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United Nations acts to free 11 American airmen held by China.

United Nations acts to free American airmen held by China (Arnold-Baumer espionage case). U.S. delegate Cabot Lodge speaks before United Nations General Assembly regarding censure of communist China for holding 11 on board the aircraft on spying charges. Members of the General Assembly seen.

Date: 1954, December 9
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040173
Wounded Mau Mau terrorist group leader General China is carried on a stretcher in Kenya.

Britain's Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttleton visits Kenya. Oliver Lyttleton gets off an aircraft and is met by a dignitary. A man with a gun. A guard in a watch tower. A jungle patrol is undertaken. Mau Mau terrorist group leader Waruhiu Itote (General China) is captured. Wounded General China on a stretcher.

Date: 1954, March 8
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050603
Ceremonies for Chinese prisoners (People's Republic of China) after returning to Taipei from Korean prison camps.

Chinese prisoners (People's Republic of China) after arriving in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) from Korean prison camps. Chinese prisoners enter barracks. Correspondents from foreign countries take pictures of arriving prisoners. Prisoners interviewed by correspondents. Bodies of prisoners tattooed with anticommunist slogans and symbols. Correspondents take pictures. Provisional Governor of Taiwan Yen Chia-kan arrives with General Chiang Ching-Kuo to convey official greetings to Chinese prisoners. A prisoner puts a badge on General Chiang Ching-Kuo. Women leader conveys a message from Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Various Chinese officials address Chinese prisoners. Prisoners give salutes to official after receiving gifts. Prisoner badges an official. A flag is presented to the official. Taiwan movie stars sing for the Chinese prisoners. Men and women play harmonicas. Chinese prisoners play drums and trumpets. Other prisoners applaud. General Chiang Ching-Kuo speaks out the names of the prisoners from list in his hands. Prisoners raise arms. Final ceremonies for the Chinese prisoners. Chinese official hands over envelopes to the men. Chinese prisoners cheer in front of the Presidential mansion in Taipei. Men wave flags and cheer.

Date: 1954
Duration: 6 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052451
First sessions dealing with Korean and Indo-Chinese problems and Zhou Enlai of China demands equality in Geneva, Switzerland.

Initial attempts to foster peace in Asia blocked by the People’s Republic of China at a conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The first sessions dealing with Korean and Indo-Chinese problems get underway. Views of building. Cars parked and people around the cars. An official comes out from a car. He is greeted by officers. Officers and dignitaries. Photographers take photos. People's Republic of China's Zhou Enlai (Chou En-Lai) demands equality at the conference table and warns America to stay out of Asia.

Date: 1954, April 29
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044814
Defecting, former Chinese prisoners reach Incheon harbor during trip to Taiwan.

Liberated Chinese prisoners from Korean War prison camps, getting onto U.S. trucks to reach Incheon harbor in Seoul, en route to Taiwan where they are defecting from Communist China. They were known as "Anti-communist Heroes." The United Nations Transportation Corps and the United Nations officials take care of transportation process. Chinese Ambassador to Korea and other officials bid farewell to the Chinese prisoners. Trucks loaded with Chinese prisoners move along road. Chinese prisoners hold flags on trucks. Trucks stop in between before reaching Incheon. Prisoners have soup. Trucks loaded with prisoners begin the journey. Incheon city streets decorated to welcome Chinese Prisoners. South Korean civilians line up streets. Chinese prisoners greeted by 47th Overseas Chinese Organization members and the United Nations band. Crowd with flags and banners welcomes the Chinese prisoners. Chinese opera with people in colorful dresses. Freed Chinese prisoners march in Incheon harbor. Chinese prisoners holding the Chinese flags march along pier. Crowd cheers at harbor. Stick points out sea route from Incheon to Taipei, Taiwan. Convoy of warships and planes escorts liberated Chinese prisoners heading to new life in Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC).

Date: 1954, January
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052448
Liberated Chinese prisoners defecting to Taiwan arrive in Taipei from Korean prison camps.

Chinese prisoners, originally from Mainland People's Republic of China, are seen aboard U.S. Navy LST ships, including LST 616, as they reach Keelung harbor in Taiwan. They have been liberated from Korean prison camps and are part of a mass group of 14,000 Chinese soldiers defecting to Taiwan, Republic of China. Large crowd cheers on dock for the "anti-Communist Heroes." The crowd waves flags and carries banners. Band plays music. Chinese prisoners disembark from ship. They are greeted by General Chiang Ching-kuo and other Chinese officials. Prisoners march with flags. Men and women give a warm welcome to prisoners. Chinese officials speak at mike in auditorium. Prisoners lined up holding bouquet. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and other Chinese officials address men in auditorium. U.S. Major General, William C. Chase, Commanding General of the American Military Advisory Group on Taiwan, speaks to them. Chinese prisoner speaks on mike. Prisoners with clenched fists. American crew of ships which escorted Chinese prisoners to Taiwan presented with gifts. Chinese troops with flags march on streets of Taipei. They get on trucks. Crowd waves to leaving Chinese prisoners. Large crowd lined up on streets. Chinese girls in white clothes ride bicycles. Prisoners on trucks shake hands with people. Premier Chang Chun and other Chinese officials await the arrival of Chinese prisoners in Presidential mansion. Premier Chang Chun and other Chinese officials wave hats to arriving prisoners. Trucks on road. Crowd and children wave flags and cheer to welcome prisoners. Prisoners arrive to barracks on field.

Date: 1954, January 23
Duration: 7 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052450