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Guǐ Daò [electronic resource] : on the way : a station on the Yangzi / a film by Georges Dufaux ; a production of the National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--China--Wu-chʻang--Employees.
- Railroads.
- Railroad stations--China--Wu-chʻang.
- Railroad stations.
- Railroads--China--Hubei Sheng.
- Wuchang Qu (Wuhan Shi, China)--Social life and customs.
- Wuchang Qu (Wuhan Shi, China).
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (59 min.) : sd., col.
- Other Title:
- On the way
- Station on the Yangzi
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1980.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Shows urban life in China as seen in the great train station in Wuchang, a city in Hubei province, 240 kilometers south of Beijing. Young and old employees talk about their daily lives, the impact of the revolution, and their feelings about their jobs. We witness the retirement party of 60 year old Lin Pingjie and meet his daughter who will replace him at the station.
- Credits:
- Elizabeth Lowe.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Oct. 28, 2011).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Recorded in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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