Nationalist China Prepares to Hit Back

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1086A

Date Released

30 Mar 1950

Date submitted

1950

Date submitted

27 Mar 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Nothing in the Bottle
2. 2Combined Navies in Mock Battle
3. 3Nationalist China Prepares to Hit Back
4. 4Native Chiefs Ignore High Commissioner
5. 5Britain’s New Oil Refinery
6. 6Germany Ends Rationing
7. 7'Appy ‘Ampstead Meets the Skiers
8. *Irish Movietone: Railway Cup Finals at Croke Park
9. *Rugby International - Wales V France
10. *FA Cup Semi-Final - Liverpool V Everton
11. *St Patrick’s Parade in New York

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nationalist Army to Make Come Back. DESCRIPTION: On the Island of Formosa, last stronghold of Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalist Army, his generals have been training an invasion force to attempt a come-back. SHOTLIST: KS. Nationalist troops slow march along beach. CU General Sun Li-Jen. Various shots troops making landings on beaches reinforced with barbed wire, various explosions. Troops through jungle, into camera. Troops running through rice-fields, over bridges. Tanks over bridges.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Formosa

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

53467

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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