{"id":3999,"date":"2014-04-22T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.froginawell.net\/china\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2014-08-30T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T13:32:06","slug":"the-internet-is-awesome-chinese-history-in-film-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froginawell.net\/frog\/2014\/04\/the-internet-is-awesome-chinese-history-in-film-version\/","title":{"rendered":"The internet is awesome-Chinese history in film version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"g-hovercard yt-uix-sessionlink yt-user-name \" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/britishpathe\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=TYlWU5PWKqKR1AHV_oGgDw&amp;feature=watch\" data-ytid=\"UCGp4u0WHLsK8OAxnvwiTyhA\" data-name=\"watch\">British Path\u00e9\u00a0 <\/a>has put some 80,000 of their old newsreels on YouTube. This is a massive treasure trove of cool stuff, and the many hours I will spend looking at them are fully justified as &#8220;work&#8221;. A lot the commentary is bland, foreigner-centered and uninformed, but the pictures are great.<\/p>\n<p>Civil War in China. (1922) Not much analysis, but a a nice funeral.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4AUg3-aJs-g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of these are listed as unknown material with no date. such as. <span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"World Faces Crisis As Japan And China Clash In Far East (1930-1939)\">World Faces Crisis As Japan And China Clash In Far East (193<\/span>8) I suppose I should comment and tell them what this is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AccRhQFNbbU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of it might be quite useful for research. Would you like to see a film of the official parade at the inauguration of the Japanese puppet government of Canton? With street drama and everything?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lf-umw0Sw5k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title  yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Village Children Of South China&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;\n&lt;p&gt; (1951)\">Maybe Village Children Of South China (1951) is more your style?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgF3QBL2kYk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or Nationalist troops in Nankin in 1927?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ryS5syi5y8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>China Fish People (1930)?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttsgTmqM1sE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>An opium burning which I think is the one in 1919?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJ50bne1_WM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not only is all this great content searchable, it is also free! This is the type of thing that convinces me that inventing the internet may not have been a mistake after all.<\/p>\n<p>What are your favorites? You can go to the Pathe channel here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/britishpathe and click on the magnifying glass to search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Path\u00e9\u00a0 has put some 80,000 of their old newsreels on YouTube. This is a massive treasure trove of cool stuff, and the many hours I will spend looking at them are fully justified as &#8220;work&#8221;. A lot the commentary is bland, foreigner-centered and uninformed, but the pictures are great. Civil War in China. 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