Reminiscences of Kim Il Sung

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Chapter 1: The Country in Distress

1.1 My Family

Length: 33:21

1.2 My Father and the Korean National Association

Length: 37:37

1.3 An Echo of Cheers for Independence

Length: 31:45

1.4 Repeated Removal

Length: 45:52

1.5 The Song of the River Amnok

Length: 44:15

1.6 My Mother

Length: 20:22

1.7 The Inheritance

Length: 43:32

Chapter 2: Unforgettable Huadian

2.1 Hwasong Uisuk School

Length: 33:00

2.2 Disillusionment

Length: 15:05

2.3 The Down with Imperialism Union

Length: 20:32

2.4 My Mind Turning towards a New Theatre of Activity

Length: 25:26

2.5 Ri Kwan Rin, Heroine of the Independence Army

Length: 28:09

Chapter 3: In Jilin

3.1 The Pursuit of Progressive Thoughts

Length: 43:19

3.2 Mentor Shang Yue

Length: 26:01

3.3 The Young Communist League of Korea

Length: 31:10

3.4 The Expansion of the Organization

Length: 38:18

3.5 The Demonstration of Unity

Length: 20:19

3.6 An Chang Ho Delivers a Political Lecture

Length: 29:10

3.7 The Merger of the Three Nationalist Organizations

Length: 20:00

3.8 The Path Taken by Cha Kwang Su

Length: 35:12

3.9 The Lessons of Wangqingmen

Length: 22:45

3.10 Behind Bars

Length: 30:11

Chapter 4: Seeking a New Path

4.1 The Rev. Son Jong Do

Length: 32:41

4.2 Spring of Trials​

Length: 32:34

4.3 The Kalun Meeting

Length: 34:03

4.4 The First Party Organization

Length: 29:03

4.5 The Korean Revolutionary Army

Length: 43:19

4.6 Revolutionary Poet Kim Hyok

Length: 30:43

4.7 The Summer of 1930

Length: 42:35

4.8 Crossing the River Tuman

Length: 32:26

4.9 An “Ideal Village” Is Transformed into a Revolutionary Village

Length: 46:32

4.10 Unforgettable Men and Women

Length: 32:00

Chapter 5: People in Arms

5.1 The Earth in Agony

Length: 35:34

5.2 The September 18 Incident

Length: 29:31

5.3 To Oppose Armed Force with Armed Force

Length: 46:19

5.4 Preparations for a Bloody Battle

Length: 37:46

5.5 The Birth of a New Armed Force

Length: 49:33

Chapter 6: The Year of Trials

6.1 To South Manchuria

Length: 33:42

6.2 The Last Image

Length: 34:57

6.3 Joy and Sorrow

Length: 29:43

6.4 Is a Joint Operation Impossible?

Length: 43:27

6.5 With an Ideal of Unity

Length: 35:31

6.6 Together with the National Salvation Army

Length: 26:21

6.7 Autumn in Xiaoshahe

Length: 29:51

6.8 On the Heights of Luozigou

Length: 42:51

Chapter 7: The People's World

7.1 The Home Base

Length: 47:07

7.2 The Enemy’s Ground by Day; Our Ground by Night

Length: 52:47

7.3 The Choice between the Soviet and the People's Revolutionary Government

Length: 48:33

7.4 The Man from the Comintern

Length: 50:20

7.5 The Memory of a White Horse

Length: 50:02

Chapter 8: Under the Banner of ​the Anti-Jananese Struggle

8.1 Ri Kwang

Length: 51:00

8.2 Negotiations with Wu Yi Cheng

Length: 40:04

8.3 The Battle of the Dongning County Town

Length: 38:25

8.4 A Comment on Ultra Democracy in the Army

Length: 38:15

8.5 Operation Macun

Length: 1:09:59

8.6 Arsenals in the Thick Forests

Length: 46:45

