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China Today 1959 No. 15

Blocking of the Salt Pan Gorge -- Big harvest of edible seaweed -- Life begins at 70 -- Traffic park for kiddies -- Fish leaping upstream -- Fireworks display. Workers drop huge concrete pyramids into the Yellow River to dam it. Workers harvest edible seaweed on the coast and the narration tells of the increased yields. A feature of elderly Chinese and their scholarship, painting and calligraphy. A park in Beijing teaches children about the rules of the road. Locals take advantage of fish trying to leap up rapids. People enjoy a fireworks display and leisure time so they will be reinvigorated when they return to their tasks.
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Alternate title: China Today No. 47
Original source: The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-507698. | Reproduction of: China, 1959. 16mm Comb BW pos. | Production Company: Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio, Peking.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:10:38) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Hydroelectric power stations | Dams | Women | Agriculture and farming | Elderly people | Arts and culture | Education | Children | Leisure | Fishing | Wildlife and nature | Music | China | Yellow River | Sichuan Province | Gansu Province | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1954-1975 | Webcast

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