CHINA: CENTURY OF REVOLUTION

Year Published: 1911

Format: 16mm

Description: Chinese men performing taichi, followed by a mix of the footage of the Republic of China between 1911 and 1931, including Japanese-occupied China, the Kuomintang executing prisoners, guerrilla shootings, and a crowd of Chinese urbanites fleeing for safety to an international concession in one of the large cities or possibly in Hong Kong. There are also images of riots, either in Taiwan or Hong Kong. A Qing military tribunal is shown as well as the last Qing empress, foreigners with their Chinese servants, scene of a street battle with KMT soldiers, young Chiang Kai Shek, young Mao Zedong, Communist students from the Red Guard, northern Chinese peasants, iconic photo of a 15-year old schoolgirl Red Guard Ms. Choo, a group of PRC railroad policemen singing a patriotic song, an anti-imperialist rally with "Follow Chairman Mao's theory" banners. 0:08 People destroying symbols of the bourgeois -- wristwatches and shop signs - for money lenders, landlords or brokerage firms, theaters, bordellos. 0:52 Riot footage from Taiwan or HK, an army officer beating people with a spear, Mao addressing people, Chiang Kai Shek with officers, streets of Hong Kong. 1:00 British-Chinese border in Hong Kong. 2:09 Communist rally 2:30 Mountains in Guilin, China. Beijing landmarks. A traditional bridge and a dragon fountain, both in Qingdao, peasants planting rice, wheat. Great Wall of China. 3:00 European concession in Canton province, British sailing ships, Chinese Opium smokers. China forced to yield Hong Kong in 1842. "Eight Countries' Intervention" in the 1880ies. Gardens of the Heavenly Peace in Beijing and Forbidden City. Empress Cixi and her court, a marble pleasure boat. 5:25 Flag of the Boxers Rebellion. Boxers in Manchu clothing. 7:55

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