Formosa Hails Mig Defector (1962)

Formosa (Taiwan). Title reads ’Formosa Hails MIG Defector’. Various shots of crowd lining the streets of Formosa (Taiwan) to see the Red China Air Force pilot who fled the China mainland in a Soviet built MIG aircraft. The pilot, lieutenant Liu Chenh Sze, stands in the open jeep and waves his arms high to the crowd. (Comb. F.G.) Date found in the old record - 12/03/1962. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.