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As seen in movie footage, October 1949 was a time of exhilarating celebrations in Beijing. The Communists led by Mao had finally come to power after years of fighting, and the Chinese, the vast majority of whom had suffered in horrendous poverty for generations, reacted joyously. Before long, other government films showed happy businessmen turning over the deeds of the factories to Mao, as their property was now said to belong to the people. The propaganda films hid an ugly truth, the violence and coercion underlying Mao's brand of Communism, as survivors, in moving interviews, recall how factory owners and supervisors were executed. The mass mobilization of China dictated by Mao took peculiar forms: in one example, a nationwide push to produce steel proved to be a colossal and bizarre waste of time and manpower, as the steel produced by crude methods was essentially worthless. In the 1960s Mao sought to counteract any opposition to his policies, solidifying control through the Red Guards, young fanatics who fomented the notorious Cultural Revolution. Both victims of their mad reign and veterans of the Red Guards recall those years when attacks on "bourgeois values" led to terror in every aspect of Chinese life. The history of China under Mao has often seemed mysterious, but this video does an excellent job of putting that sad yet fascinating history into a human context. --Robert J. McNamara
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Mack Sennett |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 05 March, 1916 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Wgbh Boston |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary, Movie, TV Shows |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 783421279230 |