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WWII - 1944 (?), China: Publishing; Rural Collective Living; Free China Troops; Hsien Voting & Taxes

Reel Number: 221808-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: China

Location: Shensi Province,Yenan

TC Begins: 06:46:24

TC Ends: 06:56:59

Duration: 00:10:35

WWII - 1944 (?), China: Publishing; Rural Collective Living; Free China Troops; Hsien Voting & Taxes Int. Communist Compound w/ young man lining up large sheets of paper. 06:46:42 Men, women & girls in office w/ picture of Stalin & President Roosevelt on wall, foiding pages & assembling / binding books & pamphlets. 06:47:23 Women at bench or counter, money exchanged. 06:47:37 Boys & girls in classroom listen to woman / teacher lecturing, writing on blackboard. Students taking notes. Views from over shoulder of teacher to students. CU teacher reading from pamphlet. 06:49:52 Chinese families eat in community / communal / collective dining room w/ open walls. LS, MSs. 06:50:49 Young boys eating w/ chopsticks around table in front of poster of Mao & Sun Yat-sen. 06:51:14 Boys working in print shop setting wooden type (?). 06:51:49 Chinese countryside w/ farmer water buffalo, large statue of Buddha head sheltered on top of hillside w/ MLS. 06:52:17 Large wheel & small wheel w/ water buckets for irrigation turned by buffalo; men & boys bathing in river. MS man (?) pounding / washing clothes on stone. 06:52:44 Chinese reservists march on main street behind drum & cymbals, thru city wall as people watch. 06:53:23 Hsien government agent explaining Hsien system to farmers, war wall poster behind. 06:53:45 People arriving / leaving as PAO delegates vote in courtyard to elect Hsien representatives. Groups fill out ballots. 06:54:40 Candidates, four old men, sit at table. Members voting; get up from tables & cast ballots. 06:55:17 Woman & others smashing rocks w/ mallets to build runway or road. 06:55:25 Hsien leader speaks, large crowd listens. 06:55:53 Old men tally votes. 06:56:05 Farmers bring rice to government granary as tax payment. Government agent watches as rice is weighed & enters amounts in ledger. CU, two farmers talk. 1940s; WW2; Yenan, Shensi Province (?); Local Government Representation; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. Good / Interesting footage. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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