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A woman watches as a U.S. Coast Guard OS2U Kingfisher floatplane is pushed off a ramp into the water and it takes off.

A woman runs towards a U.S. Coast Guard Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane on the shore. She hands over a paper to the pilot in the cockpit. Crew prepare and push the plane towards the ramp, and then slide the plane off the ramp into the water. The woman stands back and watches as the plane taxis in the water and takes off. A light house off shore. Narration by James Cagney.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031172
Lumberjacks work at a forest in Taiwan

A film shows the lumber industry in Taiwan. Taiwanese lumberjacks at work in mahogany forest. One is silhouetted against the sky as he climbs a tall tree trunk devoid of branches. He descends using ropes. A supervisor watches as a lumberjack uses a long saw to cut on a tree trunk that has already been cut from the other side. Camera pans up the tree.and back down again as he completes his cut and the tree falls to the ground. The base of the fallen tree trunk is seen to be hollow. Views of other trees as they are felled by lumberjacks. Closeup of the stump remaining from one. A log cut from a tree is lowered by ropes. Glimpse of valley across from the forest. Closeup off a steam whistle blowing. Closeup of a steam engine driver and arm in motion. A long log being lowered by a cable. Other cables seen strung across a rustic work building from which steam is venting. The log is deposited on a pile of others. A steam driven cable pulls logs on a small rail car atop a small gauge track. A very large log is lowered atop those a;ready on the rail car. Men with long pikes help position the log. Smoke blows out of a narrow metal chimney. A train carrying logs on rail cars moves through the forest. Views of a steam locomotive pulling a train of cars carrying logs.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069926
A group of school children on mountain expedition and campers across footbridge to further ascend mountain in Taiwan.

A film shows the geographical features of Taiwan. A view of the mountainous area. A camper with a bag on his back looks at the mountains. A house in between the mountains. The houses surrounded by the mountains. A view of clouds over the mountains. A group of campers wake in morning and look at cloud formations below them. The campers with bags hanged on their back climb steps on the mountains and set off across footbridge to further ascend mountain. A camper heading towards the footbridge. Flowers that grow in mountainous ranges of Formosa. A group of school children on mountain expedition. The children climb up the mountain. They walk on a footbridge. A view of the mountainous area. A house surrounded by the mountains.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069927
The Nauzan mountainous range and a train passes a railroad station and proceeds onward past mountainous area in Taiwan.

A film shows the geographical features of Taiwan. A lamp hanged in the foreground. The Nauzan mountainous range. Clouds over the mountains. A train passes a railroad station and proceeds onward past mountainous area. The train climbing the mountain. A conductor stands on a track in the foreground.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069928
A Taiwanese child reads from the book and sugarcane fields as seen from fast moving train window in Taiwan.

A train passes a railroad station in Taiwan. A child's Japanese book. A Taiwanese child reads from the book in Japanese. The Hokuho shrine. A Buddhist temple in the northern sector. A sign board. The structures on top of a shrine. People visit the shrine. A Monument in northern Taiwan. A train moves past behind the monument. The train crosses a railroad bridge. Sugarcane fields as seen from fast moving train window. A factory. The railway tracks. Animated map of the route of the train.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069930
A freighter is loading in Takao harbor and small boats anchored at a harbor in Taiwan.

A freighter being loaded at a harbor in Taiwan. Coconut trees in area. A car being driven on a mountain road. A monument. People enjoy at seahorse. They play in water. Two women with a young boy play in the water. Small boats anchored at a harbor. A freighter is loading in Takao harbor. Smoke comes out from smoke stack. A net loaded with goods is taken aboard the freighter. Street activities shows traffic on streets. Men riding bicycles. Building on either side of the street. The city hall. A boat in the foreground.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069932