A still from the film 洪湖赤卫队 ('Red Guards on Honghu Lake')
Collection
Identifier
JC-s047
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s047. This is a post card sized film publicity card, showing a still image from the film/movie 洪湖赤卫队 ('Red Guards on Honghu Lake' or 'Red Guards of Hong Lake' or 'Red Guards of Honghu'). The film was made in 1961 and directed by Xie Tian, Chen Fangqian and Xu Feng. It was based on an opera first performed in the mid-1950s and set in Honghu (or Hong Lake), Hubei province, in the 1920s. More info here and here.
Estimated Date
1961
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
