Formosa - 10 Years Free (1959)

Title reads: "Formosa - 10 years free".
Formosa (now known as Taiwan).
L/S Formosa Island. M/S main street in Formosa. M/S of women buying fabric in a Formosa department store. Various shots of small children sitting in circle in playground singing.
M/S large crowd Formosan men and women doing keep fit exercises, all dressed in same clothing. Various shots farm workers tending the crops. M/S men being taught how to use the motor tiller. C/U old man in traditional straw hat. M/S of man using a motor tiller in a paddy field, he passes another man using slower tiller drawn by buffalo.
Various shots men working in a steeple foundry. Various shots men working in an aluminium factory. L/S of sacks of produce being loaded by crane onto cargo ship in docks.
L/S of President Chiang Kai Shek (aka Kai-Shek) and his wife Madame Chiang walking across rope bridge. M/S the President and Madame Chiang walk towards camera, smiling.
Narrator emphasises the freedom and prosperity of Taiwan and their resistance to Communism, despite being only 100 miles from mainland China.
FILM ID:1701.05

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