TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult | Vivian Jiang
In August 1968, factory workers overheard news of a mandatory meeting. Whispered rumors described shipments of a gift from the country's Communist leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. And sure enough, managers soon distributed a gift to every...
Wonderscape
Understanding Dictatorships: Power, History, and Impact
This video examines the nature of dictatorships, where a single leader holds unchecked power. It contrasts dictatorships with monarchies, traces their historical evolution, and discusses infamous dictators like Julius Caesar, Adolf...
Jabzy
Why was China so Weak before WW2? | History of China 1930-1937 Documentary 5/10
Why was China so Weak before WW2? | History of China 1930-1937 Documentary 5/10
Jabzy
Why was China divided before WW2? History of China 1918-1930 Documentary 4/10
Why was China divided before WW2? History of China 1918-1930 Documentary 4/10
Jabzy
How did the Communists Take over China? | History of China 1945-1955 Documentary 7/10
How did the Communists Take over China? | History of China 1945-1955 Documentary 7/10
Ancient Lights Media
China: Tibetan Highlands
Video Atlas of Asia:This clip examines the culture and geography of the Tibetan Plateau region of China.
Economics Explained
The Economy of Communist China
China was once the wealthiest in the world and now it was struggling to feed itself, it was these kinds of conditions that gave rise to the political system that would go on to define china in the latter half of the twentieth century....
Jack Rackam
The Ultimate Revolutionary | The Life & Times of Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong: Great at rebelling against governments, not so great at leading them. Climbed to the top of the communist ladder during the Long March, and won the Chinese Civil War! ...But then the Great Leap Forward backfired and the...
Mr. Beat
How Did the Cold War End?
By the 1960s, the world's two largest communist countries, the Soviet Union and China, were not getting along so well. Mao Zedong, the leader of China,and Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union, both had different...
Religion for Breakfast
Confucianism is Making a Comeback in China
In this episode we examine the topic: Confucianism is Making a Comeback in China
Curated Video
CAN772 ALBANIAN LEADER VISITS CHAIRMAN MAO
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania Mehmet Shehu meets Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong in Peking, China.
1. ms Mao and Shehu shake hands
2. ms Mao greets guests
3. ms Mao...
Curated Video
SYND 9 7 67 MAO TSE TUNG AT THE OPERA
Chairman of the Communist Party in China, Mao Tse Tung ( Mao Zedong) attends the Peking Opera
1. Mao walks through theatre, past stalls with guests and photograhpers. Mao turns to face camera and waves
2. WS of stage with performers
3....
Curated Video
King of Nepal arrives in India
1. Wide shot Nepalese Royal plane taxiing
2. Close up Nepalese flag
3. Various of Indian officials
4. King and coming down from plane
5. King and queen meeting several Indian and Nepalese officials at airport
6. King and queen getting...
Curated Video
SYND 22 10 75 KISSINGER MEETS MAO IN PEKING
United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and his wife Nancy, meeting Chairman Mao Zedong in a suprise meeting.
1. ws Beijing traffic
2. vs car arriving
3. vs Kissinger and Nancy enter
4. ms Kissinger and Nancy meet Mao
Film: Pos...
Curated Video
SYND 26 4 73 MEXICAN PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA MEETS CHAIRMAN MAO ON HIS VISIT TO PEKING (BEIJING)
Mexican President Luis Echeverria meets Chairman Mao Zedong during his visit to Peking (Beijing).
1. various of convoy of cars into gardens of Forbidden Palace
2. ms Echeverria and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai out of car
3. ms...
Curated Video
CAN960 MARCH HELD IN SUPPORT OF MAO
A march is held by supporters of Chairman Mao Zedong.
1. vs ms march goes along
2. ms man with poster of Mao
3. ms people in march with little red books
4. mcu people chanting
5. ws pan march
Film: Pos - Sound: Mute - B&W - ...
Curated Video
SYND 25 1 78 CHAIRMAN MAO'S WIDOW MEETS POL POT IN PHNOM PENH
Jiang Qing, widow of Chairman Mao Zedong (Mao Tze Tung) arriving to Phnom Penh for a visit and is greeted by Leader Pol Pot.
1. ms Qing down plane stairs, applauding, girls present her with flowers, pan to Pol Pot who gives her warm hug...
Curated Video
Leaders lay wreaths at ceremony to mark National Day
1. Mid of soldiers holding yellow flags in Tiananmen Square
2. Wide of large floral decoration and flags
3. Pan from wide of students walking in Tiananmen square to wide of Great Hall of the People
4. Tracking shot of two women dressed...
Curated Video
Workers remove Chinese characters from plaque, eradicate "one China" legacy
1. Wide of gate of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
2. Mid of gate and two cranes
3. People watching
4. Man filming with his mobile phone
5. Mid of Chinese character "Chong" being removed
6. People cheering and making the thumbs up...
Curated Video
CAN946 MAO BADGES PRODUCED IN PEKING
Badges of the Chinese leader Mao Zedong are massed produced in a Peking Factory.
1. ws exterior factory
2. mcu engravers making blocks
3. cu engraver at work
4. mcu engraved blocks with Mao's face on
5. ms woman operating press
6....
Curated Video
CAN945 MAO BADGES PRODUCED IN PEKING
Badges of the Chinese leader Mao Zedong are massed produced in a Peking Factory.
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1. ws exterior factory
2. mcu engravers making blocks
3. cu engraver at work
4. mcu engraved blocks with Mao's face on
5. ms...
Curated Video
CAN355 FILE AND ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SOVIET PREMIERENIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
File and Archive background footage of Soviet Premiere, Nikita Khrushchev
1. United Press opening title: Nikita Khrushchev
2. various close up shots, Soviet Premiere, Nikita Khrushchev
3. ms Khrushchev and party, dressed in winetr coats...
Curated Video
SYND 10 12 67 ALBANIAN DELEGATION ARRIVES TO PEKING FOR TALKS WITH CHINA
Albanian delegation arrives to Peking (Beijing) and meets with Chinese leaders.
1. gv conference hall, dignitaries seated on podium, crowd in audience
2. gv delegates applauding
3. ms Chinese and Albanian dignitaries on stage up and...
Curated Video
Chinese media say leader who briefly succeeded Mao has died aged 87
File 1970s
1. Wide shot crowds in Tiananmen Square
2. Hua Guofeng on podium
3. Hua Guofeng (on left) with Masayoshi Ohira, then Prime Minister of Japan
Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but...