Why is there no complete information about founding ceremony movies?

Because the film "founding ceremony" was destroyed by fire, there is no complete film material of founding ceremony.

While in founding ceremony, Soviet photographers were authorized to shoot everyone at Tiananmen Gate at will. People noticed that even the top leaders of the central government, such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De, let them shoot at will, and they also cooperated with their own instructions.

Headquarters learned that they were making a color film. At that time, almost no one at the headquarters had seen any color movies, and they all felt very mysterious. This is a documentary photographer sent by Stalin.

They are very motivated and run up and down. On that day in founding ceremony, the camera was always on and the machine kept clicking.

Go back to the Cuimingzhuang Hotel on Donghuamen Street where you stayed. This hotel was the guest house of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee in the early days of liberation in Beiping. All their precious negatives are piled up in a room in the hotel.

Film is flammable, and a fire broke out in this room where films were stacked within a few days after the end of founding ceremony. Dozens of movies were almost all burnt to smoke. Several films that I managed to grab are also broken and can't be used any more.

Extended data:

Zhou Enlai heard that founding ceremony's negatives were on fire. After a cry, he was in great pain and was silent for several minutes. Fortunately, China's own photographer who came from Yan 'an and experienced the test of war filmed a black-and-white documentary, which preserved the precious scenes of founding ceremony.

Then, Stalin sent the famous director gerasimov to remake the film. Zhou Enlai learned his lesson. This time, China filmmakers kept pace with the Soviets, and General Huang Zhen, who knew art, was sent by the General Political Department as a consultant. This is a large-scale documentary co-produced by China and the Soviet Union.

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