8.7 An Immortal Flower

Length: 55:34

Chapter 9: The First Expedition to North Manchuria

9.1 The Korean People's Revolutionary Army

Length: 42:46

9.2 The Haves and the Have-nots

Length: 37:49

9.3 Crossing the Laoyeling Mountains

Length: 39:02

9.4 The Sound of the Mouthorgan Ringing across Ningan

Length: 35:59

9.5 The Snowstorm in the Tianqiaoling Mountains

Length: 47:06

9.6 In the Bosom of the People

Length: 48:59

Chapter 10: With the Conviction of Independence

10.1 A Raging Whirlwind

Length: 56:26

10.2 A Polemic at Dahuangwai

Length: 1:17:46

10.3 Revolutionaries Born of the Young Communist League

Length: 57:47

10.4 An Answer to the Atrocities at Sidaogou

Length: 50:51

10.5 The Seeds of the Revolution Sown over a Wide Area

Length: 1:01:20

Chapter 11: The Watershed of the Revolution

11.1 Meeting with My Comrades-in-Arms in North Manchuria

Length: 1:09:15

11.2 Strange Relationship

Length: 54:21

11.3 On Lake Jingbo

Length: 55:00

11.4 My Comrades-in-Arms to the North; I to the South

Length: 51:42

11.5 Choe Hyon, a Veteran General

Length: 1:07:00

Chapter 12: To Hasten the Liberation of the Country

12.1 The Birth of a New Division

Length: 1:01:56

12.2 20 Yuan

Length: 1:00:24

12.3 Revolutionary Comrade-in-Arms Zhang Wei-Hua (1)

Length: 1:03:48

12.4 Revolutionary Comrade-in-Arms Zhang Wei-Hua (2)​

Length: 42:43

12.5 The Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland

Length: 58:25

Chapter 13: Towards Mt. Paektu

13.1 We Struck Commander Wang and Won Over Wan Shun

Length: 31:40

13.2 In the Dear Walled Town

Length: 42:19

13.3 Premiere of The Sea of Blood

Length: 43:23

13.4 The Women's Company

Length: 40:29

13.5 The Secret Camp on Mt. Paektu

Length: 49:22

13.6 Patriotic Landowner Kim Jong Bu

Length: 47:53

Chapter 14: The People in Changbai

14.1 West Jiandao

Length: 48:14

14.2 The Sound of The Watermill

Length: 34:55

14.3 Ri Je Sun

Length: 52:36

14.4 With the Comrades-in-Arms in Southern Manchuria​

Length: 52:22

14.5 Samil Wolgan

Length: 32:24

Chapter 15: Expansion of the Underground Front

15.1 The Indomitable Fighter, Pak Tal

Length: 1:07:01

15.2 Homeland Party Working Committee

Length: 52:43

15.3 Fighting at the Foot of Mt. Paektu

Length: 51:18

15.4 Tojong Pak In Jin

Length: 57:45

15.5 On Chondoism, a National Religion

Length: 53:35

15.6 A Written Warranty for a Good Citizen

Length: 1:02:49

Chapter 16: Crossing and Recrossing the River Amnok

16.1 Expedition to Fusong

Length: 37:57

16.2 Hundreds of Miles from Xiaotanghe at One Go

Length: 40:35

16.3 Guardsmen

Length: 37:59

16.4 Across the Whole of Korea

Length: 44:33

16.5 Kwon Yong Byok

Length: 47:21

16.6 Events to Which I Could Not Remain Indifferent

Length: 28:58

16.7 The Mother of the Guerrilla Army

Length: 37:38

Chapter 17: Korea Is Alive

17.1 Flames of Pochonbo (1)

Length: 32:24

17.2 Flames of Pochonbo (2)​

Length: 24:41

17.3 Joint Celebration of Army and People at Diyangxi

Length: 30:04

17.4 Photographs and Memory​

Length: 26:44

17.5 The Battle of Jiansanfeng​

Length: 24:23

17.6 The Boys Who Took Up Arms​

