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[Identification of item], Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2005.
Processed by Zhaohui Xue, Melissa Delbridge, April 10, 2006
Encoded by Michael Shumate, Melissa Pascoe
Completed July 2006
Updated by Jill Katte, June 2007
Updated by Noah Huffman, June 2009
Updated by Meghan Lyon, August 2011
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
Produced mostly by the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio of China, documentary films and newsreels were two of the major mass media and communication channels in China from the 1950s through 1970s. They covered all aspects of social activities, though the emphasis was on developments and achievements in the building of a socialist country. In order to reach even broader public audiences, government agents produced and printed the transcripts and shot lists for the films and sent them to cities and rural areas. Few of these printed materials have survived due to the poor quality of the paper upon which they were printed. The material in this collection was found in a cinema company office in Henan province, China.
The collection of film advertisements and transcripts of Chinese documentary films and newsreels spans the years 1946 to 1985, although the bulk of the items in the collection are transcripts for the documentary films and newsreels from the
In this collection, there is also a group of printed advertisements and other publicity for Chinese and foreign films, plays, opera, and local performances. This collection is valuable for studies of contemporary Chinese culture, the Cultural Revolution, history and politics, communist propaganda, and mass media.
The collection was microfilmed for broader access in 2006, and the original master copies of the microfilm are in the final box of the collection.
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
Transcripts and shot lists for newsreels and documentary films. These focus on specific subjects, events or personal stories. Scripts in boxes 2 and 3 are arranged by subject, then chronologically within each subject. The date on the earliest item in box 3 is questionable. There are also a few special issues. For example, a special issue in February 1966 is entitled:
Filmscripts for 12 Chinese and foreign feature films.
Scrapbook containing
8 silver duplicate microfilm reels of the collection.