Taiwan: Island of Freedom

1963
23m

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A short film produced by the US Navy for US servicemen newly arrived in Taiwan, telling them something about the country and its people, and especially telling them how to stay out of troubl... Read allA short film produced by the US Navy for US servicemen newly arrived in Taiwan, telling them something about the country and its people, and especially telling them how to stay out of trouble and treat the Chinese with respect. The film is also meant as a propaganda piece to impr... Read allA short film produced by the US Navy for US servicemen newly arrived in Taiwan, telling them something about the country and its people, and especially telling them how to stay out of trouble and treat the Chinese with respect. The film is also meant as a propaganda piece to impress upon servicemen that the Red Chinese are still technically at war with Taiwan and remi... Read all

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5.9/10

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Kai-Shek Chiang

Self
(archive footage)

Glenn Ford

Self - Narrator

Zedong Mao

Self
(archive footage)
(as Mao Zedong)

Director
- Eric Strutt
Writer
- Eric Strutt
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Michael_Elliott

Decent Short

Taiwan: Island of Freedom (1963)

** (out of 4)

This twenty minute short was produced by the U.S. Air Force Air Photographic and Charting Service as an introduction to solders who were landing in Taiwan. Glenn Ford narrates and hosts the introduction as we get to see various locations around Taiwan as well as learning about their culture and way of life.

Obviously, watching this today isn't quite the same as watching it when first released. For the most part it's a mildly entertaining short that I'm sure was useful for soldiers when they arrived in a foreign place that they probably had little to no knowledge about. There's some nice scenery of the place, which is beneficial today but at the same time there's no question that the overall tone is rather dry and a bit too boring for its own good.