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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
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
President Nixon, First Lady and other delegates view artifacts in the Palace Museum of the Forbidden City during trip to China

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.

Date: 1972, February 25
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057387
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