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Motion Picture MP2022-08

Clothing Store Sale - Korean War Home Movies

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
232 feet
Running Time
18 minutes 38 seconds
Film Gauge
8mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Daniel Karp
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Received
From Daniel Karp
Keywords
Air bases
Korean War, 1950-1953
Military bases
Stores, Retail
Description

Home movies shot by Lieutenant Daniel Karp during his service in the Air Force in the Korean War. Karp was mainly stationed in Japan, where he ran clothing and shoe stores at Ashiya Air Base. This film shows the operation of the store, a sale at the store, the AMC Clothing Manual #67-5, and the PX. It starts by showing pages from the manual, then follows a soldier as he walks around the base and into the clothing store. Store workers (both Japanese civilians and American soldiers) help the man find the clothes he needs, he tries them on and they check the fit. A truck backs up to the store with a delivery of several crates. They are opened and sorted. Inventory and paperwork are updated, both handwritten registers and typed. Money is counted and financial reports are produced by a Japanese typist, Ms. Shuto Natsuyo, bearing the date 25 August 1952. She hands the report to Wallace W. Brown, who signs the document.

Date(s)
August 25, 1952
Available Format(s)
Motion Picture

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​​​​​​​

Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

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