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Wounded Prisoner Exchange Operation (Little Switch) / Prisoner Exchange Facility Construction

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1. Shot List # Credit Roll 1 (0min 0sec, filmed April 11). Close-up of an engineer unit operation using a bulldozer. The bulldozer is grading the ground to prepare a vehicle road and tent sites for housing wounded prisoners of war for the Little Switch operation. # Credit Roll 2 (1min 03sec, filmed April 11). Continuation of the previous scene. Lieutenant Colonel William C. Poole of the 14th Engineer Construction Battalion points to the construction site and gives directions to an officer beside him. Two personnel walk past the earthgrading construction site, conversing. # Credit Roll 3 (2min 07sec, filmed April 11). A scraper grades the ground, kicking up dust. The scene cuts to Communist-side officers emerging from a barrack where the related negotiations were held. This is followed by Admiral John C. Daniels making a statement during a press interview. # Credit Roll 1 (3min 06sec, filmed April 11). Aerial footage shot from a helicopter. Flying over the Munsan-ri area, the camera captures a press train and other rail cars stopped at the station. The scene then shifts to an aerial view of the 45th Surgical Hospital located in Freedom Village. The scene changes again to film the negotiation site at Panmunjom, which is empty, with two North Korean forces soldiers tidying up the table. # Credit Roll 2 (5min 04sec, filmed April 11). Scenes of the negotiation venue. A North Korean flag and a United Nations Command flag are laid on the table. A U.S. side official points to the seats for the agreement signatories and explains something. He then takes a seat and demonstrates the signing procedure. He picks up the United Nations Command flag and the North Korean flag in turn and shows them to the camera. # Credit Roll 7 (6min 06sec, filmed April 11). After signing the agreement, Admiral Daniels steps outside the barrack and explains something to reporters. He holds a copy of the agreement document. With a bright expression, he fields questions from reporters and explains the contents. # Credit Roll 1 (7min 12sec, from the second file at 10sec, filmed April 10). Footage filmed one day before the preceding reel. Titled 'Peace Talks.' An H-5 helicopter lands at Munsan-ri, and Admiral Daniels descends and walks down the road. Several officers follow behind him as the Admiral and his party enter his barrack prepared at Munsan-ri.

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Wounded Prisoner Exchange Operation (Little Switch) / Prisoner Exchange Facility Construction
Date
1953-04-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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