Strohm 0051 (Reel 1) (silent)

Description: Industry and rural life in 1950s China featuring political activity, agricultural work and mining.

Color footage of many of these shots exists in Strohm 0041 and was used in John Strohm's film "China Under Communism". Print version of this negative is Strohm 0051 (Reel 2).

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Subjects: 1950s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Labor, Agriculture, Communism, Manufacturing, Industry, Film and media art, Food

Tags: Asian people; men; women; group exercises; buildings; plants; bicycles; pig carcasses hanging upside down; pork; meat processing; slaughterhouses; tools; knives; chainsaws; workers; labor; facilities; farming; hats; pails; water; ladles; youth marching; flags; cars; roads; high-angle shots of tiled roofs; umbrellas; bridges; carrying sticks; bundles; "To The Immigration Office (with arrow pointing left) All Passengers Must Produce Their Travel Documents for Inspection" sign; Chinese characters; cattle; cows; water; ships; mountains; cities; boats; Pepsi Cola sign; "Do Not Spit, Beware of Pickpockets" sign; high-rise buildings; youth; military; helmets; batons; shields; buses; trolleys; steel manufacturing; molten metal; machinery; sparks; towers; workers; labor; mining; train tracks; power lines; pigs grazing in fields; elders; smiling at camera; agricultural work; harvest; horse-drawn carts; factories; smoke; hauling loads of coal; women working; shovels; baskets of coal; cameras; political posters; airplanes; propellers; clouds; children; little boy wearing military hat; yurts; fish swimming in pond; rickshaws; close-up shots of women's legs; high heels; junk ships; boats in harbor; sowing seeds; film camera; reflectors; film shoot; crew; actors; production notes; director wearing sunglasses; filmed from moving vehicle; rural villages; woman talking to group of people sitting on ground; inspecting grains; harvesting vegetables; agricultural workers; corn harvests; street scenes; hoes; rakes; spraying plants; chickens; roosters; pond filled with ducks; vehicle assembly; incinerators; monks; temples; playing cards; firearms; women with rifles; market; soldiers with guns in square; Chinese guardian lions; sculptures; sparks; babies; rocking roosters; clapping hands; elder man with beard; foot binding; families; scissors; Great Leap Forward; portraits of people looking at camera; travel and exploration; street scenes

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Creator: John Strohm

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: John Strohm Collection PC-0549

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1958

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Geographical Location: China

Genre/Form: amateur, documentary

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: negative

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 722