Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Winstar
• VHS Release Date: March 26, 2004
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1572521899
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,708 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Definitive, insightful and unforgettable, China: A Century of Revolution is an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation. This powerful program takes a remarkable first-hand look at China's tumultuous history, examining its social, political and cultural upheaval through eyewitness accounts, rare archival film footage and insightful commentary. From the beginning of his rule in 1949 to his death in 1976, Moa Zedong and his colleagues attempted to forge a "new China" from a country mired in poverty and devastated by decades of war. Yet the Mao years would bring the new People's Republic of China little stability. Rare interviews with Communist Party members and ordinary citizens involved with history's largest political experiment, reveal the turbulence, famine, violent campaigns and purges which destroyed the lives of more than one million people.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent footage, interviews, commentary of 1949-1976 China, April 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: China - A Century of Revolution: The Mao Years (1949-1976) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is part of _The China Trilogy_ series and provides a comphrehensive chronicle of China during the years 1949-1976, from the establishment of the PRC to Mao's death. The Cultural Revolution footage is superb!