Taiwan Free China 1963 events 1

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[larkelley]

Glad you enjoyed the video of Shu Lin Kou and the surrounding area. There are two more videos taken during the same time. Taiwan Free China 1963 events 2 and Taiwan Free China 1963 events 3. I also have another video that I plan to upload to youtube in the near future. Everytime I watch those videos, I remember as though it was yesterday. It is hard to visualize the changes made since those days of our stay there. Larry Kelley

[larkelley]

David, the large city was Taipei and the small village is Linkou Village.

Larkel

[larkelley]

Hello John, Glad you enjoyed the videos. I was stationed at Shu Lin Kou Air Station. The videos taken of the village was Linkou Village. The hikes were taken from LinKou to the Taiwan Strait. I am not sure exactly what spot. The downtown shots were in Taipei.

Larry

[larkelley]

I haven't been back to Taiwan since 1963.

I do have friends that served in the military there with me that have been back, some of them, more than once.

Larry

[larkelley]

You are probably correct. It was good for the film to stay in storage so many years.

Larry Kelley

[larkelley]

I was 19 when the film was made. A fellow airman and I had movie cameras while stationed in Taiwan in 1963. The film was stored away in its metal container until a year or so ago. Recently I had the film upgraded and made the videos for all to enjoy. Larry

[iowaboyflys]

Larry: Thanks so much for posting your videos. I was a 203 and stationed at Shu Lin Kou for the year of 1962, leaving right before Christmas. This really brings back the memories. I really enjoyed my time in Taiwan and traveled all over the island during the months that I was there. I took a lot of pictures, but wasn't fortunate enough to have a video camera. I will be watching for anything else that you might post. Thanks again! Gary

[MegaHsiang]

i was two years old thank you

[MegaHsiang]

i was two years yhank you

[WDEVN]

Hello Mr. Kelly,

Wonderful video. Thanks for keeping a record of your stay / tour in Taiwan.

I am currently standing at the site of the Shu Lin Kuo Station!

I'm a video journalist and I will be doing a live Internet web cast about the times the US had bases in Taiwan in a few weeks. Thanks for sharing.

[BiReal]

Very beautiful images.

[Jason621027]

本片的Mr. Kelley 是1963年派駐在台北縣林口鄉的美軍，當年的他年僅19歲，是­個年輕高大的帥哥，片中一開始他搭著紅色計程車經台北市一路到林­口，可以看到黃色的台北市公車、灰色的美軍車輛與林口的公路局客­車。片中的林口古老街景，是非常珍貴的歷史紀錄，磚窯、茶園景色­更是從前林口的一大特色。他在片中穿的深色外套，背上秀著FOR­MOSA，還有中華民國與美國國旗。當年一般百姓擁有照相機的人­不多，更遑論有攝影機，感謝他為林口留下如此珍貴的紀錄影片，也­感謝他為台灣奉獻的一年生涯，更感謝他的授權，讓林口鄉公所保留­這段珍貴的影片。

[Jason621027]

Dear Mr. Kelley: So surprise for your greatest Film about Linkou. This could be the most precious part of the history which records our memory in the past old days. The Linkou Township would like to adopt this video as the major display media in the exhibition of “The Reviews of Linkou” to the residents , so would like to request for your permission to let this precious film to be present. It will be wonderful if we can have your permission and see your film shows.

[viperlin777]

Thanks for bringing back to old days.