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- Panoramic view in the Forbidden City, or private palaces of the Emperor of China, from the Wu-Men Gate, showing the buildings reserved for the exclusive use of the Emperor, and the court-yard in which millions of dollars of treasure were buried at the time this picture was taken, during the flight of the Chinese court.
- Field Marshall Count von Waldersee and his International Staff proceeding to the grand review of the allied forces at Pekin.
- Col. Robe at the head of the gallant 9th Infantry, U.S.A. marching through the Gate of the Temple of Agriculture, Pekin. This regiment had been in the hardest fighting of three wars within two years. Second in line in this picture is the Company under Capt. Connell, which was afterwards massacred on the Island of Samar.
- Japanese Infantry in an assault upon a Chinese mud wall fortification during the siege of Pekin.
- Sixth United States Cavalry. Lieut.-Col. Theo. J. Wint, assaulting the South Gate of the city of Pekin. Skirmishers fire to clear the wall; Capt. Cabal's troop charges across the moat, several horses falling; Leiut. White's troop charges through the gate, which has previously been battered down. Capt. Forsythe commands the squadron. An historical scene of great interest.
- The 14th United States Infantry, Col. Doggett commanding, marching past the ruined legations on the occasion of the withdrawal of the troops from the Chinese capital.
- A charge made by the Bengal Lancers, the British Indian Mounted troops who played hare and hounds with the Boxers after the fall of Pekin.
- The American transportation train of army wagons and mules which made the entire march to Pekin during the fighting. This was the only transportation train among the allied forces, the U.S. Army being ahead of all others in this respect.
- Another panoramic view, showing the Tai-Ho-Men or Great Harmony Gate, with its surrounding palaces. This scene gives a very adequate idea of the ruin caused by neglect of the magnificent buildings and courts of the Forbidden City during the foreign occupation.
- General Linevitch, commanding the Russian forces in Siberia, advancing at the head of a squadron of Cossack Cavalry to the relief of Pekin.
- Through which the International forces entered the city. Showing native vehicles, etc., thoroughly characteristic of China.
- The American Army in China. Major-General Adna R. Chaffee, Brigadier-General J. H. Wilson and Minister Conger at the head of the famous 6th Cavalry. Taken in front of the ruined legations, Pekin.
- A parade picture by this famous regiment of British Colonial Cavalry.
- The Grand Old Man of the Orient, Li Hung Chang, at the Palace of Roses, his summer home, in Pekin. He is interviewed by a war correspondent, on the occasion of the presentation of a Parlor Mutoscope, containing a moving picture of Li Hung Chang taken at Grant's Tomb, New York City.
- One of the muddiest and roughest streets in Pekin. Heavily laden camels pass in line, and numerous donkeys hitched to peculiar Chinese vehicles.
- Scenes from everyday life in early 20th China
- A most interesting scenic picture, displaying among other views; camel caravans, the great wall of China, and a Chinese funeral.
- One of the oldest and most interesting cities of the world, a fine educational subject.
- One is transported back through centuries when viewing these relics of bygone ages. One of these temples imposing and magnificent, is sometimes used as the residence of the Dalai-Lama, or high pontiff of the church. Other interesting scenes of Oriental splendor are shown.
- Documentary on the then-new Chinese Republic, taken over a ten-year period. Footage includes races at Shanghai, imperial ceremonies at the national Temple of Heaven, scenes of the destruction caused by the typhoon of 1914, and the installation of government officials at the Peking palaces.
- This Traveltalk visit to China starts in Beijing, which at the time was officially called Peiping. Called the Imperial City, it consists of four separate districts. One of these is the famous Forbidden City, domicile of the Emperor. Later we take a train trip to see a portion the Great Wall.
- The film tells the expedition, led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil and sponsored by André Citoën, leaving Beirut in Lebanon to rally China through the ancient Silk Road with half-tracks vehicles, between 1931 and 1932.
- Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
- Da Xiang, a girl whose father died early, was deceived and sold to a brothel, and her desperate mother chose to commit suicide. Now a prostitute, she faces a tortuous life.
- This interesting little French film is set in a run-down suburb of Paris. It's about a group of bored children making mischief to fill the days (eg sticking a cat up a tree and then calling the fire brigade so they can watch them get it down!) One of them has a Chinese kite, with a message on a piece of paper in Chinese on it. His mates try to grab it to sell to an antique shop. One night, one of the boys and his sister are visited by a mysterious Chinaman and are promptly floated off on their bed to China in their pyjamas. The Chinaman clicks his fingers and they appear once again in their everyday clothes, and have all sorts of adventures in China.
- A store in Zhejiang province comes to series of troubles when Japanese invade China and the war break out.
- The evolution of the People's Republic of China is told in this spectacular song and dance production, 'Dongfang hong' or 'The East is Red'. Vast, solemn, and glorifying the progress towards Communist victory, this cornucopia of purposeful entertainment, ostensibly presented in the Great Hall of the People, is pre-Cultural Revolution propaganda at its most lavish.
- An exposé of the sexual revolution.
- An homage to the work of psychologist Wilhelm Reich, matched with a story about a Yugoslavian girl's affair with a Russian skater. Sexual repression, social systems and the orgone theory are explored.