This color educational film “Portrait of the Orient” is a travelogue film about Taiwan that was produced and narrated by Curtis Nagel and William Moore. Copyright is circa 1969.

Opening titles: Allied Travel Film Artists presents Portraits of the Orient “Round the China Sea” (:09). Title card: Taiwan (:56). The flag of Taiwan; city of Taipei, the provisional capital of the Republic of China (1:04). Japan Air Lines jumbo jet lands at Taipei International Airport, people exit the jet and enter the airport (1:53). In the city of Taipei, a park in the city outside of the Presidential Palace (3:05). Busy streets of Taipei (3:43). New high rise building (4:19). Downtown in Taipei, the hustle and bustle of city life (4:43). Mandarin Hotel (4:48). Ambassador Hotel (5:11). Grand Hotel, a great luxury hotel of the Orient (5:22). The models in the garden of the Grand Hotel (6:00). Different models show off different styles of clothes (7:04). Marble staircase at the Grand Hotel (7:35). Tour bus in Taipei (7:42).

Bangka Lungshan Temple is a Chinese folk religious temple in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan. The temple was built in Taipei in 1738 by settlers from Fujian during Qing rule in honor of Guanyin. It served as a place of worship and a gathering place for the Chinese settlers (7:55). Elaborate temple rooftops (8:34). People worship at the Shrine of Fertility (9:39). A home for the war orphans; they have a band (10:04). Children play on a playground, they are well dressed and clean (10:57). Older orphan girls have a band as well and play traditional Chinese instruments (11:30). A home for sick children, some have polio (12:18). Science Hall in Taipei (13:21). National Palace Museum (13:42). Main hall of the National Palace Museum (14:07). Paintings and ancient relics on display (14:17). Bronze bowl, gold pieces (15:26). Porcelain vase, porcelain incense burner (16:04). Vase with hand painted design (16:38). White Jade incense container (17:04). Green jade (17:25). Opera House in Taipei; footage of the performance (17:41). Dinner at the Grand Hotel includes fruit soup, lobster, roast squash, chicken (18:43). A display by models of modern Chinese gowns (19:57). Tour bus leaves Grand Hotel (20:43). Fishing town outside of Taipei; fishing boats (20:56). Rock and erosion formation (21:34). Iloilo National Park, people walk around giant rocks (21:48). Countryside with rice paddies, water buffaloes (22:32). People walk with their water buffalo (23:11). Water buffalo helps plow the field; women help in the paddy (23:25). Women plant in the paddy (24:06). Men and women harvest a rice paddy (24:14). Women pick leaves of tea plants (25:09). Hills of Taiwan, Sun Moon Lake; the Evergreen Hotel (25:45). Sun Moon Lake view (26:05). Boat tour on the lake, hills and mountains around it; rich estates seen off to the side (26:44). Sun Moon Hotel seen from the lake (27:28). Village, the original people of the island live here (27:41). In a tiny village, along the shore of Sun Moon Lake, the villagers welcome the tourists and put on a traditional dance (28:14). A villager sings while women dance (29:21). A harvest dance put on by the villagers (30:20). Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River (31:08). Shrine of Eternal Spring was built to honor the men who died while constructing the gorge (31:42). Girls in traditional dress (31:57). Natural gorge (32:09). Tunnels through the gorge for cars to go through (32:55). Waterfall in the gorge (33:19). Scenic view from the gorge (33:33). A pagoda (33:57). A suspension bridge near a hotel (34:29). Locals walk, drive on a bicycle (34:52). A boy and his duck flock (35:10). You men drying noodles in a tiny village surrounded by mountains (35:40). A smaller village in Taiwan; boys sell chow pups (36:27). A villager carves wood meticulously (36:56). A very detailed wood carving (37:25). Large buddha (37:58). Tainan, the second largest city in Taiwan (38:11). People walk the streets of Tainan; a marketplace (38:35). Xinjiang Lake; Nine Point Bridge (39:40). Twin Pagoda (40:19). Taipei at night; bright neon lights and electric signage (40:58). Dining room in the President’s Hotel (41:30).

A band plays old, traditional instruments (41:41). Women dance in Chinese garb and perform the Flower Dance (42:42). A man and woman perform The Monkey Dance (43:46). Women wave ribbons and dance (44:44). People leave the airport terminal and return to the Japan Air Lines jet to leave Taiwan (46:12). End credits (46:58).

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