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- A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
- Each episode of Extreme Engineering features a major construction and engineering project. Some projects are completed ones, like the new Hong Kong airport. Other projects are those under construction like the Gotthard Base Tunnel under the Alps. Still other episodes showcase futuristic projects that may never be built, like the Transatlantic Tunnel. Most episodes examine possible disaster scenarios that could threaten the projects.
- A Communist supported essay film, centering on great rivers of the world such as the Amazon, accompanied by Shostakovich and Paul Robeson music, and also contrasting ways of life under American capitalism and Soviet style socialism.
- In less time than it takes to tell it we are transported to China. We are shown the Shanghai Bund from the riverboat. Landing on the shore, we are taken to the race course in Shanghai by a Chinese racer in a jinriksha. Hundreds of American tourists are seen there. The first jinriksha was made in the state of Indiana. This seems strange but nevertheless true. From the race course we are taken through the streets in and around Shanghai. Next into the country we are taken, where we see a Chinaman plowing with the Carabao. Next a Chinese saw-mill. From there we are taken up the Nan Slang, where we see the natives cormorant fishing. The steam roller in China is a funny and impressive thing to see. A large iron roller such as we may use in America on our steam roller, is used in China, but the steam is lacking. Instead about two hundred Chinamen pull this gigantic roller up and down the pavement. While strolling down the street we see Revolutionary soldiers capture a Manchu and cut his queue from his head. This is considered quite severe punishment. Along the waterfront we see thousands and thousands of river boats where the Chinese are born, live and die. These boats are fifteen feet long by four feet wide. At the wharves we see the Chinese coolies at work carrying large and heavy pieces of freight. Up the Yangtse River, we see a forest of masts, where unnumbered Chinese vessels are anchored. War junks on the Wangpoo ready for immediate action are seen with colors flying. Sailing into the harbor we see an array of warships representing the world's great powers. Thousands of miles from home we realize, no matter what country we are from, that we shall be protected.
- A million people are destined to be relocated from the villages along the banks of the Yangtze River once the dam wall is completed.
- Documentary showing the aftermath of the attack by Japanese warplanes on the U.S. Navy gunboat Panay in China in 1937.
- Canadian Biologist Dr. Larry Wang, along with fellow scientist and childhood friend Dr.Sam Chao, decide to give back to the land of their birth by restoring the silt-ridden Yangtze River to health. The winding waterway serves as a metaphor for their circular life journey as they return home to help subsistence farmers along the water's edge convert to more environmentally friendly and sustainable forest-based agriculture.
- Besides living, humanity also throughly transforms the planet for its ever increasing transport needs. In a few decades, China overtook even the US in building land roads, including bridges, tunnels etcetera. Shipping containers allowed multiplying far export manifold, m-turning the world into a single commercial market. Air transport shrunk distances for personnel travel, even space is becoming a 'regular' transport option.