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China Today 1959 No. 5

A Peking thermal power plant -- For a bumper harvest in rapeseed -- The city of Loyang puts on a new look -- A baby-car -- New ivory carvings -- A boating club. New generator units and automatic control panels at a heat and power plant in the Eastern suburbs of Peking. Members of a People's Commune tending fields of rape seed. The ancient city streets of Luyang are compared to the development and construction in the new part of the city. University students demonstrate a small car that can carry up to four people. Artists at Peking No. 1 ivory carving co-operative workshop demonstrate their work. Training exercises at the Shanghai rowing club.
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: China Today No. 37
Original source: The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-507648. | Reproduction of: China, 1959. 16mm Comb BW pos. | Production Company: Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio, Peking.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:09:47) : sound, black and white
Subjects: Power stations | Mechanisation | Technology | Agriculture and farming | Cultivation | Towns and cities | Architecture | Urban development | Construction | Transport | Engineering | Crafts | Arts and culture | Sports and games | Training | Peking (Beijing) | Singapore | Shanghai | Hubei Province | China | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1954-1975

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