Monday, December 30, 2019

China holds grand gathering, parade on 70th National Day (Oct 2019)



LIVE: China celebrates 70th National Day with a grand gathering at the Tian'anmen Square, a civilian parade, a military parade and a mass pageant.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

China 1972: A Visual Memoir of the People's Republic

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9 minutes 1972

www.archive.org/details/KevinMurphyChina1972AVisualMemoir_0

A rare glimpse of China during the Cultural Revolution. The film was shot and edited by Kevin Murphy who, at age 15, accompanied his father as part of the Canadian Government's first trade exposition in Beijing, held in the second two weeks of August 1972.
As Murphy, now a criminal defence lawyer, recalls nearly thirty-four years on: "I shot the film in Super 8 myself and it was pretty much unwatchable in its raw state until I had the benefit of digital editing software which made it possible to edit out the bumpy bits and making the scene transitions less jagged."
As Murphy recalls, this was "early days" -- just under six months after Nixon's visit in February. Canada had recently established a mission in Peking and was somewhat aheadd of other western powers in that regard. The teenaged Canadian was allowed to go on the trip because his father paid the cost of his trip and the youth worked for part of the time as a "gopher" for the Canadian Trade Exposition helping with sorting luggage, printing press badges, running messages.

People of Western China (1940)



Made in 1940: Life and work of the people who live in Chengtu, located in a valley in western China.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Leaps, Twirls, and Flips in Classical Chinese Dance

New Year's 2019: Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour

Graceful Chinese Dance

Olympics : Full Opening Ceremony from Beijing 2008



Relive full the Opening Ceremony from the Summer Olympic Games 2008 in beautiful Beijing, China. The ceremony was held at the Bird's Nest on Friday, 8 August 2008. It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou.

All China's dynasties explained in 7 minutes (5,000 years of Chinese history)

China and Chinese (Videos and PowerPoints)

This page showcases many of the online multimedia videos and PowerPoint presentations that are available to help with teaching and learning about China ... I hope this collection saves you some time.

There are areas on the Shambles website that lists lots of free resources to help with the teaching and learning aspects of China.
| China | Chinese Festivals | China History | Chinese Language |

This page is part of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provide videos and other multimedia resources to support a variety of topics.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest
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