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gov.dod.dimoc.30120 · Beat 69 · permalink

Field

15:37–15:57 Released 1959

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Frame at 15:4015:40Frame at 15:4615:46Frame at 15:5215:52Frame at 15:5615:56

Play from 15:37 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 35 · shots 166–175. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
field (field, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • soldier in uniform, digging with a shovel visible
  • soldier in uniform, crouching and smoking visible
  • soldier in uniform, sitting near a tree visible
  • soldier in uniform, standing on a bridge visible
Seen happening
  • Explosion occurs in open field. [frame:1]
  • Soldiers dig near a large building. [frame:2]
  • Soldier sits and smokes near a tree. [frame:3]
  • Soldiers stand on a stone bridge. [frame:4]
Also said
“Whoever said the worst part about war is the waiting was right.” 15:38 · “Still, we didn't have to wait long.” 15:55
Seen
explosion [frame:1], shovel [frame:2], large building [frame:2], stone bridge [frame:4], tree [frame:3]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and anticipatory; themes: war preparation, waiting, military fortification; style notes: black-and-white, wide shots of soldiers in field and urban settings, static framing, high-contrast lighting

Soldiers are shown in a fortified urban area near a large building and a stone bridge, with explosions visible in the distance. The transcript mentions Seoul being fortified against a Red Offensive and references waiting during war.

“Seoul was fortified against the coming second wave of the Red Offensive.” 15:38 · “Van Fleet was determined not to lose the capital city again.” 15:38 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 15:40 (passage 15:37–15:57); US record: US Government work

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