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TAIWAN - FORMOSA - COLOUR - SOUND
- Published_at:2015-07-21
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:British Movietone
- tags: British Movietone BM97585A 5fd7886377b144e387d1a266c935d00f TAIWAN - FORMOSA - COLOUR - SOUND China Taipei Taiwan Greater China East Asia
- description: General scenes of life in Taiwan in the early 1970s. Chinese dragon dance. President Chiang Kai-Shek seen on balcony. Various street scenes in Taipei - traffic, motorcycles, aircraft, bridges, municipal buildings, Imperial Hotel, shops, shopping, cinema advertisements on hoardings, ornamental gardens, election of Chiang Kai-Shek, farm work, rice fields, electricity plant, aerial shots of countryside, dam building, many students on bicycles, factory work, laboratories, petrochemical industry, plastics industry, ship building, cargo exportation, container port - Kaohsiung, textiles industry - knitting machines, clothing factory, pineapple canning factory, asparagus canning, guard of honour, dignitaries visiting Taipei, motorcade, farm workers, representatives of African nations visit to observe Chinese farming methods. Confucious is mentioned, education section - various shots of schools and colleges. Religion - Buddhism, Taoism, Maslem faith, Confucian philosophy and Christianity mentioned and illustrated. Tourists at the National Palace Museum. Military parade. Chiang Kai-Shek reviews military display. War philosophy of Free China detailed over shots of troop carrier planes, jet fighters, helicopters, air force, navy patrol and other military images. Helium balloons being prepared for launch to mainland China - they carry relief parcels. Men consult maps and electronic devices for tracking the baloons. Ends with general shots of Taipan and of dragon dance. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5fd7886377b144e387d1a266c935d00f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
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