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  2. Crows and Sparrows - Wikipedia

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    Crows and Sparrows (simplified Chinese: 乌鸦与麻雀; traditional Chinese: 烏鴉與麻雀; pinyin: Wūyā yǔ Máquè) is a 1949 Chinese film made by the left-leaning Kunlun Studios on the eve of the Communist victory, directed by Zheng Junli and scripted by Chen Baichen. [1]

  3. Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst - Wikipedia

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    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) is a British war film that tells the story of the British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up in the Chinese Civil War and involved in the 1949 Yangtze Incident. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars Richard Todd, William Hartnell, and Akim Tamiroff. It was based upon the book written by Lawrence ...

  4. List of Chinese films of the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1949.10-1976, 故事片·戏曲片. (2001). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1949.10-1976. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. ISBN 7-106-01508-3; 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1931–1949.9, 故事片·戏曲片. (2005).

  5. Amethyst incident - Wikipedia

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    On 20 April 1949, during the Chinese Civil War between the nationalist Kuomintang-led Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Bernard Skinner, [12] was cruising on the river Yangtze from Shanghai to Nanjing, [Note 1] to replace HMS Consort, which had been posted as guard ship for the British Embassy there.

  6. Mao Zedong 1949 - Wikipedia

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    Mao Zedong 1949 was slated for release on September 12, 2019, in China but was postponed to September 20, 2019. [3] The film premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 19, 2019, and opened in China on September 20, 2019.

  7. 1949 in China - Wikipedia

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    September 21 — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties; September 27 — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí), a red field charged in the canton (upper ...

  8. 1949 in film - Wikipedia

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    Red Hot Riding Hood (1943–1949) ... List of 1949 films at IMDb; List of 1949 deaths at IMDb; List of 1949 births at IMDb This page was last edited on 24 ...

  9. Sorrows of the Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    'Secret History of the Qing Court') is a Mandarin Chinese film released in 1948. It was directed by Zhu Shilin and filmed in Hong Kong. [2] After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the film was criticized as "treasonous" for its positive depiction of the Emperor.