High quality version, scanned in HD from the master film reel Portrait of one of the most controversial figures of the century: "the Messiah of China" and founder of the political theories known as "Maoism", Mao Zedong. Narrated by Henry Fonda. Click here to watch other episodes of the series "Portraits of Power - Those Who Shaped the Twentieth Century": https://goo.gl/gNoMX9 Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: https://goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomo Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) was born on Dec.26, 1893 in Shaoshan. He died on Sept.09, 1976 in Beijing. From 1949 until his death he was chairman of the Communist Party of China. Mao is regarded as the leading politician of the People's Republic of China in the 20th Century. Mao Zedong is considered one of the great strategists of the 20th century who put an end to the semi-feudal relations that still existed in China, his aim was the "total destruction of the traditions and values of the past".