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Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:32:26 - 00:44:10

Great Red Chinese propaganda film regarding the political and ideological influence of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung) and how it led to the creation of China's atomic weapons program.

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_2
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:32:26 - 00:33:35

Military preparations for nuclear blast. Men digging, moving dirt. Construction of false town

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_3
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:33:35 - 00:34:01

Military preparations for nuclear blast. Lab work in a tent, chemistry.

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_4
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:34:01 - 00:34:58

Military preparations for nuclear blast. Pan across bomb casings. Pan across instruments set up to record the bomb test.

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_5
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:34:58 - 00:36:23

Military preparations for nuclear blast. Soldiers performing a drill. Soldiers marching in the desert.

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_6
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:36:23 - 00:37:25

Women bring water to soldiers. Women in cultural arts troupe dance (with guns on their backs) to provide a form of recreation/relaxation for the military personnel. Also an impromptu soccer game. Playing basketball. Rest and relaxation

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_7
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:37:25 - 00:37:44

Soldiers getting supplies. Men sewing uniforms in the field.

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_8
Year Shot: 1964 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:37:44 - 00:39:00

Men in trucks moving equipment to the nuclear bomb test site. Dummies in uniforms are placed on the test site. Animals in cages are placed on the test site. Various equipment to be used to measure the bomb.

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_9
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:39:00 - 00:41:42

1st nuclear bomb test (atomic bomb) takes place on 10/16/64. Pages of a Chinese calendar. Shots of clocks and equipment. Atomic blast with great shots of mushroom cloud, Cheering onlookers jump up and down knowing test is "successful"

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_10
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:41:42 - 00:43:37

Recovery workers including women suit up and go into contaminated area to assess damage and record data from the nuclear bomb test (atomic bomb). Recovery workers return joyously

Great Victory of Mao Zedong's Thoughts aka Mao's Little Red Video
Clip: 539858_1_11
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1769
Original Film: 311-038
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:43:37 - 00:44:10

Premier Zhou Enlai (Chou En-lai) announces success of the first nuclear bomb (atomic bomb) test to the public