A documentary film that aims to reflect true stories happening during Chinese Red Army's Long March will be broadcast by U.S. History Channel at eight o'clock next Monday (Apr 30) evening. This is the first time for a Chinese documentary film to be shown by a mainstream U.S. media, the Beijing Daily reported.

The film was jointly made by the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio and the Beijing Hua Yi Union Cultural Media Investment Company Limited.

"We aim to make a film about the Long March acceptable to people all over the world by telling what actually happened in those years. It is our hope that foreigners will be able to understand more about China through this film. The Long March is considered as a miracle in the Chinese revolutionary history and the Chinese military history. We and all the other Chinese people will feel proud if more foreigners can know about the great event," said Liu Xiaolin, the executive president of the Beijing Hua Yi Union.

The whole process of the film was based on international standards, from plotting, production, photographing, to postproduction. It made an on-the-spot filming in places where the Long March actually happened. In order to make the film, the crew members interviewed more than 20 veteran soldiers from the Red Army about their personal experiences. Local people who once lived along the route and witnessed the event were also invited to recall that part of the history. The interviewees in the film include military experts from China, the United States and Britain, scholars, as well as veteran Kuomintang soldiers. Dick Wilson, a Westerner who introduced Chinese revolution to Westerners even earlier than Edgar Snow, was also invited to join the film.

So far, media groups from Britain, South Korea, Australia and the United States have signed purchasing contracts for the film, Liu said.

Editor: Wing