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Mao Zedong's stand on war, China's foreign policies and aggression towards neighboring nations.

Propaganda piece about living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, with images photographed by Indians visiting the country. Delegates from all over the world at an international conference. Representatives from Iraq, Canada, Romania, Australia, and Pakistan among others. Elderly Chinese communist revolutionaries pose. Mao Zedong's views (according to a narrator) are presented: He believes that war in inevitable between capitalist and socialist nations. View of a rally and military parade in China. Explosions during the Korean War in 1951 with Chinese troops in action. In Tibet, homeless, displaced Tibetan children and families after the Chinese take over in 1959 as part of Communist China expansion. Indian Army soldiers return after China's attack on India during the Sino-Indian War in 1962. View of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Map of Asia depicts Chinese aggression towards its neighbors. Explosions during the Chinese aggression in Vietnam and Laos. Mao Zedong intent on risking a war with the West.

Date: 1963
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021678
Military prison riots in Cuba, Fidel Castro and Ocvaldo Dorticos Torrado meets People's Republic of China Foreign Minister Lu Chung

Aircraft after landing on airstrip. Delegates disembark from plane. A man speaks to a reporter after the delegates’ arrival. Military prison riots in Cuba. Cuban soldiers in prone position. Prisoners stand of roof and tower of prison. Black Cuban rioters march inside the prison. Prisoners standing on top of prison tower. Men at prison. Man shooting with a machine gun. A tank rolls in the center of Havana during the Cuban Revolution. A star-shaped light on top of a control tower. Delegates from the People’s Republic of China arrive in Cuba. People’s Republic of China Foreign Minister Lu Chung shake hands with Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Minister Lu Chung meets President Ocvaldo Dorticos Torrado. Chinese delegates during meeting. View of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet (35 Beijing Middle Rd, Lhasa, Tibet, China, 850000). Lines of trucks driven in Tibet.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033323
A huge thangka unrolled on a hillside and worshiped by Mongolians in Kumbum, Tibet.

Mongolians worship huge silk appliqué Thangka in Tibet. A vast hillside in "Kumbum" (according to opening slate on film), Tibet. The lower half of the hill filled with pilgrims and worshipers. The upper slope covered with an enormous thangka tapestry which has a large image of Buddha. View of the tapestry. People around the tapestry. The Mongolians spread over the hilly area. The tapestry of Buddha being covered and then rolled back up on the hill by a long line of people. Scenes of people gathered to view the thangka.

Date: 1930, May 24
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054959
Nepali men and women walk on a street in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Busy street in Kathmandu, Nepal. People walk on street. A tourist rides a bicycle. Men ride local three wheeled bicycles. Many men and women walk by. Views of people walking on the busy street, views of buildings along the side of the road, both residential and commercial. Man smokes cigarette standing next to a local woman selling grain. People carrying produce bought at market. Sign board reads "Tibetan Blue Restaurant" outside a restaurant.

Date: 1970
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043072
Northern China under Japanese occupation.

Japanese soldiers with bugles lead a procession of troops in Northern China. Chinese children hold Japanese flags. Occupied North China under Japanese control. Chinese men in suit and tie bow to a saluting Japanese general. Cheering Chinese women. A Chinese woman smiles while holding her baby. Chinese men and women crowd a marketplace. A woman wrapping her vegetables. Rickshaw drivers napping. Children attend school under Japanese guard. A boy holds his sister’s hand while going to school. Boy removes cap and bows to Japanese soldier as he enters school. Northern Chinese children attend class. Northern Chinese residents stroll parks, fine Western and Chinese buildings and shrines. A Chinese pagoda. A Tibetan Stupa in China.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079751
Second Sino-Japanese War

Opening scene shows formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. View of bombardier at bomb sight inside a bomber. Bombs falling from the aircraft, upon the Chinese city of Shanghai, on a day in September, 1937. Ground level view of bomb exploding and Chinese civilians running for cover. A huge explosion throwing earth up. Aerial view of smoke rising from bomb strikes below. More ground views of bombs destroying structures. Chinese people fleeing across a bridge. Cluster of bombs falling from a Japanese airplane. More explosions and destruction. view from a G3M bomber, of others with bombs falling from them. View from above of civilians filling a street as they run for shelter. People on the ground rushing in all directions. Some are in horse-drawn carriages with luggage on top and other in rickshaws, apparently fleeing the city altogether. Bombing victims lying on the ground near destroyed structures. Heavy dark smoke rising from the attacks. Scene shifts to Japanese army officers entering the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. Behind them is A Shinto Tori (Gate) and behind that, the monument (statue) of Omura Masujiro. Scene shifts again, to view of the Temple of Heaven, an ancient Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Peking (Beijing) China. Chinese agriculture. Crowds of Chinese people. Stone statue of traditional Chinese lion. Picture of 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, of Washington crossing the Delaware. Drawing of 15th century ship similar to one in Columbus'1492 voyage to America. Drawing of Roman Empire era building. Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. Drawing of ancient Egyptian pyramid and statue. Drawing of Chinese city and environs representing 4 thousand years ago. Extant ancient Chinese shrines and statues. Animated Relief map of China and surrounding countries of U.S.S.R., India,Burma,Thailand, Indo-China, Philippines, and Japan. Animation outlines China Proper. It also shows Manchuria and scenes from there of desolate mountainous land, with miners at work extracting raw materials. Mongolia and Sinkiang are outlined. The Gobi desert is seen with a long camel caravan crossing it. Closeup of nomads transporting animal skins by camel. The last region outlined is Tibet. The ice covered Himalayan mountains are shown. Buddhist monks praying in the courtyard of a shrine in Tibet. The Yellow, Si Kiang, and Yangtze Rivers are shown on the map. Views of Chinese sailing vessels.

Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025178