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

The film was a joint production by the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio and the Beijing Hua Yi Union Cultural Media Investment Co Ltd.

"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," said Liu Xiaolin, executive president of the Beijing Hua Yi Union.

"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," Liu added.

The whole process of the film was based on international standards, from plotting, production, photographing, to postproduction. The crew even filmed in locations where the Long March actually happened.

In order to make an authentic record, the movie 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 US and the UK, scholars, as well as veteran Kuomintang soldiers.

Dick Wilson, a Westerner who introduced the Chinese revolution to the rest of the world even earlier than Edgar Snow, was also invited to join the film.

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

(China News Service April 28, 2007)