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Various scenes depicting animated maps of China, seaplane landing in San Francisco, and streets in Beijing

Flag of the Republic of China (ROC) flying. Map shows travel routes between West Coast USA and Shanghai or British colony of Hong Kong. A seaplane or flying boat takes off. Seaplane flying over Golden Gate Bridge. Chinese American women wave at plane. Aerial view of a palace, pagoda, and surrounding grounds in China. Animated map comparing the sizes of United States and China. Yankee clippers underway at sea. Map shows position of Canton (Guangzhou). View of Canton harbor from a ferry. View of ferry's rail. Map of Beijing, also known as Peking or Peiping. Streets and buildings in Beijing.

Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040297
Chinese parade with flags in Beijing, China; signs urge U.S. to leave Taiwan.

Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Communist People's Republic of China during the "Great Leap Forward." Beijing skyline and its surrounding suburbs. Crowds carrying banners and marching during a rehearsal for the People’s Republic of China’s National Day. Chinese young men carrying banners translate to, "Taiwan must be liberated" and "United States must get out of Taiwan." A young Chinese woman smiles while holding a red banner. Buses, bicycles, horse drawn carts, and cars pass through Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s “Red Square”. The western and eastern walls have giant placards that read "Long Live the People's Republic of China" and "Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples". A man pushes a cart full of bricks. A man slides bricks down a wooden chute at a construction site where a sewer is being built. A construction site building a sewer.

Date: 1958, September
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079763
Chinese farmers harvesting, rural roads, Great Wall of China.

Chinese woman threshes millet at a Chinese commune during the Great Leap Forwards. A young Chinese girl hold millet or corn stalks. Elderly men carry armfuls of husks. Students Peking Universities and high schools (now Beijing) laboring on the weekend as duty to the Great Leap Forward. Young Chinese men and women digging soil with shovels and carrying soil in baskets slung between poles. Donkeys pulling carts on a road. People follow donkey carts to pick up vegetables or seeds as part of a no waste policy associated with the Leap Forward. Rural road north of Beijing as seen from a moving vehicle. People cycling past a workers’ apartment. Camel caravans transporting goods and herd of goats on road. A Chinese man stands beside a camel. The Great Wall of China extending over a mountain range. Goats gathered on top of a stone with Chinese characters written on it that translate to, "Support the Convservation Program." A Chinese man stands on the Great Wall of China. A white American man walking on the Great Wall of China.

Date: 1958
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079771
Documentary 'President Nixon in China, A Journey for Peace' depicts President Nixon's visit to People's Republic of China.

A documentary titled 'President Nixon in China, A Journey for Peace' depicts historic visit of the U.S. President Richard M Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon to the People's Republic of China. President Nixon and Chinese dignitaries visit the Great Wall of China. A news reporter presents a special report from studio about the visit. President and First Lady Patricia depart from the White House in a ceremony. President Nixon waves hands and sits in his helicopter, which takes off from White House. Graphics show Air Force One aircraft landing on Beijing Airport. President Nixon and First Lady disembark from it and received by Premier Zhou Enlai. Members of the American delegation greeted and welcomed. Chinese military musicians play American national anthem as dignitaries review honor guard. Motorcades of dignitaries drive on roads of Beijing.

Date: 1972, February
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057410
Air Force One lands at the Beijing airport, U.S. President Nixon and First Lady Patricia disembark for their visit to China.

United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs. Patricia “Pat” Nixon on their tour to China. Air Force One (AKA The Spirit of '76) lands at Beijing Capital Airport (Shunyi, Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA). President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon disembark from the plane and wave towards the welcoming crowd at the terminal building. Chinese leaders and receiving party walks towards the plane. They shake hands and welcome President and First lady. Dr Henry Kissinger shakes hands and talks with the Chinese dignitaries. Secretary of State William P. Rogers in the group. President Nixon and his entourage walk inside the terminal building.

Date: 1972, February 21
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057340
United States Marines visit various places in town of Peiping (Beijing) in China.

United States Marine Corps in Beijing (Peiping, Peking), China. A man enters a club. Military Police stand guard outside. Marines in a club for enlisted personnel. United States Marines dance with Chinese women. A Buddhist pagoda. Marines look at monuments on a mountainside. View of Forbidden City. Picture of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek at Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing. Pillar of smoke rises near the Forbidden City. View of courtyard and throne in the Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohe Dian) inside the Forbidden City. The White Dagoba in Beihai Garden. Marines stand in front of Screen of Seven Dragons. Lama Temple with a statue of Laughing Buddha and other statues. Marines in front of Temple of Heaven (1 Tiantan E Rd, Dong Cheng Qu, China, 100061). Marine talks to his wife and son back home in Hawaii. Two men enters a gate.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060070