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China Today 1959 No. 4

Celebration of the birthday of Dr. Du Bois -- Production of new-type lathes -- Automatic post office -- Small weather stations -- A new auditorium for aquatic sports. The 91st birthday celebrations of American scholar, W.E.B. Dubois, during a visit to China. Dubois is the guest of honour at a celebration dinner where he receives gifts, poems and pictures, and watches a children's dance performance. The mass production process of the new D65 industrial lathe. A new post office in Peking where people can purchase stamps, magazines and newspapers from vending machines. Pupils at a Tibetan Primary School set up a meteorological station near the Potala Palace where they learn how to forecast the weather. Pupils train in a new 130 metre indoor swimming pool at the Peking Institute of Physical Training.
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: China Today No. 35
Original source: The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-507647. | 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 0:09:03) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Celebrations | Industry | Mechanisation | Mass production | Technology | Climate | Science | Research | Swimming | Sports and games | Training | Peking (Beijing) | Tibet | China | Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963) | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1954-1975

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