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“55 Days at Peking” is the title of a 1963 Hollywood movie and is based upon a real historical event - the siege of the foreign diplomatic quarter in Peking (now Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.

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The film starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven is a swash buckling period piece, but what are the real historical events and how close does the film come to them? 

This is the story of the Boxer Rebellion, An 8 Nation Army, and that siege, that really did last for 55 days at Peking.

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