The Beginnings of a New University. Father Theodore Geppart of the Jesuit Mission in Seoul, Korea, and Mr. Mark Kang, librarian, document $10,000 worth of books donated by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) to form the nucleus of a teacher training library.
The administration building at the Specialized Children's Home near Seoul.
The traditional thatched cottages of the villages crouch under the very walls of the large modern cement plant at Mungying. Though in time the main employment will be at the plant, at present, as for generations before, the people of the valley live off the rice fields.
Industry comes to a peaceful Korean Valley. Beyond the paddy fields and reservoir, the ferro concrete silos and chimneys of Mungyong Cement Plant. This plant is being built by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) to meet Korea's desperate need for cement. When completed it will have cost $8,500,000.
Korean workmen have no fear of heights. This man has climbed up 160 feet to adjust a loose wire.
Danish engineer, Gustav Nielsen from Copenhagen Denmark makes a few notes during a cement mixing operation. He is one of the team of Danish engineers who are supervising the erection of Mungyong Cement Plant for UNKRA.
Shoulder poles are useful when the weight is too great for one man to manage alone.
Korean labourer with typical A frame load at Mungyong Cement Plant.
Concrete was poured continuously for four days to make this 40 meter high chimney. Method of withdrawing the formwork on completion was new to the Koreans.
Korean labourers studying the newly arrived cement mixer at Mungyong Cement Pant. On their backs they have the traditional Korean A frame which enable them to carry heavy loads.