13167_8912_free_hostages
Subjects
1955
B&W
Freed POWs in civilian clothes walk across Freedom Bridge in China. POWs in dress uniforms wave from airplane stairs after arriving in U.S. One POW drops to hands and knees and kisses ground after stepping off stairs. Clip of Malcolm Bersohn, a POW who was brainwashed, as he robotically tells the press of how democratic and peace-loving the Chinese are. More POWs, including women, who were released speak to press. Shot of three “turncoat” Americans (Ortho Bell, William Cowart and Lewis Griggs) who stayed in China after the Korean war ended. Ortho explains to press why they stayed.