Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Taipei Area Videos From The 1950s

John Quinn recently sent me links to these three great YouTube videos:





4 comments:

  1. I think we have seen the same link(s) before. http://ustdc.blogspot.com/2009/08/film-clip-of-taipei-during-1950s.html

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  2. Don Yeah I've seen these before and they sure show Taipei as I remember it, especially those crazy buses and small taxi cabs.
    I've got another youtube link from around the same time and it shows the MIG 1765. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prZAhVhOSkg&NR=1
    I went back in your archive and found a couple of post about the MIG but I couldn't find one I thought I sent you showing Admiral Melson viewing the aircraft?

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  3. The first video is dated 1966 in the text and has scenes of a fire at the Hsin Sheng Theater. The third video is dated 1963 in the text.

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  4. Great clips! The clips had my wife singing along with them. The third clip, of the celebrations, was actually sung in the Taiwanese dialect, sung to a Japanese tune. And who could not be roused to one's feet when Gimo spoke in the flick sarj wrote about. Gotta love it.

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