US airmen hold press conference in Hong Kong after their 1955 release from 2-1/2 years in Communist China prison
Title card: "11 U.S. Flyers on Way Home -- Free at Last!" superimposed over WS released US airmen / Hong Kong: montage outdoor press conference starring US airmen wearing civilian clothing: group includes Major William Baumer; Harry Benjamin, Jr.; Howard Brown; Wallace Brown; John Buck; Steven Kiba; Elmer Llewellyn; Daniel Schmidt; John Thompson; and Eugene Vaadi / WS airmen pose for group photo as reporters watch on the sidelines and US Air Force officers stand nearby / Tokyo: night shot Colonel John Arnold walks down steps of Air Force plane, stopping at bottom to shake hands with Major General Rustow / MS four nurses stand in airfield / Major Baumer stands on crutches as he shakes hands with Major General Rustow; other officers stand nearby / montage airmen deplane and walk past camera to shake hands with Rustow / WS the group of released airmen walk across tarmac into the night
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DETAILS
Editorial #:
498030484
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
11 August, 1955
Upload date:
Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:36:01
Location:
Hong Kong
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001069_07_01.mov
- 1950-1959,
- Aeroplane,
- Air Force,
- Airfield,
- Archival,
- Arrival,
- Arts Culture and Entertainment,
- Black And White,
- Celebrities,
- Civilian,
- Clothing,
- Colonel,
- Communism,
- Composite Image,
- Conflict,
- Crutch,
- Documentary Footage,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Composite,
- Film Montage,
- General - Military Rank,
- HD Format,
- Hand,
- Handshake,
- Hong Kong,
- Japan,
- John Buck,
- Journalist,
- Korean War,
- Newsreel,
- Night,
- Nurse,
- Officer - Military Rank,
- Outdoors,
- Physical Injury,
- Press Conference,
- Prisoner,
- Prisoner Of War,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time - Footage,
- Releasing,
- Showa Period,
- Standing,
- Tarmac,
- Tokyo - Japan,
- US Airforce,
- US Military,
- USA,
- Video with Sound,
- Walking,