Mao: organised chaos

Description: Episode of Series “Leaders of the twentieth century: portraits of power”. Second in a two part film on Mao Tse-tung. Looks at Mao and his regime from the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China on 1st October 1949, to his death in 1976. Follows the cultural revolution; the elimination of Mao’s enemies; Mao’s visit to Moscow; the Korean War; Chiang’s regime; and Nixon’s visit to China. Narrated by Henry Fonda. Suitable for upper secondary level.