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Title In the Name of the Lofty Aim
Production Date 1979
Country of Production USSR
Duration 00:28:17
Production Company Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow
Film Subject Era 1917-1924; 1925-1939; 1939-1945; 1954-1975; Post-1975
Genre Documentary; Government sponsored film
Summary A film about the history of the relationship between the USSR and China made to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty.
Original Title Во имя благородной цели
Subjects Wars; Anti-Communism; Militarism; Conferences; Political rallies; Russian Revolution (1917); Red Army; Anti-Chinese sentiments; Vietnam War (1955-1975); Chinese Civil War (1945-1949); Chinese Civil War (1927-1936); Chinese army; Peace treaties; Diplomacy; International relations; Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); Leninism; Iskra (newspaper); Weapons; Tanks; Military aircraft; Revolutions; Nationalism; Soviet army; Second World War (1939-1945); Government; Peasants; Socialism; Agriculture and farming; Agricultural machinery; Workers; Collective farms; Transport; Construction; Industry; Training; Factories; Exhibition; Education; Ships and shipping; Arts and culture; Literature; Libraries; Languages
Director Kristi, Leonid
Contributors
Script:
Kulikov, G.

Photography:
Averbukh, M.

People Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925); Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982); Mao Zedong (1893-1976); Mei Lanfang (1894-1961); Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-1924); Ulanova, Galina (1910-1998); Blyukher, Vasily (1889-1938); Karmen, Roman (1906-1978)
Places Peking (Beijing); Shanghai; China; Moscow; Leningrad (St Petersburg, Petrograd); Manchuria; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Colour
Film Format 35mm Comb col pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Newsreels & Cinemagazines
BFI Identifier N-508081
Copyright The British Film Institute