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.
A radio broadcast about the arrival of United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the Quebec conference between Britain, America and Canada. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King pose for the press and answer their queries. Roosevelt addresses a large gathering about the conference. Naval guns shell Italy prior to invasion.
Aviatrix Laura Ingalls in flight gear. Her aircraft, Lockheed Orion 9D Special, NR14222, takes off from Floyd Bennett field in New York. It sets a new nonstop flight record of eighteen hours and twenty minute flight from east coast to west coast in the United States. Ingalls was the first woman pilot to cross the U.S. non-stop from east to west. Next scenes are unrelated to Ingalls' flight: A group of men and women jurors walking on sidewalk in Tacoma Washington, during trial of Margaret Waley, wife of Harmon Waley, for her involvement in the kidnapping of young George Weyerhaeuser (nine year old heir to thriving Weyerhaeuser Company timber business in Washington state). Kaufman Leonard Company furniture delivery truck seen behind the group as they walk. The group of men and women seen entering a building. Next scene shows 9 year old boy George Weyerhaeuser holding closely to a man and avoiding cameras as he is led on the sidewalk, likely before or after giving testimony. Next scene shows 19 year old Margaret Waley, flanked by a man and a woman as she walks on the sidewalk, likely to or from court. Final scene is a group of men and women, possibly including the jurors in the case, posing on the steps of a building in Tacoma, Washington.
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