TOUR OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (Part 1 of 3) NORTHERN CHINA 92204 (1967)

Synopsis

This is the first part of the three-part documentary about People's Republic of China, filmed in 1967 by Swedish filmmaker Bo Gaertze, and released by a number of companies (this is a German version released by the FWU). This movie features the Inner Mongolia and Shanxi province and shows the sights of the Northern China. It depicts China, as it was - one year into the Cultural Revolution. It provides a look at the lives of the children and teens, who would become what is dubbed in today's China by the Chinese Gen-X and by the Chinese Greatest Generation - "the Lost Generation", "the Sacrificed Generation" or, less kindly - "the troubled olds". They suffered the consequences of the Cultural Revolution which saw the removal of the teachers who were supposed to help industrialize and modernize China. 00:16 Map of China with the journey by trans-Siberian railway from Mongolia to Beijing. 00:47 Fields as far as the eye can see. Inner Mongolia. 0:59 Passing a hamlet unfired brick, wattle and daub huts 1:26 A small herd of camels. 1:33 The Great Wall of China and Chinese tourists. 2:44 People working with hand tools and hand carts 3:03 Stonemason, shaping blocks with a hammer and a chisel, splitting a stone block with a maul and a wedge. 3:16 Workers carrying a stone block on a wooden pole and a chain sling over their shoulders. 3:51 Workers tilling the soil around maize stalks. 4:20 Adults, planting grain. 4:24 Card: "People's commune" 4:50 People's commune of the Shanxi…

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Running time

18 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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