Formosa Stands To (1960)

Item title reads - Formosa stands to. Formosa prepares for President Dwight Eisenhower’s visit. L/S latest recruits to Chiang Kai-Shek’s army jogging along in uniform. M/S as Commanding Officer walks up and inspects the troops. C/U pan across the men. L/S island of Quemoy. M/S soldier looking through gap in wall with the aid of binoculars. C/U soldier speaking into field telephone. M/S two soldiers taking shells from store which is cut into a hill. M/S gun barrel being raised in hillside emplacement. Camera pans across wrecked houses shelled by China. Various shots of the buildings. L/S boy picking up tiles from debris with wrecked houses around him. M/S soldiers carrying balloons with propaganda messages tied to them, M/S one being blown up from canister. M/S soldiers with balloons, they let them go and hope they will float across to China. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND