show water dock areas, small craft, and hangar area. As aircraft touches down, camera angle swings up to include hangars at Hickam. 26) LS personnel grouped around the loading ramp. SLATE: APRIL 1953. KOREAN POW'S. 27) ALS taken from pilot's compartment of C-97, looking out past left wing engines, of two F-94's flying close formation escort duty with C-97 aircraft. (very good shot) 28) ALS, taken from the same camera position, coastline of Hawaii. Scene includes section of port window and right inboard engine. 29) ALS, taken from INT of the C-97, two P-51's flying escort duty at right wing-tip position of C-97. 30) ALS taken from INT of aircraft, two F-94's flying escort duty at left wing of camera aircraft--cumulus cloud formation in bg. 31) CU taken from INT of C-97, medical aids walking up ramps--crowd is gathered outside of the plane. 32) CU medics carrying stretcher cases out of C-97--large crowd gathered outside of the plane. Reel 11: SLATE: TRIPLER PX. CAMERAMAN: REEVES. 1) ELS taken from hill position, looking toward the Tripler Army Hospital at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. 2) Convoy drives toward the hospital. 3) Other scenes of ambulances driving away from the hospital. 4) CU INT aircraft, POW looking through window of plane in flight. 5) CU engines starting on C-97 MATS aircraft. 6) MS INT hospital, nurses preparing beds. 7) CU nurse putting flowers in hospital rooms. 8) CU PX sales clerk moving cart of sales items into hospital building. 9) MS removal of ramp from beneath tail section of C-97. 10) MS crash truck. ll) CU closing of rear doors on aircraft. 12) LS C-97 taxiing. SLATE: 29 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: SKILLINGS. 13) LS C-97 taxiing and turning. 14) CU Air Force personnel unloading from C-97. 15) CU medical aids assisting the ambulatory patients dowm ramp from C-97. 16) LS FV C-97 stationary, props turning. 17) CU rear doors opening on C-97. 18) CU P0W's walking down ramp, assisted by medical technicians. 19) CU stretcher cases being loaded into ambulance. 20) PS of same. 21) LS Travis AFB Hospital. 22) MLS signs above doorway: USAF HOSPITAL. 23) MS sign, above doorway: OPERATIONS. 24) MS gate entrance to Travis AFB--sign, above doorway: TRAVIS. 25) LS C-97 taxiing toward camera, followed by crash truck. 26) PS of same. 27) LS C-97 stationary. 28) Closer shot of medics carrying stretcher cases out of C-97. 29) CU front end of ambulance bus--SAC TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, on it. 30) PS of the bus leaving the flight line. 31) LS of the bus going through gate at Travis--in distant bg is hospital building. 32) CU from INT of C-97 in flights, looking through window, at prop spinning--clouds below. 33) CU same view of right outboard engine on C-97. 34) CU one of the POW's looking through window. 35) CU patients being unloaded from C-97. 36) Scenes taken from INT of the plane, looking down ramp at Hawaiian Red Cross Girls placing leis around the necks of the returnees, hugging same. 37) CU placing leis on stretcher patients. Reel 12: SLATE: CAMERAMAN: BAKER. LS Air Force band playing on grassy area near building--sign on top of building: MILITARY AIR THANSPORT SERVICE, TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE. 2) Closer shot same scene description. 3) LS entrance to Travis AFB, sign above gate house: TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE--MP's on duty, checking civilian cars entering and leaving the base. 4) CU medics carrying stretcher cases out of C-97. 5) CU stretcher cases being carried out of bus into hospital. 6) ELS C-97 taxiing into parking area at Travis AFB. 7) PS same scene description. 8) CU POW's walking out of the plane. 9) MS to CU stretcher cases being carried from plane to ambulance. 10) CU patients looking out of windows of ambulance bus. 11) PS of bus leaving area. 12) ELS hospital building at Travis AFB. 13) Several views of the hospital building atop hill--civilian cars drive past camera. 14) LS of the hospital building, camera positioned in ambulance driving down from hospital. 15) Camera vehicle dollying up road toward the hospital building. 16) CU sign: AMBULANCE ENTRANCE, with directional arrow. (Two takes) 17) LS USAF hospital building at Travis AFB. 18) CU sign: BASE OPERATIONS, TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, HOME OF 14TH AIR DIVISION BOMBARDMENT WING M, 5TH STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING. 19) Dolly shot up highway and into gate entrance of Travis AFB. 20) ELS barracks-type buildings. