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American Red Cross Field Director Hoops talks to soldiers in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Nike-Hercules missile site in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. American Red Cross Field Director Howard D. Hoops walks up to a trailer and talks to an officer. He walks to the tracking radar and talks to personnel on duty at the radar. He shakes hands with a man. Nike-Hercules missiles as a jeep arrives. A U.S. Army officer shakes hands with an officer seated in the jeep. Jeep pulls away. Field Director Hoops comes out of a building. He talks to other officers. A sign reads 'C Batry 71st Art IFC' Field Director Hoops comes out of a building and gets in the jeep and drive away.
Views of U.S. 7th fleet ships comprising part of the “Formosa Strait Force” established to keep peace between China and Formosa (Taiwan) in 1950
Elements of the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet designated “Formosa Strait Force” (Task Force 72), sent by President Harry S. Truman to keep peace between Formosa (Republic of China or Taiwan) and Mainland China (People’s Republic of China), in 1950. The U.S. Navy Destroyer Maddox (DD 731) underway. Views aboard the flagship of the Formosa Patrol, the light cruiser, USS Juneau (CL 119) as sailors respond to a drill. Two are seen entering one of the USS Juneau's gun turrets housing a Mark 12, 5-inch/38 caliber gun. Glimpse of the closed turret with single gun barrel seen at the front. Gun crew maneuvering one of the USS Juneau's quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns. Sailors arranging shells for the USS Juneau's guns. Officers on deck pointing at other ships and observing them through binoculars. Glimpse of two landing craft (possibly Landing Craft Infantry) underway.
Newsmen at Quemoy, China as extensive firing from the Communist China continues during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Conditions in Quemoy, China during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Western press and media representatives climb up a mountain in Quemoy. The newsmen at a beach. They examine damaged buildings destroyed due to the Communist Chinese firing. Damaged roof of a building. Explosions occur on a nearby island. Chinese children take shelter in the underground of a building. A damaged building.
Demonstration of Communist China against United States peace bids in Taiwan Strait, China.
Supply convoy reaches Quemoy in China despite the communist Chinese blockade, during Cold War. Ships carry the supplies at sea. Men on landing craft at the sea. Men on deck. President Chiang Kai Shek arrives at a press conference in Formosa. He opposes reduction of garrisons on the off-shore islands. Mainland China rebuffs United States peace bids with an enormous Chinese propaganda demonstration in Peiping (Beijing) on the grounds of the old Imperial Palace. Communist Chinese demonstrate with boards, placards and flags in hand. A huge crowd gathers at the palace grounds and decries what it calls American aggression in the Taiwan strait. President Zhou Enlai addresses the massive crowd.
Civilians hide in underground houses due to the terror of the communists in Quemoy (Kinmen), Taiwan.
Civilians hide in underground houses during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in Quemoy (Kinmen) Island, Taiwan. Taiwanese civilians hide in the underground shelters due to the Communist People’s Republic of China’s campaign of periodic artillery fire against the island. People come out of their houses in the Republic of China (ROC)-held island. Chickens roam the empty streets. People cook food outside their houses. Children walk during a break in the bombardment attack.
7th Fleet of U.S. Navy carriers with fighter planes aboard, escort supply shipments to blockaded Quemoy in Formosa Strait.
Convoys of the 7th Fleet of United States Navy supply shipments to blockaded Quemoy, Taiwan, in Formosa Strait. U.S. carriers in the sea and fighter planes aboard. Fighter planes take off from the strip of one of the carrier. Carriers stop near the shore and supply liners cruise towards the shore of Quemoy. Commanders aboard a ship make plans and bombardiers on alert near an artillery gun on a ship.
