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Road to Freedom Pt. 3 of 3

Reel Number: 220873-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1954

Country: Nationalist China,Taiwan

Location: Chi,lung,Taipei,Taiwan

TC Begins: 04:49:13

TC Ends: 04:58:58

Duration: 00:09:45

Road to Freedom Pt. 3 of 3 On the release of Taiwanese POWs from Korean prison camps. Released men parade thru streets of Chi lung carrying free Taiwan flags & portraits of Chiang Kai-Shek; board trucks for Taipei trip. Chi lung people throw flowers at truck convoy soldiers; stilt walkers, firecrackers. 04:50:20 Truck convoy parade thru Taipei, bicycles precede convoy. Soldiers shake hands w/ civilians. Chinese? Generals, VIPs. Cheering crowds & firecrackers. 04:52:37 Men march into “Freedom Village” & barracks. Foreign journalists & photographers. Taiwanese men display tattoos, CU, of anti-communist slogans. Provincial Governor of Taiwan Oke Yur? & General Jang Jin Wan? Welcoming speeches - Secretary General of Kuomintang. 04:55:33 Hong Kong movie star Liu Chi? and Taiwan movie actress. China harmonica club & band from Korean prison camp. Taiwanese General does roll call & reviews men. 04:57:20 Chief military Council gives gift of money to returnees on Chinese New Year. Crowd of returned POWs clapping. 04:57:56 19Feb1954 - Chiang Kai-Shek & Madame Chiang Kai-Shek on balcony waving to returned POWs - much cheering. Anti-Communist propaganda; Korean War; China - Guomindang KMT, Oddities; United Nations Military; NOTE: This may be Chinese soldiers who decided to go to Taiwan rather than return to China.

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