Summary

During Korean War, US Department of Defense footage of US combat engineers construct aerial tramway in mountains of South Korea

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D4700C
Clip SR004767_01_01.mov
Date 5/1/1953
Title During Korean War, US Department of Defense footage of US combat engineers construct aerial tramway in mountains of South Korea
Description Engineers and South Korean workers standing around near large spool of steel cable, tilt up to cables stretched across hillside and men standing along trail on hillside / closer shot of workers unwinding spool of cable and line of men hauling cable up hillside / workers unwinding cable / two shots of US engineers drilling hole in rock for end of cable / shot from behind of engineers hauling cable up hillside / shot of truck with cable attached to winch its front / close shot of cable unwinding from winch / overhead shot of cable being tightened / close shot of connection between two sections of tightened cable / cable being tightened / engineer modifying rear wheel of truck to attach cable to it / engineer tightening cable connection / shot of cable connection / cable connections / test run of tram running along cable / engineer talking on field telephone / worker and engineer loading supplies on tram/ close shot of cable connection / tram running up cable / close shot of truck wheel turning making tramw run along cable / shot from below of tram running along cable / cable spool turning / shot from below of tram running along cable up to spool / Note: exact day not known
Country South Korea

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Korean War
United States military
Department of Defense
combat engineers
construction
cables
spools
cable connections
winches
trucks
South Korean workers tramways
trams
supplies
mountains
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