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China 1972 on YoutubePosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, October 11, 2006 9:59 AM
The Youtube video below, titled China 1972 — a Visual Memoir, was uploaded by Kevin Murphy who accompanied his father as part of the Canadian Government's first trade exposition in Beijing, held in the second two weeks of August 1972. Murphy explains a little more about the clip: I shot the film (super 8) myself and it was pretty much unwatchable in its raw state until I had the benefit of digital editing software which made it possible to edit out the bumpy bits and making the scene transitions less jagged. |
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Comments on China 1972 on Youtube
brilliant film. there's something about super 8 that makes life seem more real to the memory of things.
my question is, what things can be done today that provide this same sort of covert openness found in the film?
where in China can one do this kind of amateur observo-reportage?
Lots of CHINESE tourists are filming with their own DV. "Covert" tactics might be used when you want to film sites of military secret or a protest. From time to time, you would see on TV "covert" reportage done by Chinese journalists, exposing the dark side of the society. (Of course, at the present stage, these expose pieces would still have to be approved by the authorities before they are broadcast.) The Chinese are not living in 1972 now. Come to China and you'll know!
Nice video (except the music, I would have used Rolling Stones).
Doesn't like so different from 2006 China, at least not as different as I thought it would be.
Maybe not many horse cars mow, but you still can see some in the middle of Beijing...
Remarkable. The countryside looks virtually the same in 1972 as it does today in 2006.
Has anyone else in China been experiencing an incredible slowdown in the speed of YouTube video streams? I have to wait forever these days for a video to buffer...at least here in Xinjiang.