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Far East’s New Emperor

Date released

1 Mar 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

314

NoS ID

033125

Story no

5 / 6

Pu Yi now crowned in Manchukuo. Pictures of former Boy Emperor of China (deposed when twelve) in his new Capital.

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First Emperor of China, The (1994 Multimedia)

Distribution

CD-ROM

Documents the finding of an entire army of 7000 pottery soldiers in Xian, China, guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang Di (221-206 BC), who succeeded in unifying China and completing...

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Ye Yan (2006 Film)

aka: Banquet, The Deadly Banquet, The Legend of the Black Scorpion

Director

FENG Xiaogang

Producer

John Chong; WANG Zhongjun

Feature film which borrows from the plots and themes of Hamlet and Macbeth. Set in the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (A.D. 907-60), a time of royal instability in the north and warring states in...

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Pu Yi Enthroned

Date released

15 Mar 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

318

NoS ID

033150

Story no

5 / 6

First Emperor of Manchukuo. Excited thousands acclaim youthful ruler, on way to secret 3,000-year-old coronation rites.

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First Emperor, The: China’s Terracotta Army (2007)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £15.99

Made for the British Museum to accompany the exhibition of Chinese terracotta figures.Based on th4e latest research and including location photography at key sites in China, this film sheds new light on the...

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First Emperor of China, The (1989 Video)

Director

Tony Ianzelo; Lui Hao Xue

Producer

Pan Han Ci; Barrie Howells

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 42 minutes), £12.99

Historical drama chronicling the life of Qin Shihuang, the founder and first emperor of China. Includes the first documentary footage of Qin’s life-sized terra cotta army, constructed for his tomb some...

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First Emperor of China, The (2006)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £16.99

Qin Shihuang was the First Emperor of China. He not only gave China its name but is responsible for founding the longest enduring nation state in the world. This programme chronicles the period of Qin...

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Kand Teh [Sic] Reviews Army

Date released

2 Apr 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

323

NoS ID

033176

Story no

3 / 6

Emperor of Manchukuo’s first ceremony since enthronement. Twenty-eight year old ruler of Far Eastern State set up by Japan takes salute.

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First Emperor, The: The Man Who Made China (2007)

Director

Nic Young

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £17.99

Combining re-enactments, expert commentary, and impressive graphic re-creations, Discovery Channel’s THE FIRST EMPEROR: THE MAN WHO MADE CHINA traces the ingenious and brutal rise of Qin Shi Huang, the...

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Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China, A, Or, Surface is Illustion but So is Depth (1988 Video)

Director

Philip Haas

Producer

Philip Haas; David Hockney

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 47 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

David Hockney takes the viewer on a journey along a richly detailed 72ft-long 17th-century Chinese scroll tracing the Emperor Kangxi’s grand tour of his southern domains. Hockney shows how the perspective...

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