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Motion Picture MP2024-04

Paul Webb Home Movies - Hoksan Islands West of Korea

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
504 feet
Running Time
20 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
Paul L. Webb
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Received
Paul L. Webb Papers
Keywords
Fishing
Fishing boats
Islands
Description

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. 

Date(s)
June 1954
Available Format(s)
Motion Picture

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This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

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!"