Formosa Gets Nike Hercules - Missile Might (1959)

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 Kai Shek being briefed. Various shots of US soldiers showing how the missile is prepared for action. MS Chiang Kai Shek. LS radar scanner. CU man at controls. Missile raising to upright position. LS Chiang Kai Shek watching. Date on dope sheet is January 1959. 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 Param