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War between Japanese and Chinese troops in Beijing (Peiping), China.

The Second Sino-Japanese War begins in China. Aerial shots of the Great Wall of China, near Beijing. Scenes of war between Japanese and Chinese troops in Beijing (Peiping), China. Gunners fire artillery on the field. Explosion and smoke from artillery shell explosion. Chinese civilians evacuate and leave Beijing. Japanese troops marching and hold Japanese flag. Japanese soldiers ride donkeys and horses. Chinese troops and cavalry on the streets and in fields. Chinese General reviews new troops. The General gives green signal to squadron of fighter planes at an airfield. A Chinese general (likely Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek) watch Chinese fighter planes take off. The fighter planes take off from the airfield.

Date: 1937, July 14
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029453
Various scenes showing the architecture and art of the Forbidden Palace in Beijing (Peiping), China

Tower inside the Forbidden Palace in Beijing (Peiping/ Peking), China. The Forbidden City as seen from a tunnel. Chinese drivers pulling rickshaws. The Audience Hall, also known as the Palace of Heavenly Purity, inside the Forbidden City. Stone stairs leading to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Pillars of a building in the Forbidden Palace. Stone heron and turtle statues in the Forbidden Palace. The Altar and the Temple of Heaven in the Outer City of Beijing. In the countryside near Beijing is the Summer Palace. Gardens and palace at the Yuanmingyuan Park in Haidan District, Beijing.

Date: 1937
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040298
China's problems of industry, famine, agriculture, and excess population under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong

'Red China' depicts the living conditions in China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong. A Chinese man dances with another performing a Dragon dance on stage in China. Traditional Chinese pavilions and structures, including the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chinese citizens of various ethnicities in the People’s Republic of China. Modern Chinese buildings and structures. A map of Asia shows China. Monuments including the Great Wall in China. Farmland of the North of China. Crowded streets in China, men pull rickshaws on the streets. People dance and march during the celebration. Narrator speaks of shortage of good farmland and notes that the Chinese people are "on a diet" (during the great famine) of 1600 calories daily per person, compared to the United Nations recommendation of 2100-2300 calories. View of crowded encampments and poor, under fed people in narrow streets. Chinese miner works in a coal mine. Strip mining for iron ore. Chinese oil production including refineries. Dances and celebration during various events. Chinese Young Pioneer girls practice ballet. Chinese youth perform acrobatics and stunts on stage. Chinese women and children laugh and cry. Young girls learn ballet, elderly men greet each other. North China: Herdsmen with sheep. Wheat farmers harvest wheat. South China: Rice farmers in fields. Women sew, farmers pose for the camera. Women work in a factory, people on the road. Chinese Christians attend church. Hui Chinese men pray inside a mosque in China. A large statue of Buddha inside a Buddhist temple. Chinese riding camels. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong reviews a parade during the "Great Leap Forward" timeframe, preceding the Cultural Revolution.

Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021674
U.S. President Nixon visits a Chinese resort city, during his departure from China and address after arriving United States.

Historic visit of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon to the People's Republic of China. President Nixon talks with Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing. President with First Lady Pat Nixon, other delegates review an honor guard and shake hands with Chinese dignitaries. Chinese banners are seen in the background. President Nixon with Zhou Enlai and party flies in the U.S. Air Force One aircraft for a resort city. The party visits a public park. Chinese band plays music in the background. President Nixon and Patricia Nixon wave hands during their departure from Beijing. A large welcoming crowd awaits Air Force One and cheers. President Nixon and dignitaries disembark. President Nixon addresses about his visit to China. President Nixon boards the Air Force One to Hangzhou, China. View of the Xi Lake, also known as the West Lake, at Hangzhou. President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon visit the West Lake of Hangzhou and Shanghai, China. Children playing jump rope. Chinese men and women cycling on the streets of Shanghai. President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon wave at the crowd before leaving Shanghai. Animated maps show China and the United States. View of the Air Force One arrival at Washington DC. Nixon’s daughter Tricia Nixon Cox welcomes her parents. President Nixon makes a speech after his arrival from China.

Date: 1972, February
Duration: 6 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057416
Montage with graphics covers various conflicts in China 1913-1936.

Brief view of the Great Wall of China near Beijing. A stone bridge in the imperial Forbidden City (4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100886) in Beijing. Graphics full screen show dates "1913" , "1924", "1925", "1927" , "1931" and "1936." Montage covers Chinese civil war, Soviet invasion, Kuomintang fight with British forces, dispute in Hankow, and Manchurian outbreak. A hand flips a page on a document titled “The Report of the Commission of Enquiry of the League of Nations to the Sino-Japanese Dispute 1912”. Highlighted section reads, “Banditry has always existed in China and the administration has never been able to suppress it thoroughly...."

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079742
Chinese and Japanese soldiers fighting during the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

Japanese propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident battle between the Chinese Nationalist (Kuomintang) and the Imperial Japanese Army. “1937” flashes on the screen with explosion in the background. Graphics over newspaper reads, “Trouble started at Lukoukiao near Peking. When Chines troops fired on Japanese soldiers” A map depicting Beijing and neighboring cities and regions. “Lukowkiao (Marco Polo Bridge) is shown on the map. Sign reads “Lu Know Kiao”. Marco Polo Bridge (Fengtai District, China) near Beijing. The Lugou Xiaoyue monument (Wanping Bridge, Fengtai District, Beijing, China) with Chinese writings. A truck drives across Marco Polo Bridge. Aerial view of Marco Polo Bridge. Soldiers marching on a wooden bridge. Chinese women running on the street in Shanghai. Refugees loaded on a truck. A woman carrying a baby. Nationalist planes in flight, bombing Shanghai to drive out Japanese soldiers. “Chinese Warplanes rain bombs in Shanghai” reads one newspaper headline. “590 Killed..War At Shanghai’s Front Door” reads another headline. The Palace Hotel (Swatch Art Peace Hotel 23 East Nanjing Road (Bund 19), Shanghai 200002, China) in Shanghai. Debris and destroyed buildings from damage by Chinese Nationalist plane bombings. Large group of refugees leaving Shanghai. Chinese Nationalist plane in sky. Buildings on fire. “Nanyang Bros. Tob. Co. Ltd Godown No.3” building on fire. Japanese soldiers running in two straight lines. Japanese troops sit on moving truck. Japanese troops with fire hoses to put out flames. Another plane in the sky. A column of Japanese soldiers fire rifles in the air with Japanese flag behind them. Soldiers shooting anti-aircraft gun into the air.

Date: 1937, July 7
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079745