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Date released

3 Apr 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/27

NoS ID

103385

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

First pictures of the arrival of Mao-Tse Tung, China’s Red leader, in the Soviet capital.

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Mao: Long March to Power (1979 Film, Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Concentrates on pre-1949 China. Footage of rice planting by hand, the development of western strongholds in the port cities, street fighting, Japanese invasion, street executions, the CCP in Yenan with shots...

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Gang of Four trial and Mao’s reputation (1980)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report from Peking on the declining reputation of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, during the trial in the country of the so-called Gang of Four: Mao’s widow Jiang Qing, and of three of her close...

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Commonwealth Agrees to Differ over China

Date released

16 Jan 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/5

NoS ID

103280

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

China tops the Commonwealth conference’s agenda in Colombo. Story includes latest pictures of Mao-Tse-Tung, the Communist leader, and an interview with Madame Chiang-Kai-Chek.

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Mao Tse-Tung mausoleum (1977)

Genre

News report; Speech

Chris Pritchard reports from Peking on the opening of a mausoleum for Mao Tse-Tung and eulogy by new Communist Party Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng (extract heard in Mandarin Chinese).

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US Says No Military Aid to Formosa

Date released

16 Jan 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1970

NoS ID

042143

Story no

4 / 5

Secretary of State declares there will be no American occupation of threatened island. Madame Chiang Kai Shek fails to secure US military help. Piping First pictures of communist leader Mao Tse Tung...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Inside Communist China

Date released

3 Feb 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

922

NoS ID

014293

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Communist China. DESCRIPTION: Mao Tse-Tung is the leader of the Communist Party which dominates the North of China. Whilst our cameraman was in Yenan elections were being held....

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Mao: Organised Chaos (1978)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 45 minutes), $7.49

Both Episodes Of The 1978 Portraits Of Power television series produced by the New York Times on the life and history of Mao Tse Tung. Concentrates on Mao after he became the effective ruler of China in...

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China: The Long March - Historic 1986 TV Expedition (2012)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 48 minutes), $7.49

China was only just opening up to the west when this Sydney Australia TV crew were given access, uprecedented to foreigners until that date, to document, film and photograph the entire epic 8,000 mile length...

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Chung Kuo (1972)

aka: China

Director

Michelangelo Antonioni

Subject

Film studies; Geography; History; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 208 minutes), £7.99

In 1972, during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, Michelangelo Antonioni was invited by the People’s Republic of China to direct a documentary about the New China. His eight-week travels with a crew...

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