China: The Roots Of Madness
China: The Roots Of Madness
A documentary regarding the massive changes in the Chinese political climate from the mid 1800s to 1927. The Boxer Rebellion, feudal warlords, the rise of Nationalism and Communism, etc.
China: The Roots Of Madness
MSs of elderly Chinese men practicing tai chi in park. Cut to MS of a Chinese Nationalist soldier executing a supposed Communist in Shanghai, 1949-- man is shot in the back of the head at point blank range, other executed men in street beside him; MS National soldiers hauling away a suspected Communist; MSs refugees fleeing city as Communist forces advance, 1949. Men in costume perform a traditional dance, dragon parade.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Stills
China: The Roots Of Madness
Panning MS of Red Chinese soldiers singing while standing in formation, 1966; MSs Maoists smashing works of art, "propaganda" leaflets (Cultural Revolution). VO says that the real problem is Red China. MSs state soldiers dispersing pre-Revolution Communist rally, some officers using large switches. MS of a young MAO TSE-TUNG (ZEDONG) speaking at a rally. MS of Gen. CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) walking with Nationalist soldiers through field.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still of historian Theodore White.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Opening credits.
China: The Roots Of Madness
MS of sign: Closed Area (written in Chinese and English). MSs Nationalist soldiers patrolling border fence in Hong Kong. MCUs young Chinese Communists banging cymbals and percussion instruments at rally; MSs Red Chinese rally.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Historian Theodore White discusses (unsynchronized image & sound) Chinese politics.
China: The Roots Of Madness
EST shots rural river valley in China; TLSs ancient pagodas and bridges.
China: The Roots Of Madness
MSs ancient Chinese statuary (dragons, demonic lions, etc). MS/MCUs Chinese peasants working in rice paddy.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Illustration of Confucius.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Panning LS of the Great Wall of China.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Illustrations of European merchant trade ships docked in Canton. Archival still of Chinese men smoking opium. Illustrations of battles between Chinese and English forces in 1839. Illustration of Chinese politicians surrendering Hong Kong to British authorities in 1842. Archival stills of German, British, American, Japanese, French and Russian soldiers posing for camera while stationed in Hong Kong. Archival aerial of Emperor's Palace in Peking.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Scenic establshing shots of grounds around Emperor's Palace.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Archival stills of the Dowager Empress of China TZU-HSI. Archival stills of the Dowager Empress of China TZU-HSI. Archival stills of the Boxer Rebellion.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: MS of author PEARL S BUCK recalling her firsthand experiences in China during the Boxer Rebellion (unsynchronized image & sound)
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Archival stills of missionaries protecting embassies during Rebellion. Still of an American navy ship in China stills of British soldiers fighting rebels. Still of Indian soldiers with captured Chinese rebel. Brutal still of the heads of two Chinese rebels posted on stakes while white devil smiles on.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Archival MSs of Japanese soldiers marching through Chinese town. Archival MSs of American soldiers and cavalry marching patrolling even playing donkey polo with brooms.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Aerial of rural China. MSs of Chinese peasantry toiling over land sowing rice paddy taking good to market
China: The Roots Of Madness
Map of Asia, zoom in to China and Manchuria; cities of Peking, Honkow, Nanking, Shanghai, Chunking, Canton and Hong Kong are highlighted.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Archival footage: TLS Peking street scene, rickshaws in abundance. People harvest grain. Map of Asia. TLSs of bustling riverfront area along Yangtze River. Map of Asia.
China: The Roots Of Madness
TLS of sampans (houseboats or junk boats) crowding harbor in Hong Kong; traveling shot of large rice paddy; Hong Kong street scenes (more rickshaws); male peasants toil, haul heavy bundles and loads; MSs Chinese men in streets, many still sporting long pigtails. TLS Forbidden City.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Archival still of Dowager Empress TZU-HSI.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Historian Theodore White discusses the strange dissolution of Chinese monarchy and the rise of governing politics.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Archival stills of early Chinese military dictator YUAN SHIKAI. Archival stills of SUN YAT-SEN (SUN YIXIAN).
China: The Roots Of Madness
Archival MSs of pro-Sun Yat-sen students protesting at demonstration rally, Tiananmen Square, 1919. Archival MSs of warlord soldiers practicing with Manchu broad swords (broadswords); TLS soldiers riding atop antiquated horse-drawn artillery; MS soldiers in black automobile, an old Browning machine gun mounted to passenger door.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Map of China showing the parceling of regions to feudal warlords. Archival MS of warlord soldiers marching, carrying machine guns.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Stills of warlords Chang Su-jong, Yen Se-chiang (sp), Wu Pei-fu.
China: The Roots Of Madness
TLS warlord soldiers marching through gate. MSs of Manchuria warlord Marshall CHANG TSO-LIN with his military.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still Photo
China: The Roots Of Madness
Soldier silhouetted on the Great Wall. MSs of FENG YU-HSIANG (the Christian General) inspecting the cleanliness of hands and feet of his troops. MS warlord generals leading group of bound suspects up steps; the men are checked in by a deputy. MS dead man slumped behind wheel of car, apparently murdered by Chinese warlord soldiers.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Stills of public execution, people gathered for spectacle; their heads are severed.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Traveling shot of a dead horse by railroad tracks. Chinese refugees fleeing from warlord control
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still photos - starving & malnourished children;
China: The Roots Of Madness
People, mostly children, scrambling for supplies at relief station.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Interview with former State Department Officer, Ernest Price.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Archival footage: MSs of white foreigners being carted around by Chinese men; MS British and American officers on boat in harbor; TLS home of wealthy white Westerners in China.
China: The Roots Of Madness
LS pan of street scenes by port; TLS well-to-do Westerners at race track; MS Chinese taxi driver helping white woman from cab.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still of Western Lady at a cafe. Chinese propaganda poster: The Student Movement is not Bolshevik, Not Anti-Christian, Not Anti-Foreign, but a Cry for Humanity; stills of Chinese student protests, rallies; poster of Sun Yat-sen wielding axe.
China: The Roots Of Madness
1925 Political Rally
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Illustration of SUN YAT-SEN (SUN YIXIAN).
China: The Roots Of Madness
MS/MCUs of SUN YAT-SEN (SUN YIXIAN).
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still of Guomindang meeting.
China: The Roots Of Madness
MSs of Sun Yat-sen speaking at rally.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Stills of Soviet advisor and Comintern agent MIKHAIL BORODIN. Still of Guomindang-CCP meeting. Still of Sun Yat-sen flanked by Nationalist officers, including CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI).
China: The Roots Of Madness
TLSs of Chinese people paying respects at funeral of Sun Yat-sen. MSs of a young Nationalist General CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) walking grounds of Canton headquarters with aides; then inspecting troops in field.
China: The Roots Of Madness
MSs Nationalist soldiers marching through towns, firing small field artillery, engaged in combat against regional warlords in 1926.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in group photo with MIKHAIL BORODIN.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Officer talks to peasant soldiers.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still of a young MAO TSE-TUNG (ZEDONG). Archival stills of Chinese revolutionaries taking over Hankow.
China: The Roots Of Madness
Soldiers marching. MS group of Nationalist officers walking up steps.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Still photo. Still of Borodin speaking at Communist rally.
China: The Roots Of Madness
DO NOT USE: Historian Theodore White closes.