China : the beginnings

Covers the search for the origin of the Chinese people and their civilization from approximately 600,000 years ago to 1100 B.C. through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials. Reveals, through anthropological findings, China's early inhabitants: Lan-t'ien Man, Peking Man, and the Upper Cave Man. Examines three Neolithic cultures--Yang-shao, Ch'ing-lien-kang, and Lung-shan. Discusses the development of the first Chinese historical dynasty, Shang, and, with it, China's entrance into the Bronze Age. Finalist, 1978 American Film Festival., Covers the search for the origin of the Chinese people and their civilization from approximately 600,000 years ago to 1100 B.C. through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials. Reveals, through anthropological findings, China's early inhabitants: Lan-t'ien Man, Peking Man, and the Upper Cave Man. Examines three Neolithic cultures--Yang-shao, Ch'ing-lien-kang, and Lung-shan. Discusses the development of the first Chinese historical dynasty, Shang, and, with it, China's entrance into the Bronze Age. Finalist, 1978 American Film Festival., Covers the search for the origin of the Chinese people and their civilization from approximately 600,000 years ago to 1100 B.C. through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials. Reveals, through anthropological findings, China's early inhabitants: Lan-t'ien Man, Peking Man, and the Upper Cave Man. Examines three Neolithic cultures--Yang-shao, Ch'ing-lien-kang, and Lung-shan. Discusses the development of the first Chinese historical dynasty, Shang, and, with it, China's entrance into the Bronze Age. Finalist, 1978 American Film Festival., Covers the search for the origin of the Chinese people and their civilization from approximately 600,000 years ago to 1100 B.C. through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials. Reveals, through anthropological findings, China's early inhabitants: Lan-t'ien Man, Peking Man, and the Upper Cave Man. Examines three Neolithic cultures--Yang-shao, Ch'ing-lien-kang, and Lung-shan. Discusses the development of the first Chinese historical dynasty, Shang, and, with it, China's entrance into the Bronze Age. Finalist, 1978 American Film Festival.