Eruption of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii,United States. Smoke rising from the fire caused by lava. A view of the Molten lava coursing down the mountainside. Smoke rising from the fire. Aerial view of the lava on the mountain and smoke rising from the mountain. (World War II period).
A film shows the historical places in Taiwan, during Japanese colonial administration. Buildings of Taipei. Bank of Taiwan building. Traffic in front of the building. A view of the building. The building of Ministry of Transportation and Commerce. The Legislature building. The Town Hall building. The Health Shrine. A bell hanged on a rope inside the shrine. The Botanical Garden. Variety of plants grown in the garden. A historical building.
Taiwan under Japanese colonial administration. Taiwanese people in market place in Taiwan. Aerial view of the buildings in the city streets. Motorcycles, rickshaws and cars on the street. The commercial district and market place. People and traffic on the street. A view of the street. Buildings on either side of the street. People ride bicycles. A historical building in the center. Traffic on the street. The market place. The people crowd on the street. They shop from the market. A tea factory. The young children shift tea leaves. Formosan laborers pack tea leaves for export. A packed carton. A laborer transfers tea leaves into a box in the background. The packed boxes in the foreground.
Taiwan during Japanese colonial administration in World War 2. View of the main hall of the Bangka Lungshan Temple or Longshan Temple (No. 211, Guangzhou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10853), known as the Ryuzan temple during the Japanese colonial period, in Taipei. Dragons and human sculptures adorn the architecture of the Chinese folk religious shrine. Melons and lychees on sale at a fruit shop. A man sells Chinese herbal medicine near the temple. Worshipers tossing joss sticks and papers in the temple. A woman cooks street food. An old man stands at a shop. A man beating a drum while selling traditional Taiwanese items. A roof of the shrine with elaborate folk sculptures. Taiwanese people shopping in a market street. A close view of the Taiwanese people. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Taiwanese people attend a Chinese New Year festival parade in Taipei, Formosa (present day Taipei, Taiwan) during Japanese colonial rule in World War II. A busy street. Crowds convene on the sidewalk to watch a festival. A Japanese ice cream shop behind crowds. A group of men perform a serpentine-like dragon dance. A man performs acrobatics in front of a group performing a lion dance. Man performs lion dance. A boy pushes an artillery gun. A man with a papier-mâché donkey costume. Signs and banners depicting Chinese products such as Tiger Balm ointment. Chinese women dressed in elaborate traditional costumes on top of floats. Men carry an intricate model of a pagoda. A float of a symbolic god. People performing dance in the parade. The Taiwanese people watch the parade. A policeman stands in the foreground. People on the streets and decorative floats in the parade.
View out window of a railroad train moving through countryside in Formosa (present day Taiwan), during Japanese colonial rule. Two adults and a group of children stand on embankment and wave as the train passes just before it enters a tunnel. View toward rear of train, as it rounds a bend over a wooden trestle, shows that the steam locomotive is pushing the train, backwards, rather than pulling it. Mountains are covered in trees and other foliage. Vertical sign post written in Chinese. More bucolic scenery until the train approaches a large group of people with luggage and belongings, waiting beside the track, as if planning to board. A sign identifies the location as “Fun kiko” (Chinese characters read as “hu qi fen”). The train is stopped, and passengers have boarded. One woman is placing baggage in a lower compartment accessible by door in exterior of train. Underway, again, view from end car of train (front, since it is moving backwards) as switchman actuates control and train moves onto a parallel track, while another stopped oncoming locomotive waits for it to clear. The train returns to the main line again, having circled the stopped locomotive. Cargo of heavy timbers and similar things being moved on another train.
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