China & Chinese Culture Films DVD (1920s - 1960s)
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This DVD is a compilation of various rare and preserved films and footage collections revolving around Chinese people and culture, including Chinese-Americans. You cant find this special DVD anywhere else, as we compiled it ourselves. With a selection from 1912, 1925, 1940 and 1964, you also get to see a sense of cultural change from one film to the next. Included Content: Red Chinese Battle Plan Length: 25 Minutes | Produced:1964 Red Chinese Battle Plan is an anti-communist China propaganda film that contains powerful footage from China, Vietnam, Cuba, and more during the years 1921-64. It charts the rise of Mao and the Peoples Republic government, painting China, the Yellow Peril, as more of a threat to the U.S. than even the U.S.S.R. Scenes from China include the young Mao speaking to and leading communist revolutionaries, battles between the Nationalist army and communist guerrilla fighters, posters of Mao and Chiang Kai-shek, a show with dancers and balloons in Peking, Japanese planes bombing Shanghai, Chinese farm workers, starving Chinese peasants, and Chinese leaders signing deals with various world leaders such as Nikita Khrushchev. Though the film possesses an undeniably bombastic and jingoistic tone, it contains valuable documentation of this important time in the history of China. Parade Celebrating Chinese Republic Length: 3 Minutes | Produced:1912 This is a short collection of footage from 1912 San Francisco, where people were celebrating the formation of the new Chinese Republic. People of Western China Length: 11 Minutes | Produced:1940 This film is centered around the life and work of a community in Western China, and shows how advancements in technology and science are changing and intermixing with many of the ancient ways of China. Chinese Lion Dance: Marysville, California Length: 10 Minutes | Produced:1925 This is awesome footage from a Chinese New Year Bok Kai festival, with lots of footage of the parade dragon and fireworks. What an interesting slice of immigrant life in early 20th century California!
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