Quemoy Blockade. Red Barrage Still Chokes Off Supplies.
Quemoy Blockade. Red Barrage Still Chokes Off Supplies.
Quemoy Blockade. Red Barrage Still Chokes Off Supplies. On Quemoy, the effects of Red China's massive artillery barrage, some 300,000 shells to date, are seen in shattered dwellings and crowded hospital wards. Supplies and food shipments are at a trickle. People including children walking among rubble. Women in white (medical) put bandages on people, mostly children. One child has a stump of an arm in a bandage. Injured, wounded, civilian casualties. Damaged buildings and structures, street scenes with men in uniform and civilians. Shot shows shoreline, big splashes out on water (possibly from bombs or explosions). On Formosa, meanwhile, a squadron of U.S. 'Starfighters' arrives, the world's fastest, most deadly jet fighter. USAF plane on the ground, men around it, some in uniform, some with still cameras.