Peiping family.

Duration: 7:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1948

Creator: International Film Foundation

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A: Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 700 International Film Foundation McGraw-Hill Text Films, Peiping Family Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryProtrays middle - class Chinese family life prior to the communist rule. Depicts games and amusements, ritual respect for elders, and the parents' struggles for health and security in war - ravaged Peiping.Shows the traditions and customs of middle-class Chinese life, with emphasis on the struggles of an American-educated Chinese man to support and educate his large family. Depicts the purchase of food and a family luncheon, the children of the family at play and at school, the delight of Chinese children in the visit of the monkey-man, the respect for elders, and a trip to the Temple of Heaven. Director, William James; narration, Basil Beyen.Presents the theory that human perception is not merely a sensing of stimuli, but is a set of extremely elaborate processes through which we organize our sensory impressions into clear, usable, meaningful pictures of the objects and events around us and inside us. Illustrates the basic principles of perception that support this theory, showing the activities of a grostudents spending an evening in a college common room., A documentary film showing the traditions and customs of middle-class Chinese life, with emphasis on the struggles of an American-educated Chinese man to support and educate his large family.

Complete Record: Peiping Family Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryProtrays middle - class Chinese family life prior to the communist rule. Depicts games and amusements, ritual respect for elders, and the parents' struggles for health and security in war - ravaged Peiping.Shows the traditions and customs of middle-class Chinese life, with emphasis on the struggles of an American-educated Chinese man to support and educate his large family. Depicts the purchase of food and a family luncheon, the children of the family at play and at school, the delight of Chinese children in the visit of the monkey-man, the respect for elders, and a trip to the Temple of Heaven. Director, William James; narration, Basil Beyen. Presents the theory that human perception is not merely a sensing of stimuli, but is a set of extremely elaborate processes through which we organize our sensory impressions into clear, usable, meaningful pictures of the objects and events around us and inside us. Illustrates the basic principles of perception that support this theory, showing the activities of a grostudents spending an evening in a college common room., PEIPING FAMILY. International Film Foundation, Inc., c1948. 21 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A documentary film showing the traditions and customs of middle-class Chinese life, with emphasis on the struggles of an American-educated Chinese man to support and educate his large family. Credits: Director, William James; narration, Basil Beyea. © International Film Foundation, Inc.; 30Sep48; MP3763.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.