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China Today 1959 No. 17

More power units for Chinese Industry -- "Shanghai" watches -- Fruits and melons galore -- Carved bottle-gourd -- Tiny sun-bathers -- Nautical sports. Footage includes Harbin City's manufacturing plants producing boilers, turbines and electric generators for power stations throughout China; workers assemble the Shanghai brand of watches; workers at a People's Commune harvest grapes and melons by hand; workers carve intricate designs onto small ornamental gourds; children at a kindergarten take outdoor exercises and sunbathe to improve health; athletes training for the first National Athletic Games take part in rowing, sailing and speedboat racing activities.
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: China Today 1959 No. 49. English.
Original source: Archive Reference: N-507739. | Production Company: The Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio of the People's Republic of China. | Reproduction of: China Today 1959 No. 49 China, 1959. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:10:13) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Power stations | Factories | Consumerism | Mass production | Agriculture and farming | Food | Crafts | Arts and culture | Nursery schools | Children | Water | Sports and games | Boating | 1954-1975 | Harbin | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | Jilin Province | Qingdao | China | Newsreel/Cinemagazine

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