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Title Liberated China
Production Date c. 1950
Country of Production China
Duration 01:27:06
Film Subject Era 1946-1953
Genre Documentary
Summary Chinese language account of the changes in China after the Communist Party came to power in 1949, contrasted with conditions pre-revolution in Shanghai and elsewhere.
Subjects History; Chinese; Arts and culture; Agriculture and farming; Lifestyle; Agricultural workers; Communism; Communist Party (China); Chinese Revolution (1911-1912); Chinese Civil War (1945-1949); Chinese Civil War (1927-1936); Political rallies; Military parades; Construction; Railways; Propaganda; Second World War (1939-1945); Bombing; International relations; International agreements; Music; Theatre; Nationalisation; Collective farms; Agricultural machinery; Miners and mining; Children; Maoism; Sports and games; Anti-capitalism; Anti-American sentiments; Speeches; Weddings; Redistribution of land; Landlords; Debt; Wars
Director Gerasimov, Sergei
People Mao Zedong (1893-1976); Stalin, Josef (1878-1953); Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)
Places China; Shanghai; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Japan
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Language Chinese (Narrator)
Module Wars & Revolutions
Copyright The British Film Institute