Mysterious city of ancient alleyways Beijing, China

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Date
1995
Summary
As Beijing prepares for the 2008 Olympics, most of the hutong - the city's small traditional dwellings and the network of lanes and alleys formed by them - are being demolished to make room for skyscrapers. This program explores social and cultural changes in historical Beijing, as seen in the life of a few ordinary citizens who still live in the hutong. The program includes computer models of the designing of ancient Beijing City.; English and some Chinese with English narration, voice-over's and/or subtitles. "Mysterious cities of Asia"--Screen series title.
Publishers
Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Subjects
Asian Culture; Chinese Culture; Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places; Asian Studies; China; Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor; Streets China Beijing; Alleys China Beijing; Beijing (China)
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
53 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Narrators, Angus Waycott, Elizabeth Handover. Camera, Shuichi Hashimoto ; music, Isao Tomita.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089793; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10785; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3260; OCLC: ocm56113811; Catalog Key: alephsys003134690; Catalog Key: FFH 32971

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