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Title China Today 1956 No. 1
Production Date 1956
Country of Production China
Duration 00:09:35
Production Company The Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio of the People's Republic of China
Film Subject Era 1954-1975
Genre Newsreel/Cinemagazine
Summary China's first tractor plant in construction -- "New China" sugar refinery begins work -- Small rural hydroelectric station completed -- "New village" for returned overseas Chinese -- Department store for children.
Subjects Construction; Agricultural machinery; Workers; Factories; Mass production; Mechanisation; International relations; Hydroelectric power stations; Electrification; Housing; Shopping; Children; Consumerism
Places Shanghai; China; Guangdong Province
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Newsreels & Cinemagazines
BFI Identifier N-507383
Copyright The British Film Institute