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Reforms and their consequences under Mao Zedong's 'Great Leap Forward' plan in China.

Living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong photographed by Indians visiting the country. Mao Zedong implements the economic and social plan titled 'Great Leap Forward' with Soviet help in 1958. People on the streets of China. Chinese women and children. Elderly Chinese revolutionaries pose. Cars and buses on the streets. Industries, factories, and plants. Young men and women participate in a festive parade. Men holding flags. The excessive population of China. Military leaders review a parade. An officer salutes. Tanks and artillery in the parade. Smoke from to an explosion during a war.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021677
British Commandos raid Lofoten Islands, Spitsbergen Island, and Vaagso Island during World War II.

Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. Operation Claymore, March 1941: British Commandos raid Lofoten Islands in assault boats. They destroy a fish oil refinery off the coast of Norway. Soldiers and civilians on the docks. Burning refineries and buildings. Clouds of black smoke. 1941: British and Canadian troops on Spitsbergen Island. They destroy Soviet coal mines to prevent the Germans from occupying them. Black smoke clouds due to the explosions. Operation Archery on Vaagso Island, 1941: British Commandos raid the Island. Soldiers walk in the snow. Nazi prisoners surrender and marched by British soldiers. Battle ensues on the Island. Soldiers walk past a fence. Burning buildings in the background.

Date: 1941
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021764
President Harry Truman speaks at a celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

President Harry Truman speaks at a celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, held on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington DC. President Truman, at the podium, states that peace in Korea does not lessen world tensions as long as Soviet rulers remain an armed camp. He states that vigilance is the price of peace.

Date: 1951, July 4
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022181
Correspondent Harry Ellis interviews Tennessee Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.

Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from Oslo joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. The men discuss the situation in Afghanistan stating the condition and morale of Afghan Refugees. Measures taken by United States and Pakistan to render help to Afghan Refugees. They further discuss Soviet resistance getting stronger in Afghanistan.

Date: 1985
Duration: 7 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022336
Arnold L Raphel replies to correspondent from Madrid during an interview broadcast .

Interview hosted by Harry Ellis in Washington DC, with reporter from Madrid joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. Arnold L Raphel states that Afghanis will negotiate only after the Soviet troops withdraw and Afghan Refugees return to Afghanistan. He further says that the 1980 Hostage Rescue Mission was not to put pressure on Afghanistan.

Date: 1985
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022341
Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel compare Grenada and Afghanistan in an interview.

Interview in Washigton DC, with reporter from The Hague joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the similarity between the United States action in Grenada and the Soviets occupying Afghanistan.

Date: 1985
Duration: 4 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022343