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: WATKINS. 21) LS C-124 taxiing. 22) MS C-124 stationary, nose doors opening. 23) MLS Capt. Dean, his wife, and officers walking up ramp into C-124. 24) PS of crowd. 25) MS stretcher cases being carried from C-124 across front camera position. 26) MS Mrs. Dean and Capt. Dean walking down ramp, followed by various officers--photographers mill around the captain, taking pictures of him. 27) Several scenes of Capt. Dean and his wife as they walk across the area to staff car. 28) CU various generals attending the arrival of POW's. 29) Several scenes of the unloading of POW's from C-124--walking POW's and stretcher cases. 30) several scenes of the crowd attending the arrival. Reel 13: CAMERAMAN: REEVES. HICKAM AFB. 1) MCU INT Operations Building--S/Sgt. Richard Simpson receiving message over intercom, posts plane's arrival time on board. 2) Sergeant finishes posting the arrival time on information board. 3) CU sergeant making phone call. 4) CU sergeant posting the arrival of C-54 and C-97 on the flight board. 5) LS Honolulu harbor area, taken from balcony overlooking Honolulu Harbor. 6) CU two POW's standing on balcony, scanning harbor area, admiring the view. 7) LS, taken from hospital area looking toward harbor, convoy of ambulances driving into area 8) ELS looking across area toward Tripler Army Hospital at Honolulu. 9) LS convoy of ambulances traveling away from hospital area. 10) PS of the ambulances going down the road. 11) CU INT hangar building at Hickam AFB--ambulances pulling into hangar. 12) ELS gate entrance area at Hickam AFB, sign in right bg: HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE --ambulance convoy drives out of gate area. 13) LS automobiles and ambulances driving dowm Nimitz Highway at Honolulu. 14) LS to CU of same, ambulance bus and civilian cars pass camera. 15) CU sign: HAWAII RED CROSS CHAPTER, HICKAM AIR EVACUATION CANTEEN, AMKRICAN RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS. 16) PS down from sign to two Red Cross workers fixing coffee, soft drinks, cookies and milk for returnees. 17) CU the women as they prepare the food and place flowers around the trays and on the milk cartons. 18) CU sign: SHELTER AREA S. 19) CU stretcher cases being moved out of ambulance. 20) MLS empty hospital busses leaving Tripler Army Hospital. SLATE: 22 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: PALMER. 21) INT C-97 in flight, POW's eating and relaxing. 22) CU of Sgt. Walter Mitchell and Sgt. Anderson. 23) CU the two men talking to other men. 24) CU Pfc. Lester R. Todd, Cpl. Vincent D. Dandreo, Sgt. Ned M. Kelly and Sgt. Robert A. Lee. 25) CU of Pfc, Melendes Osoria and Pfc. Rivera Oritz, Puerto Ricans. 26) CU pilot seated at controls of C-97 in flight. 27) CU two Puerto Rican POW's, Pfc. Cordero Ramos and Cpl. Alberto Pizzaro-Baez, playing cards. 28) CU Pfc. Lester R. Todd asleep. 29) CU silhouette of medic's hands filling cup of water. Reel 14 SLATE: POW EXCHANGE PANMUNJOM. CAMERAMAN: SIMMS. 1) CU unloading of American POW's from ambulances at Panmunjom area. 2) CU Air Force representative Brig. Gen. Edgar Glen, and civilian and military representatives going into the "truce-talk" tent building. 3) CU Capt. Dean and Maj. Young leaving receiving hospital tent building. 4) CU Capt. Dean and Maj. Young walking up to doorway--sign above doorway leading to tent: PRESS CLEARANCE. 5) CU the captain leaving tent building. 6) CU the captain and escort officers walking into the 45th General Hospital tent. 7) MS nurse officers and Capt. Dean walking across to H-l9--captain boards it. SLATE: 26 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: GOMEZ. 8) MS crowd watching the unloading of POW's at Tachikawa AB. 9) CU medical aids, of the 32nd Medical Detachment, walking toward aircraft. 10) CU Japanese fire guard, wearing protective clothing, standing on duty during the unloading process. 11) CU peculiar type of headdress worn by the Japanese firemen. 12) CU stretcher cases--ambulatory patients walking away from the C-124. 13) CU POW's being greeted by Maj. Hartman, Protestant Chaplain at the Base. 14) MS hospital bus loaded with returning POW's. 15) MS RV ambulance driving out of scene. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: MIDDLECAMP. 26 APRIL 1953. 