PhD Candidate Joe Fonseca comments on the historical accuracy of the 1960ies movie 55 Days in Peking and also discuss the visible Cold War influence. Joe is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Calgary. His Thesis concerns Anglo-Japanese military relations during the period of 1894-1905 with a special focus on the Boxer War, hence he is ideally suited for such a commentary. Follow Justin on twitter https://twitter.com/CBI_PTO_History @CBI_PTO_History Follow Joe on twitter https://twitter.com/JoeFonsecaHist @JoeFonsecaHist Follow MHV on twitter https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized @MilHiVisualized »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Selected Primary Sources: Brown, Frederick. From Tientsin to Peking with the Allied Forces. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1902. Giles, Lancelot. The Siege of the Peking Legations: A Diary by Lancelot Giles. L. R. Marchant Ed. Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1970. Hooker, Mary. Behind the Scenes in Peking: Being the Experiences During the Siege of the Legations. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. 1910; Internet Archive, 2008. https://archive.org/details/cu31924023151131. Landor, Arnold Henry Savage. China and the Allies. London: W. Heinemann, 1901. MacDonald, Claude A. “The Japanese Detachment During the Defense of the Peking Legations, 1900,” in Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society London. Henri L. Joly, Ed. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1971. Martin, William A. P. The Siege in Peking: China Against the World. London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1900. Steel, Richard A. Though Peking’s Sewer: Relief of the Boxer Siege, 1900-1901. George W. Carrington Ed. New York: Vantage Press, 1985. Seconda