From atop Jangdaezae hill in Pyongyang on Monday, the visual effect of thousands of people waving flower wreaths was stunning during the event to commemorate the unveiling of a new mural of Kim Jong-il, who died last year.

NBC cameraman David Lom was intrigued by what looked like old Arri Super 16mm film cameras in Pyongyang on Monday. Popular in the late 1950s, these vintage workhorses were in stark contrast to the high-tech cameras from the international media in Pyongyang, North Korea.

NBC News Senior Foreign Corespondent Richard Engel reports in front of tens of thousands just outside Kim Il-sung square in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 9, 2012.

All North Koreans wear a Kim Il-sung pin when out and about. There typically seems to be two types of pins: one with Kim's face on a flag-shaped background and another of Kim's face on a small round button. In the case of our government-appointed minder, he often wears one pin on his suit jacket and another on his white collared shirt.

On the train to the Sohae Satellite Launching Station on Sunday, our immaculate private train car frequently passed older models that serviced everyday North Koreans.

Within the Yanggakdo hotel, the quietly slow pace of life in Pyongyang, North Korea comes out in the hotel's photo store.

With so many journalists around and virtually all of our movement pre-planned by government-assigned minders, it's rare that you get a natural moment. The omnipresent President Kim Il-sung smiles down approvingly from his perch atop a train station.