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Battlefield

18:56–19:23 Released 1959

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Frame at 18:5818:58Frame at 19:0419:04Frame at 19:1019:10Frame at 19:1719:17

Play from 18:56 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 39 · shots 231–234. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
battlefield (battlefield, exterior) evidence: frame:4
People
  • man in military uniform with cap and epaulets, mid-adult, average build visible
  • man in military uniform with beret, visible behind p1 visible
Seen happening
  • A man in uniform stands near a brick wall. [frame:1]
  • Another uniformed man is visible behind the first. [frame:2]
  • A jet engine emits a bright exhaust plume. [frame:3]
  • Two jets fly low over a smoky, open field with structures in the distance. [frame:4]
Also said
“Air Force Sabre jets ruled the skies. At this point in the fighting, the UN had lost less than 80 aircraft. Verified kills on communist lanes numbered 510.” 19:08
Seen
military uniform, brick wall, jet aircraft, jet exhaust plume, smoke over battlefield
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and declarative; themes: military conflict, air superiority, propaganda; style notes: black-and-white, medium close-ups on personnel, wide shots of aircraft in action, high-contrast lighting on jets

A military officer is shown in uniform near a brick wall, followed by a shot of a jet firing its engine and then jets flying over a smoky battlefield. The transcript states that talks were broken off and UN jets dominated the skies with a high kill count against communist forces.

“Namil used the talks as a propaganda loudspeaker. The so-called neutral area was crawling with armed red soldiers.” 18:57 · “We broke off the talks.” 19:05 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 18:58 (passage 18:56–19:23); US record: US Government work

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