Formosa - 10 Years Free 1959

Star Item

Description

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...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52854
Sort Number:
59/084
Time in/Out:
01:04:15:00 / 01:05:26:00
Canister:
59/84
Film ID:
1701.05
Issue Date:
19/10/1959

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Here Comes The Bride - In Far-Off Formosa

Here Comes The Bride - In Far-Off Formosa

Wedding celebrations in Formosa.

Formosa Parade

Formosa Parade

Chiang Kai Shek reviews his forces on his embattled island - Formosa.

Selected Originals Formosa Parade.

Selected Originals Formosa Parade.

Material relating to the newsreel item "Formosa Parade" 56/11

Formosa Hails Mig Defector

Formosa Hails Mig Defector

Chinese pilot defects to Formosa in a MIG aircraft.

American Commanders Confer On Formosa AKA Us Chiefs Confer On Formosa

American Commanders Confer On Formosa AKA Us Chiefs Confer On Formosa

American commanders confer on Formosa, China

Formosa Flood Disaster

Formosa Flood Disaster

Terrible floods cause devastation in Formosa (now Taiwan).

Formosa Adds Opera To The Three R's

Formosa Adds Opera To The Three R's

Children train in art of Chinese Opera. Formosa (Taiwan).

Formosa Sacks Us Embassy

Formosa Sacks Us Embassy

Rioters in Formosa ransack the US Embassy. Taipei.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler