# 1978 TAIWAN REPUBLIC OF CHINA DOCUMENTARY "THE DOUBLE TENTH" TAPIEI CHIANG CHING-KUO 61014

Presented by the Free China Film Syndicate, The Double Tenth is a short documentary from 10 October 1978 that gives viewers a glimpse of the Republic of China’s (Taiwan) military parade during the celebration commemorating the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911, which lead to the founding of the Chinese Republic the following year. The Double Tenth, also known as the National Day of the Republic of China, is celebrated with a massive military parade down the avenue in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei. The film begins with shots of people lining the streets to watch the parade. New President Chiang Ching-kuo (son of Chiang Kai-shek) walks to the podium to speak to the crowd during the ceremony (01:48). Footage shows the center of Taipei and then the Presidential Office. The military parade begins (03:33) with the various branches of the armed forces’ marching bands; they are followed by other branches of the military, such as the cadets of the Chung-cheng Military Academy. There is a good shot of the parade from atop a nearby building, which shows viewers the crowd-lined avenue that the troops march down. Women cadets march in the parade, quick-stepping (07:25). Female troops from the island groups march past the President (08:38) and other foreign dignitaries. A reserve unit from the offshore islands marches past the Presidential Office next (09:22). The regular Army battalion (09:38) marches next, and they are followed by Airborne troops (10:40), a complement…

- Kind: Documentary
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/61014-the-double-tenth-vwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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