View of the Forbidden Palace in Beijing (formerly known as Peking or Peiping), China. Modern buildings stand alongside historical structures in China. A modern Chinese building in Shanghai, China. Pedestrians walking in the Bund district of Shanghai. Streets of Shanghai at night. Neon signs light the streets. Chinese primary school and university students engage in various extracurricular activities. children come out of school building and doing organized game at the playground. Older children perform Calisthenics. Schoolchildren and teachers dancing outdoors. Chinese boys engage in rough play. Students, mostly girls, and tutors leave building at the University. Men walk into hills with spades to plant new trees.
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.
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...."
A film about the United States President Richard Nixon's visit to Asia and Europe. A banquet at the great hall of people in the honor of U.S. President Nixon. A Chinese official delivers a speech in Chinese and a woman translates it into English. President Nixon delivers a speech. President and Premier Zhou Enlai confer. First Lady Pat Nixon talks to cooks as they prepare food. She visits a zoo and looks at a panda. Mrs. Nixon visits a school and examine the children in a classroom. President Nixon, First Lady and Premier Zhou Enlai at a ping pong, badminton and gymnastic meet. Players play ping pong, badminton. Audiences applaud.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits the PRC (People's Republic of China). A U.S. Air Force VC-137C SAM 27000 aircraft taxis at Peking Airport. A reception for President Nixon at the airport. President Nixon emerges from the aircraft with his wife Pat Nixon. The President is greeted by Chinese officials. Dignitaries leave the aircraft followed by President Nixon. President Nixon and others arrive at Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong's residence.
Visit of U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to the People's Republic of China. Motorcade of Dr. Kissinger arrives at Mao Zedong's residence in Beijing (Peking). Dr. Kissinger and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai step out of a car. Dr. Kissinger and Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong shake hands and talk to each other. The dignitaries sitting in a room talk to each other. Prime Minister Zhou Enlai talks. Chairman Mao shakes hands with Winston Lord and other American delegates. American delegates walk out of the house. Zhou Enlai bids goodbye as the motorcade drives away.