The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC News correspondent Quincy Howe speaks during the debate and allows NBC correspondent John Chancellor to pose a question to Richard Nixon a . Correspondent Chancellor asks a question about Quemoy and Matsu issue. Vice President Nixon points out inconsistency of Senator Kennedy. He further explains it by saying that Senator Kennedy signed a resolution in 1955 which gave the president the power to use United States forces to defend Formosa (Taiwan) and offshore islands. But he also voted for an amendment which was lost, an amendment which would have drawn a line and left out those islands. Vice President Nixon supports President Eisenhower's position. Correspondent Howe asks Senator Kennedy to comment on the topic. He speaks about President Eisenhower sending a mission to persuade Chiang Kai-shek in the spring of 1955 to withdraw from Quemoy and Matsu because they were exposed. The President was unsuccessful. He refers to the fact that in 1958, as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was very familiar with the position that the United States took in negotiating with Communist China (PRC) on these two islands. He further that the U.S. was unable to persuade China's Chiang Kai-Shek to withdraw and thus it was decided by the U.S. to defend the islands.
Nine F-84G planes in Taiwan. The Chinese Nationalist acrobatic team, the Thunder Tigers, taxies. The Thunder Tiger F-84G's takes off at Taiwan. Two sets of four and a single F-84G with a T-33 camera plane trail. The nine-planes of Thunder Tiger team in diamond formation over a building. Thunder Tiger F-84G's flies over. Thunder Tigers in a tight right echelon formation, peel off separately. Thunder Tigers in diamond formation. Thunder Tigers in diamond formation to the right and climb.
People lining up for handfuls of rice in Bombay, India. Men load rice on carts and bring the rice bags on shops. People lining up to get rice. Shopkeeper weighs rice and gives to people. A map shows Taiwan. High altitude view of rice paddy fields in Taiwan. Farmers sow rice crop. They harvest the rice. Men and women Taiwanese farmers hold the harvested crop in their hands. Trees in the background.
Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Communist People's Republic of China during the "Great Leap Forward." Beijing skyline and its surrounding suburbs. Crowds carrying banners and marching during a rehearsal for the People’s Republic of China’s National Day. Chinese young men carrying banners translate to, "Taiwan must be liberated" and "United States must get out of Taiwan." A young Chinese woman smiles while holding a red banner. Buses, bicycles, horse drawn carts, and cars pass through Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s “Red Square”. The western and eastern walls have giant placards that read "Long Live the People's Republic of China" and "Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples". A man pushes a cart full of bricks. A man slides bricks down a wooden chute at a construction site where a sewer is being built. A construction site building a sewer.
Thunder Tigers, Chinese National acrobat team in diamond formation makes low altitude dive over runway, Taiwan. Thunder Tigers in diamond formation climb and disperse into a shell burst maneuver. Thunder Tigers in diamond formation in low altitude pass over runway.
The CHINAT (Chinese National Acrobatics Team) Acrobatic pilots stand beside aircraft and briefed by Colonel L P Wang, CHINAT Group Commander in Taiwan. Twelve Thunder Tigers, Chinese National Acrobat team fly by to the right. Twelve Thunder Tiger F-84 G planes fly by in right echelon formation. Twelve Thunder Tigers in right echelon formation peel off separately. The Thunder Tigers land separately.