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President Eisenhower addresses at Taipei airport in Taiwan
President Dwight D. Eisenhower comes out of a car and meets Republic of China President Chiang Kai Shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling on Chiang’s estate. They all walk to the private chapel of the Chiang estate where they attend services. President and Madam Chiang entertain President Eisenhower at a reception in their home. President Chiang sees President Eisenhower off at the airport. President Eisenhower speaks briefly at Taipei Songshan airport. President waves at door of airplane.
General Chiang Kai Shek with U.S. officers during 46th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China.
Dignitaries include Generalissimo and Mrs Chiang Kai-shek, General Laurence S Kuter, Lieutenant General Frederick H Smith Junior and Major General John B Ackerman walk down the steps of an official building in Taiwan. ROC Chinese soldiers and Navy officers stand in side. Soldiers with the Chinese Nationalist flag. Trucks carrying Chinese troops pass. Tanks and armored vehicles pass reviewing stands during parade. Cameraman clicks photos.
General Chiang Kai Shek and his wife walk down steps during the 46th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China.
General Laurence S Kuter, followed by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, leaves the Ministry of Defense building in Taiwan during ceremonies commemorating the 46th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China (ROC). General Kuter walks. An old man walks down the steps with other officers. General Chiang Kai Shek and his wife also walk down the steps.
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.
Railway travel through Formosa during the Japanese colonial period
View out window of a railroad train moving through countryside in Formosa (present day Taiwan), during Japanese colonial rule. Two adults and a group of children stand on embankment and wave as the train passes just before it enters a tunnel. View toward rear of train, as it rounds a bend over a wooden trestle, shows that the steam locomotive is pushing the train, backwards, rather than pulling it. Mountains are covered in trees and other foliage. Vertical sign post written in Chinese. More bucolic scenery until the train approaches a large group of people with luggage and belongings, waiting beside the track, as if planning to board. A sign identifies the location as “Fun kiko” (Chinese characters read as “hu qi fen”). The train is stopped, and passengers have boarded. One woman is placing baggage in a lower compartment accessible by door in exterior of train. Underway, again, view from end car of train (front, since it is moving backwards) as switchman actuates control and train moves onto a parallel track, while another stopped oncoming locomotive waits for it to clear. The train returns to the main line again, having circled the stopped locomotive. Cargo of heavy timbers and similar things being moved on another train.
Various scenes showing Tokyo streets, Torii gates, festivals and a courtier looking at scroll in Japan
Map of North America and the United States, with a white outline for the United States border. Map of the Empire of Japan, including the Korean peninsula and Taiwan, and its borders in white. View of a lake with Mount Fuji. A train on top of Manseibashi bridge (1-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan). Trams, vehicles, and bicycles in downtown Tokyo (likely Ginza or Marunouchi). A white Torii gate inside a Shinto shrine. People visit a Shinto shrine during spring. Japanese performers perform with fans on a Danjiri shrine cart during the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival in Osaka. Smokestacks in an industrial town. A wooden Torii gate. Japanese children flying a kite. A Buddhist monk blows a horn while deer graze in Nara. Spanish conquistadors and Japanese samurais ride horses. 18th century British woodcut showing metal tools and blacksmiths at work. 18th century prints showing European peasants working in a mill and horses in a grinding machine. A Japanese courtier opens and looks at a scroll with illustrations.
