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  2. Crows and Sparrows - Wikipedia

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    The film was produced at the tail end of the Chinese Civil War. Fighting between the KMT (Kuomintang) and CCP (Chinese Communist Party), which had been paused in 1937 at the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, resumed in 1945 following the surrender of the Japanese.

  3. Bridge (1949 film) - Wikipedia

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    Bridge (simplified Chinese: 桥; traditional Chinese: 橋; pinyin: Qiáo) (also known as The Bridge) is a 1949 Chinese war film made shortly after the Chinese Communist Revolution; as such, it is considered the first feature film completed after the founding of the People's Republic of China. [1] As a film, Bridge set many of the themes that ...

  4. Chinese Civil War - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. 1927–1949 civil war in China For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War Clockwise from top left: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping National Revolutionary Army troops ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of war films and TV specials set between 1914 and 1945

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    The Founding of a Republic (2009), depicts the major battles and political episodes in the Chinese Civil War from the end of World War II in 1945 to the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949; The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) The Crossing (2014)

  7. List of Chinese films of the 1940s - Wikipedia

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    War: First post-revolution Chinese film Crows and Sparrows: 烏鴉與麻雀: Zheng Junli: Zhao Dan, Shangguan Yunzhu, Sun Daolin: Drama: Post-revolution Chinese film Daughters of China: 中華女兒: Ling Zifeng Zhai Qiang: War: Post-revolution Chinese film Mother: 母親: Shi Hui: Qin Yi: Drama: Orphan on the Streets: 三毛流浪記: Zhao ...

  8. Yangtze River Crossing campaign - Wikipedia

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    In April 1949, representatives from both sides met in Beijing and attempted to negotiate a ceasefire. While the negotiations were ongoing, the Communists were actively making military maneuvers, moving Second, Third and Fourth Field Army to the north of the Yangtze in preparation for the campaign, pressuring the Nationalist government to make more concessions.

  9. List of historical films set in Asia - Wikipedia

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    1949: 1927–1950: the Chinese Civil War: Yangtse Incident: 1957: 1927–1950: a British film about the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst getting caught up in the Chinese Civil War: Assembly: 2007: 1927–1950: epic war film set in the Chinese Civil War: The Bugle from Gutian: 2019: 1929: based on the 1929 Gutian Congress: Seediq Bale: 2011: 1930