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China: The 700 Million (1965-01-11)
About this film
In the first authentic television documentary by a North American crew since the October, 1949, revolution, Changing World: The 700 Million penetrates the bamboo curtain for a first-hand report of the changes that have occurred in Red China in which her people have emerged from social apathy to intense nationalistic and personal pride. During two months of shooting, a three-man crew of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation traveled 9,000 miles throughout Red China's cities, villages, palaces, mud huts, factories and farms, to capture various and contrasting impressions of what life is like for the Red Chinese who have been under Community rule for the past seventeen years. In an objective attempt to lower the barriers surrounding the isolated nation, Changing World: The 700 Million sheds light on the life of factory workers and commune farmers. The program also covers the jam-packed May Day celebrations in Peking, the bustle of the Canton trade fair, the People's food market, and an enormous banquet for five thousand workers addressed by Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai. Interspersed in the documentary are comments and interviews of Chinese officials, clergymen, western journalist, and…
Directors & creators
Faibish, Roy
Subjects
China, People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong, Chou En-Lai, bamboo curtain, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Patrick Watson, Cold War Asia, May Day Beijing, Canton trade fair, commune, Chinese communism, early television documentary China, 1960s China
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