Planes from USS Essex (CV-9) strike Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II. Aerial view of Eiko airstrip, bombs burst on it. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bomber in flight. Aerial view of formation of clouds over mountains. Two TBFs and two escorting U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighters in flight.
An express train in Formosa, Taiwan. Formosan girls sit around a table during a tea ceremony. The girls walk over a bridge and through a garden. A Formosan girl stands holding a flower. She puts the flower in a running stream. A close up of the Formosan girl. The girls on the bridge look at a boat in the stream. An express train moves on tracks. People seated inside the train. A parlor car of the train. Passengers look at countryside. The train moves past a railroad station and Formosan countryside. Animated map of train route from Taihoku to Taichou.
Activities of Formosan women in Formosa, Taiwan. A railroad station. Women wash clothes in a stream. A car drives on a bridge. Natives carry umbrellas and walk in a garden. They cross a bridge. A fountain and a building in the background. The Formosan stand in a balcony. A Formosan woman and a young girl swing. The Agricultural Inspection Center for fruit grown on the island. A man carries a basket. Ducks in front of a house. Workmen dry rice. Water buffaloes wade in a stream. Birds on a tree. Men seated in a grassy area. A young boy with a hat with his buffalo. Women make baskets and straw hats. Hands weaving straw hats.
Activities of men at a saw mill in Formosa, Taiwan. A railroad bridge. A train proceeds southward. A bus drives on a dirt road. A view of the countryside from the train. The train moves past a railroad station. A bus drives past a building. A car drives on a street. Huge logs are moved using an overhead trolley in a lumber yard. A trolley carries a wooden log and drops the log in a river. A log kept on a conveyor belt in a saw mill. Men at work in the mill. A man stencil boards of lumber.
A train moves on tracks in Formosa, Taiwan. Animated map of a train route. Smoke comes out from the engine as the train moves on tracks. The train moves in between mountains. The railway tracks. A view of countryside from the train. A railway bridge.
Republic of China (Taiwan)'s Prime Minister Tse Ven Soong (T.V. Soong) visits the United States. Mr. Soong arrives at Washington DC airport to meet U.S. President Harry S. Truman. Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express transport plane with nose art "Grandpappy" also bears a seal with an eagle and shield and Russian lettering at the top that is a symbol of good will between the Soviet Union and America, according to the narrator. Mr. T.V. Soong shakes hands with officials.