Formosa Gets Nike Hercules - Missile Might… 1959

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Unissued / unused material.

American newsreel item.

Title reads: "Missile might - Formosa gets Nike-Hercules".

Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa).

LS Chinese Nationalist Leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek standing by car. CU Chiang Kai Shek talking. Various shots of Chiang...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
81313
Sort Number:
UN 3181 B
Time in/Out:
01:55:31:00 / 01:56:33:00
Canister:
UN 3181 B
Film ID:
2760.22
Issue Date:
1959

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