Ivor Montagu on Mao Tse Tung

Title

Ivor Montagu on Mao Tse Tung

Genre

Interview; Obituary

TX Date

Sep 1976

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:16:32

Description

Obituary of Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-Tung by Honourable Ivor Montagu, film-maker and writer, following Mao’s death on 09/09/76. A resume of Mao’s political and personal life, including discussion of the cultural revolution; Montagu’s belief that Mao was one of the great figures of the time, who transformed the lives of the Chinese people. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ivor Montagu

Keywords

Deaths; Revolutions; Politics; China; Political leadership; Communism; Mao Tse Tung

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