Motion Picture MP2024-04
Administrative Information
Home movies of Colonel Paul L. Webb, stationed in South Korea as an officer in the Korea Civil Assistance Command. This footage was labeled "Visit to Hoksan Islands West of Korea June 1954." It probably refers to Heuksando Island.
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
Footage shows taking a boat around coastal areas of Korea, fishing boat activities, and a hillside village on the water. Women dive for seafood using an inflated ball and nets. Men and women thrash grain. Paul Webb sits cross-legged sharing a meal with three other men. On the boat, several Korean men gather around a board game, probably Go. Webb reads a book called, "Make Your Pictures Sing!"