The film contains footage of both city and Peasant Chinese during the Cultural Revolution beginning 1966. Gives some background to the movement and compares Mao’s comment that it was 70% good and 30% bad with a current Chinese assessment that it was a 10 year reversal of the Chinese socialist cause.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323562
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → China - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → China - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - China
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → China - Civilization, 1949-
History → China - History - Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969
History → Mao, Tse-tung, 1893-1976
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)