Length: 1:00:54

17.7 My Thought about Revolutionary Obligation

Length: 54:18

Chapter 18: In the Flames of the Sino-Japanese War

18.1 To Meet a New Situation

Length: 35:22

18.2 Kim Ju Hyon

Length: 32:30

18.3 Getting the Peasantry Prepared

Length: 42:28

18.4 Choe Chun Guk in His Days in the Independent Brigade

Length: 42:48

18.5 The September Appeal

Length: 36:49

18.6 My Experience of the "Hyesan Incident"

Length: 1:00:21

Chapter 19: Overcoming Trials

19.1 The Matanggou Secret Camp

Length: 43:26

19.2 The Weasel Hunter

Length: 26:55

19.3 The Last of the Independence Army Forces

Length: 35:58

19.4 Village Headman Wang and Police Chief Wang

Length: 29:47

19.5 Expedition to Rehe

Length: 32:39

19.6 My Meeting with Yang Jing-yu

Length: 27:41

19.7 Grandmother Ri Po Ik

Length: 40:01

19.8 In the Forest of Nanpaizi

Length: 37:48

Chapter 20: For a Fresh Upsurge of the Revolution

20.1 Arduous March

Length: 1:04:45

20.2 The Lesson of Qingfeng

Length: 33:25

20.3 The Salt Incident

Length: 25:37

20.4 Battle of Taehogdan

Length: 36:48

20.5 The Tano Festival at Yushidong

Length: 30:20

20.6 Women Fighters and Revolutionary Honour

Length: 38:05

Chapter 21: Roar of Gunfire in the Large-Unit Circling Operations

21.1 A Woman Came to Visit the Secret Camp

Length: 28:16

21.2 Chinese Landlord Liu Tong-shi

Length: 37:46

21.3 Confronted by Hundreds of Thousands of “Punitive” Troops

Length: 43:08

21.4 O Jung Hup and His 7th Regiment

Length: 44:19

21.5 The Man from Phyongan Province

Length: 20:08

21.6 "Let Us Defend the Soviet Union with Arms!"

Length: 38:30

21.7 The End of the "Maeda Punitive Force"

Length: 29:51

Chapter 22: Let Us Keep the Revolutionary Flag Flying for Ever

22.1 At Xiaohaerbaling

Length: 36:35

22.2 Looking Forward to a Bright Future

Length: 37:05

22.3 On Receiving a Message from the Comintern

Length: 36:37

22.4 The Autumn of 1940

Length: 42:54

22.5 My Memories of Wei Zheng-min

Length: 40:03

Chapter 23: In Alliance with the International Anti-Imperialist Forces

23.1 The Khabarovsk Conference

Length: 37:04

23.2 The Revolutionary Kim Chaek

Length: 57:23

23.3 Greeting the Spring in a Foreign Land

Length: 42:46

23.4 The Days of Small Unit Actions

Length: 50:00

23.5 Trust and Treachery

Length: 47:28

23.6 Formation of the International Allied Forces

Length: 36:52

23.7 With My Comrades in Arms of the Northeast Anti Japanese Allied Army

Length: 47:42

23.8 Fighters from Northern Manchuria

Length: 44:12

23.9 Nurturing the Root of the Revolution

Length: 42:39

Chapter 24: Nationwide Resistance against the Japanese

24.1 In Anticipation of the Day of Liberation

Length: 42:39

24.2 The Flames of National Resistance Flare throughout the Country

Length: 40:32

24.3 The Breakthrough in the Operations against Japan

Length: 38:05

24.4 The Spirit of the Nation

Length: 35:40

24.5 For Unity with the Anti Japanese Patriotic Forces

Length: 37:04

24.6 Across the Korea Strait

Length: 36:58

24.7 The Final Campaign

Length: 48:33

24.8 The Triumphal Return

Length: 51:54