16) CU POW's and medical aids leaving plane. 17) CU MaJ. Hartman escorting one of the POW's up to the plane. 18) CU Air Force POW's, with Col. Sabin, leaving plane. Several repeats of scene. 19) POW's being escorted from planes by medical aid team. 20) MS flight nurses waving from C-124 cockpit window. 21) CU spectators watching returning POW's. 22) CU flight nurses leaving C-124. 23) CU Col. Sabin and two women. 24) MS MP's starting to walk their post during the event. 25) MLS C-124 taxiing in toward ground director. 26) MLS patient being unloaded from C-124. 27) PS of same. 28) High angle shot of same. 29) MS patient being loaded into ambulance. 30) MS ambulance driving out of scene. 31) MPS medical aid men assisting returning POW's across area, into ambulances. 32) Several scenes of the unloading process. SLATE: 26 APRIL 1953. CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 33) LS C-124 taxiing. 34) LS C-124 stationary--propellers stop, clamshell doors open, ramp comes down. 35) MS medical aid men walking up into the C-124. 36) CU stretcher cases being carried from the plane. 37) LS to CU of C-124 as POW's are unloaded--stretcher cases and patients are being assisted, by medical aids, across area. One scene shows Col. Sabin, 35th Medical Group Surgeon, escorting Airman Hilycord. 38) Several scenes of Col. Sabin and Airman Hilycord. 39) CU men making purchase of soft drinks at store in Hawaii. 40) CU men walking on beach. 41) CU men boarding bus. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: PALMER. 42) PS two Tripler Army Hospital ambulance busses driving up street. 43)CU busses driving down street. 44) MS men walking on beach area. Reel 15: SLATE: UN POW EXCHANGE. HANEDA, JAPAN. CAMERAMAN: ANAINI. 28 APRIL 1953. 6' MS to LS pan to the right with C-97 taking off toward and past camera. 45' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: WATKINS. 48' Sequence of shots of USAF ambulances driving up in a line. The POW's are removed from the ambulances, on stretchers--cameramen and Japanese firemen are standing by. Maj. Gen. Hargraves and Lt. Col. Joseph Bains talk with the POW's. 144' MS EXT two flight nurses standing in front of a row of Army enlisted men who are wearing Mae Wests and chutes. 154' CU of Gen. Hargraves. 159' Series of shots of the ambulatory POW's boarding a C-97. 234' MS of the ramp being removed from rear of C-97. 244' MS EXT SV of an AP Jeep leading a line of ambulances and staff cars out of the flight line area. As the camera pans right with the seventh vehicle, a C-121 can be seen parked in bg on the ramp--the vehicles proceed dowa the ramp. 318' Several shots of the POW's boarding a C-97. (Scene is heavily filtered) 335' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 28 APRIL 1953. POW EXCHANGE. 341' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: NANINI. HANEDA. 26 APRIL 1953. 346' MLS EXT C-54 taxis toward camera right on runway in bg, past a Torii in fg. 359' MLS EXT C-54 taxiing to left along runway in bg. past Torii in fg. 390' MCU EXT convoy of ambulances driving through Haneda AB. 427' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: NANINI. HANEDA. 432' MCU INT looking from front of ambulance as medics remove two POW's on litters from the ambulance. 466' Several shots of a crew member showing POW's how to wear their Mae Wests. 525' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: NANINI. 532' MLS EXT pan to the right of an H-13 starting to land on ramp. 539' Several shots of the ambulatory POW's walking up ramp into C-97--Gen. Hargraves and other VIP's speak briefly to some of the men. 599' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: ZINKE. 6 MAY 1953. TRAVIS AFB. 600' MS EXT 3/4 FV C-97 taxiing on ramp. 604' MS to CU Airman Hilycord being helped out of C-97, then toward and past camera. 620' MS EXT Airmen Hilycord being helped into bus. 632' MLS EXT pan to the left bus traveling on road behind hospital at Travis AFB. 64O' CU EXT FV USAF bus pulling up behind the hospital. 648' Several shots of Airman Hilycord, other POW's and Army POW's climbing out of bus, up steps at rear of hospital and entering doorway. 665' Several EXT shots of Airmen Hilycord seated in front of an Auricon camera did a press interview. 683' END SLATE: CAMERAMAN: ZINKE. 693' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SKILLINGS. TRAVIS. 696' N.G. 791' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: ZINKE. 8 MAY 1953. ATTERBURY. 