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Chinese cable factory workers read propaganda posters, Shenyang, China
The Director of the Shenyang Cable Factory in China. Spools of copper wire on the factory floor. Chinese worker smiles as he guides copper wire upwards from spool into upstairs factory area. Men pointing to propaganda posters calling the United States “bandits” and encouraging workers to surpass United States production. Other Great Leap Forward propaganda posters urge production to rise like the Sputnik space progam. One poster depicts an Arab holding a rifle translates to, “Send the British invading army out of the Middle East.” A man reads a plant production board outside a factory. Red flags on plant production chart denote workers with good productivity. Young Chinese students march to a factory as voluntary laborers. Boys who are members of the Youth League are seen shoveling gravel on the street.
Steel production in Anshan, China; communist propaganda banner.
Steel mill operated by the Steel Company of Anshan, the center of steel production in China during the Great Leap Forward. Smokestacks of steel factory. Hopper on conveyor rises outside steel mill. Foundry ladle pours metal. Row of open hearth furnaces. A foundry worker pulls a sample from a furnace. Steel mill workers silhouetted against glowing liquid metal. Hot steel bars roll on factory assembly line. Sparks fly above Bessemer converter. Chinese workers crowd in front of a small steel furnace. A steel mill worker in protective clothing works outside the small foundry. A worker looks into hearth and then turns to camera with a smile. A communist propaganda banner hanging in front of the foundry reads “We are determined to liberate Taiwan.”
German children watch a giant panda from China at the Frankfurt Zoo
Chi Chi, a Giant Panda from Mainland China at Frankfurt Zoo in Germany. Chi Chi the Giant Panda in a box beside Austrian animal broker Heini Demmer. Panda plays in a tub. Kids lined up as they watch the Giant Panda play at the Frankfurt Zoo (Zoo Frankfurt Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1 60316 Frankfurt). Photographers click photos of the Panda playing.
Chinese commune workers near Beijing, China during Great Leap Forward.
Chinese farmers plowing a field at a commune north of Beijing. The farmers digging furrows deeper with shovels. "Plow deep to bury the American aggressor is the slogan,” says the narrator. Carpenters sawing wood outdoors. A man strips bark from lumber using a draw shave tool. Workers repairing roof of commune building. Chinese women and children picking vegetables, harvesting crops. Farmers examine heads of Chinese Cabbage. A blind folded donkey powers an irrigation pump. Chinese woman farmers threshing millet with help from children. Harvested corn hanging on poles and husked corn in baskets. “Their corn is very poor, some of it is fairly good.” says the narrator.
Chinese laborers excavate and harvest commune crops in Shenyang, China
Chinese woman laborers near Shenyang excavating land by hand in preparation for building construction during the Communist Great Leap Forward. Women carry baskets of soil while others dig. A white American man helps women carry a basket. Chinese men herding cows on a dirt road. People riding donkey and oxcarts on the road as seen from a moving vehicle. Men standing in front of a newly built commune on the outskirts of Shenyang. Posters on display in front of the commune headquarters. Hogs at a commune. Farmers placing stacks of reeds to dry near a river. A man places a bunch of reeds on a horse cart. A man leads two donkeys on a muddy road to pull a car out of the mud.
China's problems of industry, famine, agriculture, and excess population under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong
'Red China' depicts the living conditions in China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong. A Chinese man dances with another performing a Dragon dance on stage in China. Traditional Chinese pavilions and structures, including the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chinese citizens of various ethnicities in the People’s Republic of China. Modern Chinese buildings and structures. A map of Asia shows China. Monuments including the Great Wall in China. Farmland of the North of China. Crowded streets in China, men pull rickshaws on the streets. People dance and march during the celebration. Narrator speaks of shortage of good farmland and notes that the Chinese people are "on a diet" (during the great famine) of 1600 calories daily per person, compared to the United Nations recommendation of 2100-2300 calories. View of crowded encampments and poor, under fed people in narrow streets. Chinese miner works in a coal mine. Strip mining for iron ore. Chinese oil production including refineries. Dances and celebration during various events. Chinese Young Pioneer girls practice ballet. Chinese youth perform acrobatics and stunts on stage. Chinese women and children laugh and cry. Young girls learn ballet, elderly men greet each other. North China: Herdsmen with sheep. Wheat farmers harvest wheat. South China: Rice farmers in fields. Women sew, farmers pose for the camera. Women work in a factory, people on the road. Chinese Christians attend church. Hui Chinese men pray inside a mosque in China. A large statue of Buddha inside a Buddhist temple. Chinese riding camels. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong reviews a parade during the "Great Leap Forward" timeframe, preceding the Cultural Revolution.
