# THE BIG PICTURE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IN KOREAN WAR 35012

One of the classic episodes of the U.S. Army's TV show "The Big Picture", this episode looks at the use of psychological operations to sap enemy morale. At 2:43 , broadcasts are made in the field using loudspeakers to North Korean soldiers, attempting to get them to surrender. At 3:10 , a reel to reel tape recorder is used as part of this effort. At 3:17 , brochures are seen printed by the hundreds. General Robert McClure is seen describing the "struggle for men's minds" at 3:40 . At 7:05 , a C-47 is loaded with surrender leaflets for release over enemy territory. At 8:18 , the aircraft flies low while loudspeakers blare propaganda. At 9:45 , some of the training programs behind these efforts are seen including laboratory testing at Ft. Riley, Kansas where a Psychological Warfare School was established (a la the Manchurian Candidate ). At 10:30 , General HQ at Tokyo is shown with the Psychological Warfare headquarters activities are described. Psywar broadcasts are seen at 12:20 , with broadcasts of news and information via radio. At 12:35 , records are recorded on discs, and recordings are made to reel-to-reel tape for use by mobile transmitters. At 15:00 , strategic printing of leaflets is shown at the Tokyo facility. At 16:50 , propaganda leaflets are designed including text and image, and translated from English into Korean and Chinese. These leaflets are seen distributed by the tens of thousands by B-29 at 20:14 . Artillery bursts of literature are also shown at 22:19…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/35012PsychologicalWarfare)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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