797' Sequence of shots of Airman Hilycord with his father, mother, and three brothers, leaving the Camp Atterbury Hospital, and getting into the family auto and leaving. 837' MS RV Hilycord family auto traveling dowm road, hood of camera car visible in fg. 845' Several shots of Airmen Hilycord and family getting out of auto and walking onto porch of his home in Columbus, Indiana. 870' Camera runoff. Several shots of Mrs. Hilycord seated at table in her home, looking at telegram. 892' Several shots of Air Force bus coming up back road behind the Travis AFB Hospital and up on ramp behind the hospital. 917' MCU Airmen Hilycord leaving the bus and walking in back entrance of Travis AFB Hospital. 930' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: ZINKE. 935' Shot of Airmen Hilycord leaving Air Force bus, then he, and other POW's, walk up passenger ramp into C-54. 953' Several shots of Airmen Hilycord being welcomed by his family at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. 984' Total footage in reel. Reel 16: SLATE: CAMERAMAN: FAULKNER. POW EXCHANGE. 28 APRIL 1953. 5' LS to MS EXT convoy of ambulances driving onto ramp at Haneda AB and pulling up behind C-97--control car next to hangar in bg. 149' MS EXT several ambulances parked at the tail of C-97. The POW's are removed from ambulance and loaded into the aircraft, fire truck pulls up in front of one of the ambulances. Camera pans left to show a group of ambulatory POW's standing wider the left wing of the C-97, watching a demonstration in putting on Mae Wests. 261' MS EXT high angle of POW being carried on litter into the C-97, ambulance in fg--ambulance pulls out. 300' MS EXT high angle of ambulatory POW's standing in a circle, putting on their Mae Wests. 348' MS EXT high angle of a POW being carried on litter into C-97. 357' Several establishing shots of the general activity around the C-97 as the POW'S are loaded aboard the aircraft. 419' MLS EXT high angle of ambulatory POW'S, wearing Mae Wests, walking up ramp into C-97--ambulances are parked around the area. 495' Sequence of shots of the C-97 starting engines, taxiing on ramp to rumway, then taxiing off. 798' MS EXT high angle of the entrance to the Tokyo International Airport. 817' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. MAY 1953. HICKAM. 820' Sequence of shots of Airmen Hilycord conversing with other POW's at the Armed Forces Recreation Center, Ft. Derussey, Hawaii. They are seated at small tables on verada. 911' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. 912' Several EXT shots of Airman Hilycord and other POW's walking along sidewalk and entering an Army bus. Camera pans right with the bus as it passes camera and moves down street. 999' Total footage in reel. Reel 17: SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. HICKAM. 28 APRIL 1953. 4' Several shots of C-97 taxiing on ramp then swingingaround and pulling up in right fg. 62' MS pan to the right of a fire truck and a number of medics at the rear of C-97--the tail doors of the C-97 are opening. 77' MS EXT high angle of a jeep starting to move passenger ramp into position at the rear of C-97--on the side of the ramp is: MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION, MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE. 97' SLATE: HICKAM. CAMERAMAN: REEVES. 105' MS EXT 501st Air Force Band playing on ramp--B-29 and a C-47 parked in bg. 125' MCU 3/4 view of the crowd sitting behind rope barrier at the edge of hangar. 143' MS EXT Lt. Gen. Hart, USMC, Commander Fleet Marine Force Pacific, getting out of his staff car and speaking to a number of other officers on the flight ramp. 167' MS EXT several Hawaiian girls dressed in grass skirts, and several Red Cross Gray Ladies--all the women are holding leis. 192' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: REEVES. 195' MS SV passenger ramp bed pushed into position at the rear of C-97. 211' MS EXT high angle dolly to the left of the crowd behind the rope barrier in front of hangar. 230' Sequence of shots of POW's coming down ramp from C-97. A lei is placed over each of their heads as the Red Cross girls welcome them. Then they walk dawn the ramp to an ambulance. The last three men on this roll are listed as S/Sgt. Edward G. Anderson, S/Sgt. William H. White, and Pvt. J. Dunn, Jr. (All Army) 281' MS BIT SV high angle of two Hula girls dancing on the ramp, at the rear of C-97. 287' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: REEVES. 289' Sequence of shots of POW's being carried on litters, from C-97 into an ambulance bus. 329' Several shots of the crowd watching the return of the POW's. 349' MS SV high angle of Air Force medics removing a low rope barrier from ramp which led from passenger ramp into the rear of ambulance bus. 366' MS EXT pan to the right of the ambulance bus pulling away from the ramp area--several commercial newsmen in fg. 374' MS EXT of the crowd dispersing from the ramp area. 386' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: REEVES. 387' MS EXT pan to the left of a POW being carried on a litter, down ramp of C-97--one of the Red Cross Gray Ladies places a lei over his head. He is then carried into the ambulance bus in fg, camera left. 403' MS EXT high angle of two Hawaiian girls performing the Hula at the bottom of the aircraft passenger ramp. 419' MS EXT VIP's standing outside entrance to Hickam--Air Force ambulance bus drives R to L in fg. 441' CU EXT looking into the end of the open ambulance bus, POW's are seated in regular seats in the forward part of the bus--the bus backs up toward camera. 457' MS EXT SV POW's walking into open doorway at camera right--still cameramen are working in fg. 483' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: REEVES. HICKAM. 489' MS EXT looking at the rear of hospital bus parked on drive. Two men open the rear door on the bus, which then backs up toward camera right to position alongside of camera. 543' Series of CU's of POW's being carried on litters, out of ambulance bus. 562' LS looking up side of large building toward four people leaning out of window. 569' SLATE: MIDDLECAMP. 573' CU pan to the right of one of the POW's being carried on a litter, off ramp from aircraft. 579' Several shots of Capt. Dean, with his wife, on the flight ramp. 594' Several shots of ambulatory POW's walking down ramp from C-97. 606' CU three young women standing in ramp area, looking toward bg camera right. 610' CU three flight nurses walking down ramp from C-97, toward and past camera. 616' Three flight nurses standing in the ramp area, then boarding the ambulance bus. 633' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. HICKAM. 641' Several EXT shots of ambulatory POW's walking down ramp from C-97. Camera picks up Airman Hilycord, pans with him as he walks down the ramp and into the ambulance bus. (Night scene) 709' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. 715' CU two of the POW's seated on a bed in the hospital. They are listed as Samuel J. Armstrong of the Marines, and Wayne T. Cottle, (service unknown). The two men converse. 761' Thomas A. Scheddel (Navy), James W. Bullock (Army), and William R. Hilycord (USAF), conversing while seated on beds in the hospital ward. 805' Total footage in reel. Reel 18: 1) CU INT aircraft in flight, POW's passing time--reading magazines, conversing with flight nurse or air surgeon. 2) CU one of the men playing solitaire. 3) CU one of the men looking out window of C-124. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: WATKINS. 4) CU Garcia Buayamy, Puerto Rican soldier. 5) CU Flight nurse, Dorothy Carrathers, talking to Theodore A. Juern and Levi M. Powell, American POW's. 6) CU James S. Daniels playing cards. 7) CU William Hilycord looking out window. 8) CU M/Sgt. Gilbert Christe reading Esquire magazine. 9) CUB James W. Bullock eating chow. 10) ACU taken from INT of plane, right inboard engine prop turning. 11) AV of left outboard engine while C-124 is in flight. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: KRASNEY. 12) CU Capt. Dean talking to a general and other officers. 13) CU Capt. Dean talking to Gen. Barcus, Col. Connard and Maj. Young. 14) CU Capt. Dean and Gen. Barcus. 15) CU of Capt. Dean. SLATE: LT. KRASNEY. IN FLIGHT. C-124. 16) CU INT various POW's--flight nurse feeding stretcher cases, other men receiving sandwiches from medic. 17) CU men enjoying sandwich and drink. SLATE: LT. KRASNEY. SLATE: LT. KRASNEY. 18) Several CU's, INT of C-124 in flight. 19) CU various patients--stretcher cases and other POW's. 20) CU Capt. Dean. 21) CU Capt. Haworth, Flight surgeon. 22) CU Lt. Anne Norman, flight nurse. 23) CU Lt. Olea Crews, flight nurse. 24) CU unloading stretcher cases from C-124. 25) CU flight nurses walking past camera, down ramp of C-124. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: PALMER. 26) LS C-47 stationary. 