Nationalist Forces Step Up Coastal Defenses, Quemoy, Formosa

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Brettler OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 TELENEWS UNIVERSAL (A) RADIO - TV BRANCH, TELEVISION SECTION Release No. 56-55 PICTORIAL BRANCH, NEWSREEL SECTION ROOM 2E811a EXT. 77222 Footage: 200 Ft. ROOM 2D780a EXT. 75111 24 March 1955 NATIONALIST FORCES STEP UP COASTAL DEFENSES (Official Army Footage Released by Department of Defense) Nationalist troops stop up defensive preparations on the island of Quenoy. On a round-the-clock alert, the forces engage in daily simulated firing exercises and other military training tactics as they strengthen their fortifications on the island garrison. American officers and enlisted personnel assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group on the island act as military advisors, Sequences shows (a) Observation post on Quemoy from which can be seen the Red China Mainland. (b) Ammunition is stored in sunken reserve storage dump (c) By using high-powered binoculars, Nationalist forces are able to spot Communist military concentrations on the Mainland from vantage points on the island. (d) Nationalist troops perform gun drills with artillery pieces being used for coastal defense purposes. REQUEST CREDIT IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The fine grain master positive was released today in New York to the newsree1 company named above for dupli- cation and distribution to all members of the newsreel pool. After sufficient copies have been made, the master positive is to be sent to the Film Library, Signal Corps Photographic Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, N. Y. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative was released today in New York to TV company named above for duplication and distribution to all members of the television pool and to non-members who make satisfactory financial arrangements. That company will deliver the dupe negative to Mr. Samuel Schlein, DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220, within 24 hours after receipt. DeLuxe Laboratories will make copies upon request for authorized television companies at the latter's expense. The DUPE NEGATIVE must not be cut in any manner. A -3293

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases