China : the beginnings

Series: Chinese History Series

Duration: 0:19:00

Genre: Ancient world | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1976

Creator: China Institute in America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 28Dec76 · MP30471 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: China Institute in America, Inc

Description: 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.

Complete Record: , 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.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.