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Seventh fleet stands guard in the straits between Formosa and Red China, China Sea.

American troops aboard ships of Seventh Fleet underway in China Sea. Fleet stand guard in the straits between Taiwan (ROC) and the communist People's Republic of China. Planes take off from the carrier Essex for daily patrols and practice. Aircraft in flight over water. Planes make landings on carrier's deck.

Location: China Sea
Date: 1955, May 30
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052563
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.

Location: Taiwan
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069927
Demonstration of Communist China against United States peace bids in Taiwan Strait, China.

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.

Location: China
Date: 1958, October 2
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027976
Rugged mountain scenery in Taiwan, filmed during Japanese colonial period.

Opening scene shows a sign, identifying location as Arisan, Formosa. Camera pans over houses of the village amongst trees, in rugged mountainous terrain. Closeup of the Japanese Arisan Shrine, in the Kagi district. A monument located there. Views of building and signs directing visitors. Several wooden buildings with signs. A sign identifying Chamaecyparis formosensis (Formosan Cypress tree). Camera pans to a huge cypress tree encircled with a decorative rope and markers measuring its girth. Several other trees are shown. A couple sits in a shelter at an outlook enjoying the high mountain views. Camera shows various mountain views. A sign identifies Tozan (aka Mount Niitaka) and camera pans this dramatic mountain.

Location: Taiwan
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069925
Chinese New Year parade in Taipei under Japanese occupation (WW2)

Taiwanese people attend a Chinese New Year festival parade in Taipei, Formosa (present day Taipei, Taiwan) during Japanese colonial rule in World War II. A busy street. Crowds convene on the sidewalk to watch a festival. A Japanese ice cream shop behind crowds. A group of men perform a serpentine-like dragon dance. A man performs acrobatics in front of a group performing a lion dance. Man performs lion dance. A boy pushes an artillery gun. A man with a papier-mâché donkey costume. Signs and banners depicting Chinese products such as Tiger Balm ointment. Chinese women dressed in elaborate traditional costumes on top of floats. Men carry an intricate model of a pagoda. A float of a symbolic god. People performing dance in the parade. The Taiwanese people watch the parade. A policeman stands in the foreground. People on the streets and decorative floats in the parade.

Location: Taiwan
Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675069923
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.

Location: Formosa Taiwan
Date: 1960, November 28
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057786
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