Historic visit of U.S. President Richard M Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon to the People's Republic of China. Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai hosted a sports exhibition of gymnastics, badminton, and table tennis at the Capital Gymnasium (56 Zhong Guan Cun Da Jie, Haidian District, China, 100086) in Beijing, China. President Nixon with Premier Zhou Enlai reviews a parade and various performances by sports person and gymnasts. A crowd of spectators watch the games at the ceremony.
News report about the visit of U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the People's Republic of China. Frank Reynolds reports from Washington DC about the State Dinner by Zhou Enlai in honor of President Nixon, Pat Nixon and American delegates at the Great Hall of the People (Rendahuitang W Rd, Xicheng District, China, 100031) in Beijing, China. Workers and guests at the State Dinner. President Nixon, Pat Nixon and Zhou Enlai eating with chopsticks during dinner. Waiters serve various dishes such as roast pork, Chinese sausages, and sharksfin soup, during the dinner.
United States Marine Corps in Beijing (Peiping), in China. Farmlands and Chinese civilians in countryside. A Chinese farmer carries a bamboo carrying pole. Children give the camera a thumbs up. Grave barrows in the countryside. Various tourist attractions in Beijing, including Tiananmen Gate (Dongcheng, China, 100051). Marines stands by an artillery gun. Gate of the United States consulate in Beijing. Marines seated around a large gate. Rickshaws and cars pass by on streets of Peking. Point of view shot traveling down city street in China in a rickshaw with head of rickshaw driver immediately in front. Marines look at handicrafts being display at roadside.
Japanese troops attack Nanking (Nanjing), China during World War II. Japanese troops man aircraft guns. Japanese airplanes come down in flames. A bridge is blown up in China. The roof of a hospital has been bombed. Large letters 'Hospital' on it. Bomb craters all around the hospital. A Chinese woman sits near her dead husband. Children cry. The Premier of the puppet state Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China Wang Jingwei pose with other officials.
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.
Life in Beijing, China during the Great Leap Forward. Chinese men stand with their bicycles in Beijing traffic. Bicycles, cars and pedicabs with heavy sacks on the street. A Chinese man pushes a baby in a stroller made of wicker. A wood burning bus with wood gasifier mounted on back. A large, dilapidated Chinese building with signage as seen from a moving car. Pedestrians run while crossing the street. A traffic officer stands under an umbrella as he directs passing vehicles. A truck pulls a string of trailers carrying a load of coal and decorated with banners and paper flowers celebrating the Great Leap Forward. A stupa, possibly The White Dagoba Stupa, Beihai Park. Chinese family including grandparents and children. Young men digging with shovels in front of a Chinese pagoda. Chinese men with bicycles waiting to cross the road. People visit the Monument to the People's Heroes (Tiananmen Square, Dongcheng, Beijing, China). A girl walking outside St. Joseph’s Church (74 Wangfujing, Dong Dan, Dongcheng, China) in Beijing. Bicycles pass apartment buildings and government offices in Beijing.