"October 1949, Parade of the waking giant"
1×52' Documentary 2009
Let China sleep. For when China wakes, it will shake the world.
—— Napoleon Bonaparte
On October 1st, 1949, Mao Zedong held a victory celebration parade in Tian'anmen Square and announced to the world the creation of a People's Republic. China had indeed awaken, and the decades since have given truth to Napoleon's prophetic words. Interestingly enough, on this momentous occasion, very few people actually understood Mao's speech, and only one sentence has ever been translated and synched to audio. Until now. Go behind the scenes with filmmaker Peter Du Cane as he painstakingly unearths rare archive footage and pieces together the remainder of this historic speech. An invaluable contribution to history, Mao's speech is made whole for the first time ever. October 1949 is a definitive account of how the spectacular parade of October 1st was organized and carried out, all the while facing threats of an ongoing civil war that endangered the entire operation.
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1×52' Documentary 2009
Let China sleep. For when China wakes, it will shake the world.
—— Napoleon Bonaparte
On October 1st, 1949, Mao Zedong held a victory celebration parade in Tian'anmen Square and announced to the world the creation of a People's Republic. China had indeed awaken, and the decades since have given truth to Napoleon's prophetic words. Interestingly enough, on this momentous occasion, very few people actually understood Mao's speech, and only one sentence has ever been translated and synched to audio. Until now. Go behind the scenes with filmmaker Peter Du Cane as he painstakingly unearths rare archive footage and pieces together the remainder of this historic speech. An invaluable contribution to history, Mao's speech is made whole for the first time ever. October 1949 is a definitive account of how the spectacular parade of October 1st was organized and carried out, all the while facing threats of an ongoing civil war that endangered the entire operation.
International Sales - ID Communications Inc.
For world distribution availabilities
contact@idcommunications.org
tel +1.514.384-4061
North America toll free1-888-347-6470
