The Boxer Rebellion

Duration: 21

Genre: Educational | Historical | Political | War

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines the foreign control in China during the 1900s which led to assassinations and pillaging by a secret society known as the Boxers. Shows the Dowager Empress advising foreign representatives to leave the country and the legations, expecting an allied relief force from the coast, refusing to withdraw. Records the Empress committing the Imperial Army to support the Boxers against the relief column, thus forcing it to retreat, and the foreign compound withstanding a seige until a second relief force fights its way into the capital. Observes the retreat of the Empress and the occupation of Peking by Allied Forces. Excerpted from 55 Days at Peking., Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1963 feature film "55 Days at Peking". In 1900, foreign control of spheres of influence in China leads to assassination and pillage by the secret society called the Boxers. Influenced by Prince Tuan, who supports the Boxers, the Dowager Empress rejects protests by representatives of foreign delegations and advises them to leave Peking. Expecting an allied relief force from the coast, the delegations refuse to withdraw. The Empress commits the Imperial Army in support of the Boxers against the relief column, forcing it to retreat to the coast. In Peking, the foreign compound withstands a state of siege under severe attacks until a second relief force fights its way into the capital. The Empress flees, and the Allied forces occupy Peking.

Complete Record: Examines the foreign control in China during the 1900s which led to assassinations and pillaging by a secret society known as the Boxers. Shows the Dowager Empress advising foreign representatives to leave the country and the legations, expecting an allied relief force from the coast, refusing to withdraw. Records the Empress committing the Imperial Army to support the Boxers against the relief column, thus forcing it to retreat, and the foreign compound withstanding a seige until a second relief force fights its way into the capital. Observes the retreat of the Empress and the occupation of Peking by Allied Forces. Excerpted from 55 Days at Peking., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.