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Processing Prisoner Mail at the Geoje Prisoner-of-War Camp

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1. Shot list # Roll 1 (0:04), slate: The archway of Barracks 61 is visible. Scene 1: beneath the Taegeukgi, a U.S. soldier is examining letters. Scene 2: letters are being delivered to prisoners. # Roll 6 (1:06), slate. Scene 15: a U.S. serviceman and a civilian worker are distributing letters to prisoners. A small number of prisoners receive letters. The prisoners receiving mail look pleased. Scene 5: one prisoner is reading a letter. # Roll 3 (2:08), slate. 5-A: a prisoner is reading a letter. 6: a prisoner is holding a letter, though he does not appear to be dressed as a prisoner. A prisoner is writing a letter. Scene 9 (3:13): the camera closes in on a prisoner's face. Scene 16 (3:31): a prisoner sits and writes a letter. He folds the finished letter. Scene 11 (3:52): a prisoner puts a letter into the mailbox. Scene 16 (4:09): the mailbox is shown. # Roll 5 (4:17), slate. Scene 13: letters are placed into a container marked for mail. Scene 14: the mailbox is seen from a distance, and prisoners are putting letters into it. # Roll 6 (5:20), slate. Scene 19417: a U.S. military postman is collecting letters from the mailbox. Scene 81: a U.S. serviceman is collecting letters from the mailbox. # Roll 7 (6:27), slate. A building and sign reading 'Camp Post Office' are visible. The U.S. serviceman who collected the letters goes into the building. Another prisoner comes out holding letters and drives off in a truck. A general view of the prisoner-of-war camp follows. # Roll 8 (7:30), slate. The U.S. serviceman who collected the letters enters the postal center and hands them to another civilian worker. A Korean civilian worker processes the mail intake and passes the letters to another U.S. serviceman. The U.S. serviceman carries the letters away. # Roll 9 (8:32), slate. The same scene continues. The civilian worker who received the letters writes out paperwork and consults another U.S. officer. # Roll 10 (9:40), slate. A U.S. officer and a Korean civilian worker are talking. Another civilian worker is censoring the prisoners' letters and placing them into envelopes.

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Processing Prisoner Mail at the Geoje Prisoner-of-War Camp
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1952-02-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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