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  • Short Summary

    People demonstrate in Peking, China.

  • Description

    Demonstration in Beijing (Peking); China; 1923; in honour of President Li Yuan-Hung.

    MS people marching up road (towards camera) waving banners (many of the signs are for army recruiting - join the army and save the country etc.).

    Crowd with banners in front of large building. Man (the President?) on platform making a speech; many others stand on platform behind him; people below waving their hats.

    (Li Yuan-Hung was vice-president of the new Chinese Republic under Yuan Shih-k'ai; and assumed leadership after the latter's death in 1916. He was forced out the next year; again became President in 1922 and was again forced out in 1923.)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2522.06
    Media URN:
    77700
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    1923
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:35:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:08:26:00 / 01:09:01:00
    Canister:
    ON 490 N

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