87 years ago today, on October 1, 1938 (August 8, 1938 in the lunar calendar), the large-scale documentary "Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army" began filming. Footage from the film "Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army" On October 1, 1938, the large-scale documentary "Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army" took its first shot at the Huangdi Mausoleum in central Shaanxi Province. "Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army" was edited and directed by Yuan Muzhi and photographed by Wu Yinxian. Before shooting the film, Yuan Muzhi wrote a detailed outline of the film. The outline consists of four parts: the first part shows how young people with advanced knowledge from all over the country came to Yan'an through heavy blockades after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War; the second part introduces the political, economic, cultural and other aspects of Yan'an: the second part mainly reflects the fighting life of the Eighth Route Army; the last part returns to Yan'an and describes how young people from all over the country went to work in front of them after learning.