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Based on the first dance drama in China to center itself on revolutionary themes, this famous piece of Chinese media history was adapted for the screen in 1961.

On the way to participate in the forest ski competition together, the little red duck and the little gray duck saw little bears, little rabbits and other friends skating on the lake. Because the game time was still early, they decided to go and see first. It turned out that everyone was teaching the little bear to skate.

A collection of programs from amateur cultural performances of employees from 27 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across China. Held in Beijing in May 1960.

In the autumn of 1934, the main force of the Red Army went north to resist Japan, and the guerrillas remaining in the Dabie Mountains continued their struggle. With the Jiang Bandit gang implementing the "Three Lights Policy" and strictly sealing the locks, the guerrillas in the mountains encountered difficulties in lack of food.

"Xiao Tai Yang" (1963) was the first children's sci-fi film in New China. It follows a group of science-loving kids who, with scientists' help, develop a satellite to launch a small artificial sun, ending a harsh winter. During the Cultural Revolution, the film was condemned as 'poisonous,' and director Wang Minsheng (王敏生) was persecuted. It was only rehabilitated after the revolution.

The story of Qin Xianglian and her unscrupulous husband is quite well-known in China; this is a slightly abridged production of the Beijing opera adaptation of the tale. This is a Chinese National Peking Opera Company production starring Wang Yige as Qin Xianglian and Han Shencun as Chen Shimei.

Based on a true story. The protagonist Yu Changshui is a postman of the Goubei Branch in the mountainous area of western Beijing, and the movie follows his various travails in delivering mail, setting up efficient a mail delivery system for his fellow peasants, and working hard to help construct a New China.

Based on Yan Wenjing's "Song of Little Streams." A young girl's long blue dress floats in dance for a while, then melts into the water and turns into a stream. Its name is Little Stream.

The princess is lively and active by nature, and she is very tired of the rigid life in the palace. The king thinks that her words and deeds are not a princess, and asks her to stay in the boudoir all the time. The woodcutter, who made her fall in love at first sight. The prime minister wanted his son to be a son-in-law. One day, he gave the princess a golden phoenix crown, and took the opportunity to propose marriage to the king, and the king agreed. The princess is unwilling to have her happiness ruined, but she doesn't know how to resist. The shepherd boy has an idea, remembering that he can use the local custom of riding a bull to "marry into the sky", and tells his plan, the princess is overjoyed.

Part of the Chinese Historical Ethnographic Film Series (1957-1966)

A monkey plans to build a house, but he is always waiting for tomorrow.

Puppet Film. The film exposes imperialism's sinister scheme of feigning peace while secretly preparing for war by depicting its opposition to the dove of peace.

Part of the Chinese Historical Ethnographic Film Series (1957-1966)

A Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire is a 1961 Chinese documentary directed by Fu Ya and Huang Bao-Shan. As described by Erik Barnouw, it was assembled in Peking using footage from many sources in China and abroad to document the evolution of the People’s Republic of China. Another source notes that it looks back on 34 years of the People’s Liberation Army. The title comes from Mao Zedong’s famous quote: “A single spark can start a prairie fire,” symbolizing how small revolutionary actions can grow into a broad movement.

Part of the Chinese Historical Ethnographic Film Series (1957-1966)

Propaganda documentary on landlord Liu Wencai, depicted as the archetype of the exploiter of peasant farmers.