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Chinese Nationalist troops engage in training maneuvers on Formosa (Taiwan) in Spring, 1950
A Battalion of Nationalist Chinese troops assembled in formation on a ramp at an airbase in Formosa (Taiwan). They wear summer conical hats. Their Commander, a Major, calls them to attention and addresses them. Next, a Sergeant is seen briefing a squad of camouflaged soldiers. A landing craft stops short of a beach and Nationalist Chinese troops jump out, wade ashore, and charge across the beach. From different view, the beach is seen to have barbed wire and other obstacles on it. Smoke rises from live fire carried out at side of beach. The troops dash between obstacles and surmount a berm. Next, soldiers are seen riding atop two camouflaged U.S. M2 half-tracks, crossing a bridge, at high speed. They are followed by two U.S. Stuart M3 light tanks and infantry running behind. An infantryman running along a furrow in a cultivated field. Two infantrymen run through a rice paddy where farmer is working. One gets exhausted and falls down in the paddy. Two soldiers firing a mortar. Another soldier demonstrates throwing a hand grenade, and ducks for cover as it explodes. Three soldiers firing an M1917 Browning water-cooled machine gun. Goosestepping Nationalist Chinese troops parade along a wide dirt road, past several buildings. They raise considerable dust as they march.
Chinese Nationalist troops fire rifles as Chiang Kai Shek watches them during a maneuver in Formosa.
Chinese Nationalist troops during a maneuver in Formosa. Chinese ships underway at sea. Explosions occur in water. Aircraft in flight. Tanks and tracked vehicles at a beach. The troops practice amphibious landings at the beach. President of China Chiang Kai Shek watches the maneuvers. Chinese soldiers fire rifles. A soldier talks over a hand radio as explosions occur.
Typhoon damage buildings and civilians wade through flood on Formosa Island (Taiwan)
Typhoon Amy devastates Formosa Island (Taiwan). Typhoon rain caused flooding in Taiwan. A bridge in the background. Buildings and homes sunk in flood in Taipei. A storefront with Chinese signage partly submerged in heavy flood. Damaged houses and trees. Civilians wade through flooded water. Half sunk cars in the water.
Formosan women walk in a park and weave straw hats in Formosa, Taiwan.
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.
Huge logs are moved using an overhead trolley in a lumber yard in Formosa, Taiwan.
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 view of countryside from a train in Formosa, Taiwan.
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.
