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China Today No. 3

Celebrating the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution -- A new textile mill -- Acoustics laboratory -- Bumper harvest of fish and oysters -- Bead embroidery -- Children ring in the New Year. Includes footage of Chinese people in Peking gathering in a state conference hall to mark the 5th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. A set of commemorative stamps is issued and dignitaries attend an exhibition of paintings by a Chinese artist on visiting Cuba. The Cuban Ambassador, Oscar Pino Santos, greets Chinese state leaders at a reception. Also features footage of the production line of a fully automated synthetic fibre textile factory on the outskirts of Peking; a sound absorption chamber built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to test the characteristics of sound and acoustic equipment; lake fishermen using nets to catch fresh water fish and the harvesting artificially bred oysters; the handicraft of using coloured glass beads to embroider designs onto textiles; children celebrate the New Year at the Shanghai Young Pioneers' Palace with performances and games.
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: China Today No. 155
Original source: Archive Reference: N-508036. | Production Company: The Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio of the People's Republic of China. | Reproduction of: China, 1964. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:10:49) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Cuban Revolution (1953-1959) | Commemorations | Celebrations | Diplomacy | International relations | Exhibition | Arts and culture | Friendship | Textiles | Factories | Industry | Mass production | Laboratory tests | Science | Research | Agriculture and farming | Fishing | Crafts | Children | Performing arts | Entertainment | Young Pioneers | Santos, Óscar Pino (1928-2004) | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969) | 1954-1975 | Peking (Beijing) | Shanghai | Hubei Province | Guangdong Province | Fujian Province | China | Newsreel/Cinemagazine

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