United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. Motorcade of President Nixon drives on roads. A crowd of pedestrians and cyclists on roads. Chinese leaders including Premier Zhou Enlai and others gather with the Nixons and Secretary of State William Rogers for a meal. The dignitaries mingle and gather for the meal.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. Motorcade of President Nixon drives on roads in Beijing. Snow covered roads and roofs of buildings. Workers sweep snow from roads. Pedestrians walk on roads. Car and a bus drive on road. Large posters of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Motorcade enters Tiananmen Square and passes through the Gate of Heavenly Peace with giant image of Chairman Mao Zedong on it.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. Chinese military officials and dignitaries escort President Nixon, First Lady and other delegates in the main square of the Forbidden City, home of the Imperial Palaces of the Ming Dynasty. Principal Chinese host is Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, Vice Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission. Many palaces exemplifying Chinese palatial architecture. It is snowing and there is snow on the buildings and grounds. Views include the Meridian Gate, the Hall of Supreme Harmony. President and Mrs. Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, and H.R. Haldeman are seen among the large party.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. Chinese officials and dignitaries escort President Nixon, First Lady and other delegates among temples of the Ming Dynasty in the Forbidden City. Main host is Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, Vice Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission. Chinese people walk outside the temple. Members of the American delegation wearing fur coats talk and smile outside the temple. Close views of an animated William F. Buckley Jr. making some funny expressions for the camera while standing in the snow near one of the palaces. Close views of artwork on a palace façade, and of one of the thrones in a palace. President Nixon talks to Chinese people near the temple. Secretary of State William Rogers standing near him. The area under a thick snow cover.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs. Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. President Nixon, First Lady Patricia Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, and other delegates have tea and talk with Chinese dignitaries including Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, Vice Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission. They observe an old Chinese painting hung from a wall of the room behind President Nixon.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. President Nixon, First Lady, Secretary of State Rogers with Chinese dignitaries view artifacts among the collection of the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. Main host from China is Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, Vice Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission. They view burial coffins, mummies, fine art and treasures of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Chinese painting and idols of horses and warriors. Large vase with dragon carvings. The party walks out of the building and observe a gilded bronze lion.
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