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gov.dod.dimoc.30120 · Beat 1 · permalink

Private office

0:00–1:52 Released 1959

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 4 quotes checked against the transcript; 1 name checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 1 of 2 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 0:550:55Frame at 1:511:51

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Evidence and details

Starts here: start of film. Sequence 1 · shots 0–1. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
private_office (private office, interior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • Sergeant Stewart Queen (named at t:1:30): man in U.S. Army uniform, sergeant stripes, short hair, mid-adult, average build visible, audible
Seen happening
  • Man in Army uniform stands before bookshelves holding a book. [frame:1]
  • Book titled 'PORK CHOP HILL' is shown close-up. [frame:2]
Also said
“In this issue, we will present the final chapter of the Korean War.” 1:47 · “The Korean War has been no exception.” 1:19
Seen
bookshelf [frame:1], book [frame:2], U.S. Army uniform [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: formal, informative; themes: military history, documentary presentation, Korean War; style notes: static medium shot, studio lighting, black-and-white, direct address to camera

A man in a U.S. Army uniform introduces a program called 'The Big Picture' about the Korean War, standing before bookshelves and holding a book titled 'Pork Chop Hill'. The transcript identifies him as Sergeant Stewart Queen and states the episode will cover the final chapter of the Korean War.

“The United States Army presents The Big Picture.” 0:09 · “I'm Sergeant Stewart Queen, your host for The Big Picture.” 1:30 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

US Government work The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from gov.dod.dimoc.30120 (1959) at 0:55 (passage 0:00–1:52); US record: US Government work

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