Large briefing maps for the U.S. and Chinese officers at the drop zone, where 1100 Chinese paratroopers jump to end the Exercise Hsien Feng in Taiwan. The maps are placed on stands. Two Chinese officers stand together, one talks on the phone. A group of sedans. Chiang Kai Shek steps out of the sedan and walks up the steps into the building. The officers stand on the reviewing stand. Chiang Kai Shek moves to his seat and comes to a salute. General Dean and VADM Smooth are also on the stand. A Chinese officer points to the Chinese letters on the briefing map as the officers are briefed on the dropping of the paratroopers. A canopy covers the reviewing stand for the officers. A Chinese officer briefs the officers on the large maps, which shows the drop zone. The leaflet drop at the drop zone. Sky is filled with leaflets. The paratroopers descend to the ground in the drop zone. Sky is filled with chutes. Some of the paratroopers strike the ground leave their chutes and run toward the assembly area as other chutes descend to the ground. The paratroopers run through the hilly field toward the assembly area. One of the paratroopers hit on the rough ground then leaves his chute. Three paratroopers pick up machine guns, tripods and other gear as they leave their chutes on the ground and begin running toward the camera.
U.S. and Chinese officers at the final critique for the Exercise Hsien Feng in Taiwan. They are in a large room with four windows. The backs of the officers during the critique. Brigadier General Frank Robert Borke on the stage with his interpreter, presenting his views on the Exercise Hsien Feng to the large group of American and Chinese officers.
A C-46 plane in flight during Exercise Hsien Feng in Taiwan. The paratroopers make a mass jump, chutes float. The two planes in the background dispose of the paratroopers. Three planes in flight and paratroopers jump from them. Hundreds of chutes float. The hilly terrain. The chutes float toward the ground in the drop zone. Three aircraft in flight, the paratroopers leave them. The paratroopers descend to the ground. The assembly area. Mountains and valleys. A river winds through the valley.
Sign: "Director Headquarters Building" written in Chinese and English. The Director Headquarters building. The Operations building. The Psy War building. Sign: "Base Headquarters" in Chinese and English. Chinese paratroopers' insignia on the lawn, back of the Headquarters Building, built into the grass. A Chinese flag insignia inside of a building. Chinese letters below the insignia.
German aircraft RF-84F Thunderflash in Berlin, Germany. German insignia on the RF-84F Thunderflash plane. Seven German RF-84F Thunderflash parked on a flight line at Erding air station. The planes are serviced and checked by German airmen. German ground crewmen in the cockpit of the plane. A German airman opens cover over tank jettison pressure gauges. The airman puts liquid oxygen in the RF-84F Thunderflash and then removes the hose. A man writes on the side of the plane.
C-47 Skytrain and C-131B at Tempelhof Air Base in Berlin, Germany. A C-47 Skytrain lands at the air base. Another aircraft C-131B lands. The plane taxis down a parking area. An officer and a family alights from the plane. They walk away from the aircraft and get into a station wagon. A board reads ' Tempelhof Berlin,Germany USAF in Europe'.