Nike missile in Taipei, Taiwan during Operation Hurry Up. Chinese soldiers check the missile before firing it. Crew Chief adjusts dials on console. Soldiers check the missile throughly. Crew chief at console. Missile being raised for firing.
Nike-Hercules missile site in Taipei, Taiwan during Operation Hurry Up. Republic of China President Chiang Kai Shek and others arrive at the Nike-Hercules missile site. He gets out of the car. President Chiang Kai Shek and other Chinese and American officers at the site. An officer briefs the Chinese President as he points at a chart with a sign on it that reads 'Trajectory'.
Nike-Hercules missile site in Taipei, Taiwan during Operation Hurry Up. Chinese President Chiang Kai Shek and others leave a building at the Nike-Hercules missile site. President Chiang Kai Shek and other Chinese and American officers at the site. An officer briefs the Chinese President and others as he points at the Nike missile.
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.
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.