The Fall of China

Series: Twentieth Century Series

Duration: 26

Year Published: 1961

Creator: CBS News.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents, through newsreel footage, the history of the civil war in China that led to the eventual domination of mainland China by the communists. Begins in 1945 and relates the capture of the key cities of Nanking, Shanghai, and Canton with the fleeing of Chiang Kai-shek and his government to Formosa. Offers statements by Generals Barr and Wedemeyer, Pearl Buck, and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek on the reasons for the fall of China to the communists. No final resolution of the problem is offered., History of the civil war in China beginning in 1945 and ending with the capture of Nanking, Shanghai, and Canton by the Communists. Opinions by various authorities on why China fell.

Complete Record: Presents, through newsreel footage, the history of the civil war in China that led to the eventual domination of mainland China by the communists. Begins in 1945 and relates the capture of the key cities of Nanking, Shanghai, and Canton with the fleeing of Chiang Kai-shek and his government to Formosa. Offers statements by Generals Barr and Wedemeyer, Pearl Buck, and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek on the reasons for the fall of China to the communists. No final resolution of the problem is offered., History of the civil war in China beginning in 1945 and ending with the capture of Nanking, Shanghai, and Canton by the Communists. Opinions by various authorities on why China fell., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.