27) CU family of POW Cpl. Shinegawa. 27) CU family standing beside C-47. 29) CU Col. B. A. Byrnes, Chief of Staff of USARPAC, shaking hands with the father of POW. 30) MS C-97 taxiing toward camera. 31) CU the corporal and his family meeting near bus. 32) CU press photographers and reporters gathered around the front of the bus, during meeting of the corporal and his family. (Scene washed out) 33) CU of little girl. 34) MS stretcher cases being unloaded from plane into ambulance bus. 35) CU stretcher cases being moved down ramp--Red Cross Gray Ladies putting leis around necks of stretcher cases. 36) MS Hula girls performing. 37) Several scenes of POW's being transferred from plane to bus--stretcher cases and ambulatory patients. 38) Several scenes out of focus, due to shooting directly into the sun. Reel 19: SLATE: 2 MAY 1953. 2ND POW PLANE. CAMERAMAN: SKILLINGS. 1) ELS taken from beneath tail section of plane, looking across flight line to C-54's stationary--C-97 taxiing in bg. 2) MS same scene description, C-97 taxiing. 3) LS to MS RV C-97 stationary, unloading ramp being moved into position. 4) CU POW walking down ramp at Tripler. 5) Several scenes of medical aid men assisting POW's down ramp. 6) CU greeting of one of the POW's and his family. 7) CU carrying of stretcher cases from the plane. 8) PS of the ambulance bus driving away from scene. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. 9) CU relatives of Cpl. Shinegawa, first Hawaiian returnee, standing near C-47. 10) MS relatives of Cpl. Shinegawa as they walk away from the plane. 11) MS C-97 stationary, patient being unloaded from plane into bus. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SQUYERS. 12) CU carrying of litter cases from the plane into bus. 13) Several scenes of unidentified returnees being presented leis by Red Cross Gray Ladies. 14) CU & MS of the Hawaiian girls patting on a hula dance for the returnees. 15) MS crowd, lined up along roped area, applauding. 16) CU loading of suitcase from plane into bus. 17) MS troops forming in fg as ambulance pulls out of scene. 18) LS ambulance, carryng returning POW's, drives to unloading zone at Tripler Army Hospital--jeep and staff car precede the ambulance into area. 19) PS of the ambulance backing into unloading area. Reel 20: 1) MS convoy of jeeps, ambulance, and staff cars driving away from flight line building. 2) LS RV convoy of vehicles driving down street toward hangar buildings--sign on hangar: JAPANESE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE. 3) LS C-54 stationary. 4) MLS loading of stretcher cases into C-54. 5) CU POW's walking up ramp into C-54. 6) CU past nose of C-54, engine starting on aircraft. 7) MLS C-54 stationary, props turning. 8) MS C-54 taxiing and turning. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: NANINI. HANEDA, JAPAN. 9) LS motorcycle escort leading convoy of ambulances and staff cars up street at Haneda AB. 10) MS same convoy driving out on aircraft parking strip at Haneda AB. 11) CU POW's being fitted with life vests. 12) Series of shots of men preparing to load into C-54. 13) CU men walking up ramp to the aircraft. 14) CU INT of plane, one man seated at window. 15) MS men getting out of staff car near ambulance--C-54 in bg. 16) CU men being issued life vests- 17) CU Maj. Gen. Hall, MATS Surgeon General, shaking hands with the POW's. 18) CU Sgt. Harry Cutting bidding goodbye to POW brother, Joe Cutting. 19) MS & CU right outboard engine starting on C-34. 20) CU starting of left inboard engine. 21) MS left wing engine turning. 22) MS removal of wheel chock--plane taxis out of scene. 23) MS men removing ramp from side of C-54. 24) MS crewmen closing side door. 25) MCU starting of left inboard engine. 26) MS starting of left outboard engine. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: SCHIAPPA. 27) CU two stretcher cases being removed from ambulance and loaded into C-54. 28) CU & MS men being instructed on use of life vest. 29) MS men walking up ramp into C-54 at Haneda AB. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: NANINI. HANEDA AB. 30) CU staff car carrying POW's onto flight line at Haneda AB. 31) CU & MS POW's getting out of staff car. 32) CU shoulder patch on soldier from Colombia. 33) CU shoulder patch on Australian soldier. 