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
DO NOT USE Illustrations of ancient Chinese emperors, intercut with photos and/or drawings of the atrocities commited by the state in order to retain and maintain their power (beheadings, humiliation, torture, back-breaking, stretching, etc).
Darkness Over China
Chinese students (Maoists) protesting their education, walking away from school, burning their manuscripts. The Great Proletarian Culture Revolution, 1967 (The Cultural Revolution)
Darkness Over China
DO NOT USE Still photo of a university professor being marched through the streets while wearing an oversized dunce cap.
Darkness Over China
Panning MS inside a pagoda-style temple where ancient paintings were plastered over with Maoist propaganda; CU of a Buddha statue, a Chinese slogan stickered over the face. The Great Proletarian Culture Revolution, 1967 (The Cultural Revolution)
Darkness Over China
DO NOT USE Still photos of destroyed national treasures (statues, paintings, architecture);
Darkness Over China
Group taking a photo in China.
Darkness Over China
DO NOT USE Still photo
Darkness Over China
Group taking a photo in China. They are all holding Mao s Little Red Book. WLS/MSs of Maoists packing streets, on the march; panning MSs of public walls and fences, Maoist posters and literature posted en masse. LSs of Maoist parade in Peking. The Great Proletarian Culture Revolution, 1967 (The Cultural Revolution) The Cult of Personality.