China 1972 A Visual Memoir of the People's Republic

[qqqquito]

Who made this original film?

[roxprofi]

interesting and rare. Good track for the period.

[po27a]

thats was beautiful and graceful, china is so modern, ugly and soulless now.

[EPsuperFan]

that is the difference between a socialist dictatorship and a capitalist dictatorship, one kills millions of people and build tanks, the other sells millions of t-shirts and build... better tanks. ; )

[hellowjp]

my father hated culture revolution, he had to wait 3 years before going to university.

[paramitas]

Look a lot like North Korea today.

[astanhope]

I believe that there is some contemporary footage mixed in with the 1972 footage. Note the colorful Western clothing worn by the group of men walking in a line in the beginning, for example.

[fatterwolf]

No, they are from 1972.

[rockmt1911]

This is NICE! Is this the film made by Italian communist director Antollino or something? He wanted to depict realism, the honest and ancient China. Mao's wife just wanted propaganda about army, industry, praise to the communist party, so she threw him out of the country. And criticize his work as a film about ruins and poor people, LOL.

[goldenpanda]

well westerners just want to put us inside some museum and marvel at us like relics. Chinese need to give ourselves a vision to move forward. So, Jiangqin was right!

[yxiuy]

this is 12 years b4 i was born...looks like a different world to me.

[hyly8877]

Really! Although I am Chinese, it is first time to watch a video about 1970s' china like this one, ...

[Chelseamorning2006]

Compare the condition of the Great Wall of China as it appears in its ruinous state in this film with its repaired and renovated appearance in "Great Wall" from videocarter on Youtube.