| SCENES FROM RURAL CHINA Lady Cripps visits Yenan and is met by Mao Tse Tung. Also various shots of Chinese country. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7886 | |
| Catalog #: | 20890 | |
| Clip Number: | 20890-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1623 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:15 - 01:06:31 | |
| Location: | China | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Houses, Traditional Ethnic ELECTIONS: Voting HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Hospitals LOCATIONS/ASIA: China PERSONALITIES: Cripps, Sir Stafford PERSONALITIES: Mao Tse-Tung ( Mao Zedong ) | |
| Description: | SCENES FROM RURAL CHINA Lady Cripps visits Yenan and is met by Mao Tse Tung. Also various shots of Chinese country. China. Nice LS pan down mountainous terrain around the city of Yenan. GV pan of village nestled below the mountains. MSs of Lady Cripps, wife of Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister of the Board of Trade, arriving at the airport of Yenan, she shakes hands with Chinese dignitaries. MS of Mao Tse Tung and two men exiting a building. Nice CU of Mao Tse Tung. LS pan across rural town at the base of mountains, pan shows caves hollowed out of the cliffs where inhabitants live. MS cliff-dwelling family doing daily chores, showing a crude hand wooden spinning wheel being operated. CU spinning wheel in action. CU of the banner outside the Bethune International Peace Hospital written in English and Chinese. Interior GV pan of operating room in hospital with patients on operating tables and nurses and doctors dressed in scrubs. MS Chinese nurse using a thermometer to take the temperature of a female patient in bed. MS as a screaming baby is placed into a basket at the end of a balance scale. Exterior MS/CU children washing their hands in portable bowls lined up on a table. GV local political candidate being introduced to a crowd of people. MS candidate talking to the people. MS/CU as woman in the crowd stands and asks the candidate a question. MS profile of a Chinese man casting his vote by burning holes with an incense stick opposite the name of his choice. CU hands holding ballot with Chinese lettering, incense is used to burn a hole next to the name of the desired candidate, hands fold the paper and place it in the ballot box. | |


