Ike Hailed In Formosa, Korea
Ike Hailed In Formosa, Korea
"President Dwight D. Eisenhower's tour of the Orient, marred by the cancellation of his visit to Japan, takes him to Formosa, where 300,000 jam the streets and squares of Taipei to cheer him, and to Korea, where the same student demonstrators who overthrew the Syngman Rhee regime now join in a vast tumultuous crowd that gives the president a fantastic ovation." A Marine 7th fleet helicopter lands and taxis in carrying President Eisenhower where they picked him up from the cruiser St. Paul. He is greeted by Chang kai Shek in a Field's Marshall uniform. MS - Throngs of Koreans gather to greet President Eisenhower holding up banners "Welcome To Ike". MS - President Eisenhower riding in an motorcade streets lined with many people holding up banners "Welcome Ike". Shot from building roof - Thousands of people. OHS - Thousands of people where their heads look like little dots. MLS - A very long banner reading "Welcome To Korea Mr. President" CUS - Welcome President Eisenhower, one side has the Korean Fag and the other side has the American Flag. MS - Plane landing on the tarmac with the President in South Korea. MS - President Eisenhower disembarking from the plane. MLS - Premier Ho Chung and President Eisenhower on the podium. MS - Estimated amount of people is a million and a half. MCUS - Security guards holding back the over enthusiastic crowd. MS - President Eisenhower wearing a straw hat smiling from ear to ear at his warm welcome from the South Korean People.