Darkness Over China
Darkness Over China
"These are newsreel shots taken in China, with emphasis on the Great Cultural Revolution. The forces that are creating hatred against the Soviet Union are brought to light. Was China to follow the precepts of Marx and Lenin, or the precepts of Maoism? Even though the Soviet Union and other Socialist countries aided China in building up its economy for the first ten years of its existence as a socialist state, all this is forgotten in the tumultuous turmoil created by Mao." Red China, Communist, Communism, Mao-Tse-Tung. A fascinating documentary/propaganda piece from a different perspective. Shedding a different light.
Darkness Over China
Opening credits (in Russian).
Darkness Over China
Opening montage: China. WLS of the Great Wall as a pack of camels pass by in FG; WLS of a field in which there are dozens of stone statues; MSs of statues (lions and soldiers); MSs camel caravan in a desert area.
Darkness Over China
China. Camel caravan arrives in city. MS/CUs of art in temples (Buddhas, pottery, etc); TLS rickshaw drivers
Darkness Over China
China. MSs of people rowing junk boats
Darkness Over China
China. A monument, an obelisk in honor of the Chinese citizens lost in 1919 war for Soviet power in the USSR. TLS of a monument, an obelisk in honor of the Chinese overthrowing Japanese occupancy in 1945. CUs of Chinese people & soldiers staring observantly upon memorial.
Darkness Over China
Wide sunset shots. Various landscapes in China. Pan over a city.
Darkness Over China
Peking, China. 1969: MS of giant statue of Mao Tse Tung (Zedong) being wheeled through a parade. Inside the 9th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. A huge portrait of Mao surveys the mass. Nice crowd shots. People standing & cheering from desks as a party leader speaks.
Darkness Over China
China countryside
Darkness Over China
Urban skyline. Moscow?
Darkness Over China
CUs of Soviet newspapers and artwork allegedly bestowing good wishes upon their Chinese compatriots; CUs of Chinese newspapers allegedly doing just the opposite.
Darkness Over China
Peking, China. MS/CUs of Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin meeting with Mao Tse Tung (Zedong). Kosygin board airplane, leaves for home.
Darkness Over China
Montage of Chinese aggression against Soviet Union: burning objects at the gate of the Soviet embassy, yelling in protest, damaging Soviet-made cars, funeral for murdered Soviet border guards. MS of Soviet soldiers linked arm and arm, trying to keep a crowd of Chinese at bay. China USSR border.
Darkness Over China
Moscow, Russia, USSR. 24th Congress of Soviet Communist Party: wide shots inside, followed by MSs Leonid Brezhnev speaking.