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  1. Ping Pong

    Date released
    9 Dec 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2218A
    NoS ID
    029166
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ping Pong. DESCRIPTION: A team of 10 table tennis players arrive in Britain - the first sportsmen from China to come to Britain since the cultural revolution. SHOTLIST: 2 MCUs Chinese...

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  2. Historical Relics Unearthed During Cultural Revolution (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the relics unearthed by archaeologists during the recent Cultural Revolution in China, including the tombs of Liu Sheng, Prince Ching of Chungsan, Western Han Dynasty (BC206-25AD), and his wife...

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  3. Roving Report 8618d: The Chinese Shakespeare (1986 Video)

    aka: Chinese Shakespeare, The

    News item. Shakespeare is being performed in China again after 10 years of exile during the cultural revolution. Chinese audiences are flocking to see King Lear (Li-Ya Wang) portrayed as a Chinese warlord....

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  4. Edward Mortimer on Iran hostage crisis (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Edward Mortimer of The Times newspaper on calls by the Iranian president to help solve the hostage crisis. He says Dr Banisadr is keen to show he has support from European governments and is asking for their...

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  5. Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951-1979

    Date
    10 Mar 2015, 16:00
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951-1979 by Zhuoyi Wang (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 278 pages ISBN: 978-1137378736 (hardback) £60 About the reviewer: Professor Chris Berry teaches in Film Studies...

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  6. Children of the Revolution (1995 Video)

    Director
    David Hinton
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

    Profiles the Conservatoire Red Guards, a group of classical music students of the Beijing Central Conservatory who grew up during the cultural Revolution, who relate how they survived the hardships of the...

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  7. US Embassy hostages helped by Canadian diplomats (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the escape of American hostages from Tehran. Up to 25 US Embassy officials were assisted by the Canadian Embassy and were given Canadian identities so that they could escape the country. Female...

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  8. American hostages in Tehran (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Adrianos van Helfteren(?) reports on the kidnap of US Embassy officials by Iranian students who are demanding the return of the Shah by the United States. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kurt...

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  9. US strategy to secure release of hostages in Tehran (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male expert on international crisis management says crises between the USSR and USA are usually short-lived because the channels of communication are well used. In the case of the Iran hostage...

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  10. China: Ballet (1980 Video)

    Director
    Charles Nairn
    Producer
    Charles Nairn
    Subject
    Dance; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...

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