China: The East Is Red

Duration: 21

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Doubleday Multimedia

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the youth movement of China's Cultural Revolution during the late 1960s, focusing on its relationship to social and cultural history. Captures the psychological mood of the Revolution and shows various historical spots in China including Sun Yat-sen's tomb, Mao Tse-tung's birthplace, and a museum honoring the revolutionary attempts of 1927. Portrays Chinese youths celebrating and re-enacting Mao's ten-mile swim., Presents modern China's economic and cultural problems in historic perspective. Examines China's continuing internal turmoil from the social and political traditions of the past.

Complete Record: Describes the youth movement of China's Cultural Revolution during the late 1960s, focusing on its relationship to social and cultural history. Captures the psychological mood of the Revolution and shows various historical spots in China including Sun Yat-sen's tomb, Mao Tse-tung's birthplace, and a museum honoring the revolutionary attempts of 1927. Portrays Chinese youths celebrating and re-enacting Mao's ten-mile swim., Presents modern China's economic and cultural problems in historic perspective. Examines China's continuing internal turmoil from the social and political traditions of the past.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.