上海机器织布局俗称“老洋布局”，是近代中国最早的官督商办机器棉纺织企业。早在光绪二年（1876），李鸿章便曾派魏纶先出面筹办织布事宜，但魏无法筹集资金，所以该计划未能实现。光绪四年九月初十日，四川候补道彭汝琮呈请北洋大臣李鸿章、南洋大臣沈葆桢奏准设立上海机器织布局。几经变动，光绪六年（1880），确定由戴恒、龚寿图、郑观应、经元善等人负责筹办，郑观应任总办，开办资金五十万两，全套机器从英、美购置，拥有纱绽三万五千枚，布机五百三十台，雇工多时约四千人。光绪十三年（1887），李鸿章复派龚寿图接办。直到光绪十六年（1890）才建成投产。营业兴旺，纺纱的利润尤高。光绪十九年（1893）夏，李鸿章决定扩充纺纱，向英国增订机器。九月初十日，织布局清花间失火，全厂付之一炬。十月，李鸿章派盛宣怀会同上海海关道聂缉椝负责恢复织布局，招募新股一百万两，在织布局旧址设厂，取名“华盛纺织总厂”。

One of the world's greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrew's University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world. 　　In the first programme, Knowledge, he explores the way medieval man understood the world - as a place of mystery, even enchantment. The world was a book written by God. But as the Middle Ages grew to a close, it became a place to be mastered, even exploited. 　　In Sex, he unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of medieval men and women. The Church preached hatred of the flesh, promoted the cult of virginity and condemned woman as the sinful heir to Eve. Yet this was the era that gave birth to the idea of romantic, or 'courtly' love. 　　In Belief, the supernatural comes under the spotlight. The medieval dead shared the world with the living: the cult of the saints, encounters with the dead, and visions of the next world were all seen as proof of a two-way traffic between this world and the next. 　　In the final programme, Power, Professor Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system. Inequality was a part of the natural order: the life of serfs was little better than those of animals, while the knight's code of chivalry was based more on caste solidarity than morality. The class you were born into determined who you were.

One of the world's greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrew's University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world. 　　In the first programme, Knowledge, he explores the way medieval man understood the world - as a place of mystery, even enchantment. The world was a book written by God. But as the Middle Ages grew to a close, it became a place to be mastered, even exploited. 　　In Sex, he unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of medieval men and women. The Church preached hatred of the flesh, promoted the cult of virginity and condemned woman as the sinful heir to Eve. Yet this was the era that gave birth to the idea of romantic, or 'courtly' love. 　　In Belief, the supernatural comes under the spotlight. The medieval dead shared the world with the living: the cult of the saints, encounters with the dead, and visions of the next world were all seen as proof of a two-way traffic between this world and the next. 　　In the final programme, Power, Professor Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system. Inequality was a part of the natural order: the life of serfs was little better than those of animals, while the knight's code of chivalry was based more on caste solidarity than morality. The class you were born into determined who you were.

威廉-亨利-端纳，澳大利亚记者出身。1903年到香港任《德臣报》编辑，从此与中国结 ... 的顾问，经历了从清朝覆灭、民国建立、直到抗日胜利长达40年的民国发展史，是西安事变的斡旋者，其堪称是民国史上重大政治事件的历史见证人。

威廉-亨利-端纳，澳大利亚记者出身。1903年到香港任《德臣报》编辑，从此与中国结 ... 的顾问，经历了从清朝覆灭、民国建立、直到抗日胜利长达40年的民国发展史，是西安事变的斡旋者，其堪称是民国史上重大政治事件的历史见证人。

片中所用的影像素材并非全新，只是“先前从未公之于世”。这些素材由10多位苏联最杰出的纪录片大师在70年前实地拍摄而成。1949年，苏联派摄影师们前往百废待兴的中国，纪录新中国的诞生。这批资料的备注名便是《苏联摄影师眼中的中国》。它们在苏俄纪录片档案库里沉睡了半个多世纪，所幸全俄国家广播电视公司历史频道总编辑杰尼索夫从浩如烟海的胶片中发现了它们，并决意向人们展现：如今我们所熟悉的中国，在70年前曾经遭遇哪些困难，有着怎样的市井生活？

片中所用的影像素材并非全新，只是“先前从未公之于世”。这些素材由10多位苏联最杰出的纪录片大师在70年前实地拍摄而成。1949年，苏联派摄影师们前往百废待兴的中国，纪录新中国的诞生。这批资料的备注名便是《苏联摄影师眼中的中国》。它们在苏俄纪录片档案库里沉睡了半个多世纪，所幸全俄国家广播电视公司历史频道总编辑杰尼索夫从浩如烟海的胶片中发现了它们，并决意向人们展现：如今我们所熟悉的中国，在70年前曾经遭遇哪些困难，有着怎样的市井生活？

在六集系列纪录片《中国的宝藏》中，英国艺术节目主持人阿拉斯泰尔·苏克寻访中国大江南北，并将自己置身于中国古今的文化和艺术里。他参观了中国各大博物馆和它们的珍贵藏品，并在每集探寻不同的主题，包括家庭、食物和科技等。节目将呈现上海博物馆3000多年历史的西周大克鼎，陕西历史博物馆的唐三彩骆驼载乐俑，以及北京故宫巨大的清代大禹治水图玉山等珍贵文物。这趟穿越古今的旅程将帮助阿拉斯泰尔了解文物背后的故事以及传统文化在现代中国的传承。

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work of Xie Jin.