34) MCU & CU men receiving instructions on the use of the life vest. 35) MS & CU of removal of ramp froa area. 36) MS men preparing to close door on C-54. Reel 21: 1) Several INT scenes of unidentifiable building. (Scenes dark, no value) 2) MS ambulance backing up to door of C-54. (Scene out of focus) 3) MS POW's waiting to board C-54, stretcher cases being carried into aircraft --ambulance parked near ramp. 4) Several MS's of POW's waiting to board the plane. 5) CU MP's directing ambulance which is backing up to the loading ramp near C-54. 6) MLS POW's walking up ramp into C-54. 7) Several angles of loading activity around the C-54--personnel, equipment, ambulances, and crash truck. 8) LS panning with arrival of the staff cars and ambulances at the flight line--POW's leave same. Men gather in area near the C-54 and are issued Mae West life jackets--they put on the life jackets. 9) MS ambulance backed up near ramp. 10) MS POW's preparing to board the plane, bg C-54 taxiing. 11) MS over ambulance in loading ramp, to crash truck and fireman on loading duty. 12) MS of the loading operation, covered ramp leading into plane at Heneda AB. 13) Several scenes of the men milling around prior to boarding the plane--some being interviewed by reporters, other standing around talking. 14) MS men boarding the plane. 15) MS squad of MP's lined up, doing "left face." Men march out of scene--C-54 in bg. 16) MLS C-54 stationary, ambulance parked near loading ramp. 17) MS, past crash trucks and alert crews, C-54 taxiing out of scene. 18) LS C-54 taxiing, followed by crash trucks and ambulance. Reel 22: l) LS arrival of staff cars and ambulances at loading area at Haneda AB. 2) LS patients and POW's being loaded into C-54. 3) Several scenes of stretcher cases and patients being assisted into the plane by medical aid men. 4) MS & LS removal of ramp from C-54. 5) Several scenes of loading the C-124. 6) MLS untying tie-down line on C-54. 7) CU pilot waving through window of C-54. 8) MS pilot looking through window as engines are started on C-54. 9) MS No. 2 engine starting on C-54. 10) PS C-54 taxiing. 11) LS C-54 taxiing, in fg C-97 stationary. 12) PS C-54 starting for takeoff. 13) PS C-54 taking off. (Two takes) Reel 23: 1) LPS C-97 taxiing into parking strip area. 2) LS moving unloading ramp beneath tail section. 3) LS ambulance bus driving into scene. 4) MS Red Cross Gray Ladies and Hula girls. 5) Several CU's of Red Cross Gray Ladies putting leis of flowers on returning POW's --also hugging and kissing them. 6) CU several of the POW's standing in group, waving for cameraman. 7) CU men being presented flowers and kissed by Red Cross Gray Ladies. 8) CU men loading into ambulance bus. 9) Several scenes of the flower presentation and the kissing scenes. 10) Several scenes of the transfer of stretcher cases from the C-97 into the ambulance bus. Red Cross Gray Ladies present stretcher cases with leis. 11) MPS ambulance bus driving out of scene. 12) MS men setting up 35mm camera, civilians and unidentified colonel in fg. 13) CU Navy photographer walking toward camera. Good

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Weyland, Otto P. (Otto Paul), 1902-1979

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Otto P. Weyland : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684175 Otto Paul Weyland (b. Jan. 27, 1902, Riverside, Calif.-d. Sept. 2, 1979), General in the U.S. Air Force, was commissioned in the Air Service upon his graduation from Texas A&M in 1923. During World War II, he served as commanding officer, 16th Pursuit Group; deputy director of air support at Air For...

McCarty, Chester E. (Chester Earl), 1905-1999

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Glenn, Edgar E. (Edgar Eugene), 1896-1955

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Hart, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1900-1991

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Charles Edward Hart (1900-1991) was born in Fort Washington, Maryland. He received his commission in the field artillery from West Point in 1924 and advanced to the rank of brigadier general in August 1944. He commanded the Army Air Defense Command from 1957 until his retirement in August 1960. From the description of Hart, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1900-1991 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10615020 ...

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...

Barcus, Glenn O. (Glenn Oscar), 1903-1990

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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...