Datong Film Company was also founded by producer and filmmaker Zhang Shichuan.
Shichuan was also the creator of Dadi Film Company (Chinese: 北京大地時代文化傳播有限公司).
Datong Film Company has made a film called The Kid (1950), which starred Bruce Lee as Kid Cheung and Lee Hoi-chuen as Hung Pak Ho.
Datong Film Company was discovered and made by Zhang Shichuan.
The company was defunct in 1953 since Zhang Shichuan died.