Mao set out to erase the vast differences between workers and intellectuals, between men and women, managers and those they manage, between rural and city dwellers, between rich and poor parts of the country. This program shows Mao’s efforts to follow the teachings of Lenin as he directed China on the path to Socialism. China would have to learn to walk on two feet; with the post-Stalin Soviet Union no longer a reliable ally and the rest of the world turned against them, all Chinese would have to become soldiers in the war for socialism and join in the great march forward; and finally, as success appeared to be slipping through his fingers, Mao instituted the Cultural Revolution to reeducate the entire Chinese society and destroy all whom he deemed uneducable. (15 minutes, b&w/color)