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.
Damage seen after mainland Chinese communist forces bomb Quemoy (Formosa, later Taiwan), following a 15-day respite. Shells on the beach. Wrecked houses in a town on Quemoy island. Nationalist Chinese soldiers come out of an airplane. Chinese soldiers dig trenches and are seen on guard near an artillery position on the island.
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.
Steel mill operated by the Steel Company of Anshan, the center of steel production in China during the Great Leap Forward. Smokestacks of steel factory. Hopper on conveyor rises outside steel mill. Foundry ladle pours metal. Row of open hearth furnaces. A foundry worker pulls a sample from a furnace. Steel mill workers silhouetted against glowing liquid metal. Hot steel bars roll on factory assembly line. Sparks fly above Bessemer converter. Chinese workers crowd in front of a small steel furnace. A steel mill worker in protective clothing works outside the small foundry. A worker looks into hearth and then turns to camera with a smile. A communist propaganda banner hanging in front of the foundry reads “We are determined to liberate Taiwan.”