Motion Picture MP2018-5
Administrative Information
This silent home movie from Korean War soldier Robert Lodge was labeled "Korea." It is made of different segments of black and white footage taken during Lodge's service in 1952. Portions of this movie are closed due to privacy restrictions. The condition of this film is very poor, which accounts for significant portions that are difficult to see.
SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.
This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.
To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov
Shot List
Film includes Korean scenery, countryside, and farm land; soldiers digging with the help of a Korean boy; a Korean surveying crew; American soldiers on base in various ways; groups of Korean children posing for the camera; Korean mothers and children going about domestic life around their homes; Robert Lodge carrying a Korean A-frame on his back; and a Korean protest in an unidentified city street. This film particularly shows interactions between American soldiers and Korean children, including playing basketball and distributing candy. There is also a section with track and field type games played by Koreans, including three-legged races, sprinting, races while pushing a bicycle, and jump roping. Another section shows the construction of a stone foundation by American soldiers. A brief portion shows the interior of a Korean restaurant, followed by a city streetscape. Another portion shows the Provincial Leper Colony Office. It ends with more scenery taken from a moving vehicle, showing the countryside and Koreans digging ditches next to the road.