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China Today 1959 No. 15 1959, 1959.
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- Video
- Series:
- China Today
- Newsreels & Cinemagazines
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Internet videos.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (video file 0:10:38) : Sound, Black and White.
- Other Title:
- China Today No. 47
- Place of Publication:
- 1959,
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
- Summary:
- Blocking of the Salt Pan Gorge -- Big harvest of edible seaweed -- Life begins at 70 -- Traffic park for kiddies -- Fish leaping upstream -- Fireworks display. Workers drop huge concrete pyramids into the Yellow River to dam it. Workers harvest edible seaweed on the coast and the narration tells of the increased yields. A feature of elderly Chinese and their scholarship, painting and calligraphy. A park in Beijing teaches children about the rules of the road. Locals take advantage of fish trying to leap up rapids. People enjoy a fireworks display and leisure time so they will be reinvigorated when they return to their tasks.
- Credits:
- Production Company: Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio, Peking.
- Notes:
- Archive Reference: N-507698.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 19 December, 2018).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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