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Chinese prisoners from Korean War defect to Taiwan (Republic of China).
Former communist Chinese prisoners repatriated from Korean War prison camps arrive in Taipei, Taiwan, becoming "anti-Communist Heroes" January 23, 1954. Crowd gathered outside a large building in Taipei. A large freedom bell is rung. Chairman of the gathering and Premier of the Republic of China Chen Cheng addresses the crowd. The crowd with banners demonstrates against communism and against mainland People's Republic of China. South Korean ambassador to China (Taiwan), Kim Hong-il, addresses the gathering. Men in special white uniforms lined up are the first group of liberated, defecting former prisoners. The Map of Korea shows 38th parallel on it. The United Nations and the U.S. flags. American C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in flight over airfield, arriving in Korean. Chinese officers march on airfield after leaving planes, before transporting to Taiwan. U.S. official instructs Chinese officers. The UN Transportation Corps loading supplies onto truck. Sign reads 'Warming Tents'. American General BS Latton with the United Nations staff inspects transportation arrangements. Processing officers arrive at the field. The Chinese Nationalist Military delegation men arrive from Taiwan. The Commanding Officer of The UN Forces, John Ho inspects the processing area with his staff. View of building area. Men prepare flags. Signs and banners along the road. General Latton with a Chinese General. Representatives of the Chinese Nationalist Government lined up to welcome prisoners after the Korean War. Band plays music. Liberated Chinese prisoners arrive with flags and banners. They are welcomed by the UN officials. Freed Chinese prisoners get into tents. (Many of the defecting Chinese were former Kuomintang soldiers taken captive by the communist forces during the Chinese Civil War.)
French capitulate to North Vietnamese, and leave Indochina. Geneva Conference divides Vietnam.
Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam as Indochina war ends up in Vietnam. Aerial view of cratered battle ground, with smoke rising, at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, in March, 1954. A French A-26 Invader aircraft flying above some clouds and pilot in cockpit using radio. French paratroops, dropping from C-47 aircraft, and landing, to reinforce troops dug in at Dien Bien Phu. French artillery firing and rounds exploding in the distance. French troops moving through brush, and carrying wounded back out. Citizens on streets of Hanoi, North Vietnam, scrounging for scraps to eat. An old woman hunkered down in a doorway. A mother with a young boy. French troops crossing a bridge as they surrender following the siege at Dien Bien Phu. North Vietnamese troops entering Hanoi. Delegates at the Geneva conference of 1954, in the Palais des Nations, including representatives of the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China, among others. Closeup of Soviet delegation, with Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, second from left. View of the North Vietnamese delegation, and delegate Ta Quang Buu, Vice Minister of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), and Head of their Military Delegation, signing the accords. Closeup of one treaty page, with his signature, as Minister of Defense, and that of Henri, Deltiel, Brigadier General, who signed for the Commander in Chief of all French Forces in Indochina. OUtdoors. After the conference, Soviet Foreign Minister, Molotov shakes hands with Chou En-lai, Chinese Foreign Minister. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, wearing a hat, is standing behind Molotov. A long line of refugees fleeing to the South, from North Vietnam. A 1954 map showing the division of North and South Vietnam at the 19th parallel. Mist settled among mountain tops. South Vietnamese people engaged in agricultural pursuits and building new dwellings. South Vietnamese placing ballots in boxes during elections. Brief glimpse of the glamorous Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, defacto First Lady of South Vietnam, dressed in ao dai and wearing dark glasses, as she leaves a polling place. Farmers dressed in traditional conical hats (non la) working in grain fields, and reaping and carrying cut grain on poles in the South. Beautiful view of fishermen and boats silhouetted against sky, with tall limestone islands in background, at Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam (incorrectly implying it shows South Vietnamese in peaceful pursuits). South Vietnamese at work building structures with concrete blocks. A car with bullet holes in the windshield, draws attention on busy street in South Vietnam. Closeup of murdered man inside on floor of car. Scenes of vandalism at a house. Viet Minh guerillas moving through jungles and setting fires to straw roofed houses. Remains of a destroyed dwelling. Bodies of South Vietnamese killed, according to the narrator, by "Viet Cong pursuasion squads." A framed picture of Ho Chi Minh, over a North Vietnamese star flag.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai visit a steel mill in Manchuria, China.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visits China. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong and the Foreign Minister of the Peoples Republic of China Zhou Enlai greet Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Chinese people cheer as they drive through the streets in a cavalcade of cars. Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal Nehru attend a reception. Nehru, Mao Zedong, and other Chinese leaders visit a steel mill in Manchuria. They watch the production process.
Farmers manually plow a rice paddy in China
Farmers on a rice paddy in China. The farmers pull a plow in the wet and muddy field. The plow in the mud.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek disembark from a helicopter on the USS Wasp in the South China Sea.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the South China Sea. Taiwan General Chiang Kai-Shek visits the USS Wasp. U.S. helicopter HO3S Dragonfly lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Lieutenant General Chiang Kai-Shek, son Chiang Ching-Kuo, and United States Ambassador to the Republic of China Karl L. Rankin disembark from the helicopter. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is greeted by officers. He shakes hands with United States high-ranking officers. U.S. Marines salute as he passes by.
Chinese officers disembark from helicopters aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp underway in the South China Sea.
Taiwan General Chiang Kai-Shek visits U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the South China Sea. A U.S. Navy helicopter lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Lieutenant General Liu Kuo Yen and Major Huang Hsiung Shen disembark from it. They are greeted by United States high-ranking officers. The Chinese officers inspect United States Marines Corps honor guard. The U.S. Navy helicopter lands on the flight deck. Admiral Soong of Chinese Nationalist Navy disembarks from the helicopter. Commander Pei Yuffen also disembarks from it.