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News report about welcome of U.S. President Richard M Nixon by Premier Zhou Enlai, during his visit to China.
News report about the visit of U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the People's Republic of China. Frank Reynolds from a studio presents the report. He reports the welcome of President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon by Chairman Zhou Enlai at the Peking Airport in Beijing. President reviews honor guards and sits in his limousine and his motorcade drives on. A crowd of pedestrians and cyclists on roads.
Beginnings of the Second Sino-Japanese war
Sign over American Embassy in China. Colonel William Mayer, former military attache in that embassy relates events precipitating Second Sino-Japanese war. Scenes of the Marco Polo bridge near Peking, on night of July 7, 1937, as Japanese artillery bombards the area. Animated map shows movement of Japanese forces out of Manchuria to occupy Peiping and Tientsin. Victorious Japanese troops stand atop a building, raising their flags and shouting cries of victory. Japanese army officers sit around a table smiling and contended and others walk in a group. Chinese artillery crews are seen retaliating as they fire field pieces at Japanese positions in Shanghai. Shells explode in background, and Chinese infantry advance through damaged buildings and rubble. Animated map shows Shanghai and other cities, and film transitions to view of the bustling city of Shanghai on the Yangtze River. In the seaport, large ocean liners and freighters, as well as tug boats and Junks, are seen. What looks like a Japanese Tachikawa Ki.54 Type 1 transport plane takes off over a Chinese pagoda. Double-decker buses travel through the streets. Rickshaws are also seen. Map outlines the foreign residential areas of the French Concession and the International Settlement. American, British and Japanese flags are shown in the International Settlement. Detachments of troops from Japan, Britain, France, and United States Marines are seen. A U.S. Marine is posted as a sentry at the Shanghai Power Company. Coolies carry heavy bucket on a long pole. British, French and Japanese troops also performed sentry duties. Japanese troops and armored cars are seen. A scuffle breaks out in August, 1937, and Japanese soldiers start moving in trucks, take up firing positions, and begin firing guns from their armored cars. Map shows Chinese counterattack pushing the Japanese contingent toward the Khangpoo River. Next it shows Japanese warships and reinforcements in the Yangtze River and their advance toward Woosung and Shanghai. Views of Japanese warships bombarding the shore and large explosions from their striking shells. Beachhead is shown South of Shanghai, where two divisions of Japanese infantry are seen arriving in landing craft. They advance across the fields toward Shanghai. Map shows Chinese withdrawals to West and South, toward Nanking and Hangchow. Chinese medics along with infantry march in retreat. Japanese pilots are seen being briefed. Next, Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are seen in flight, and bombardiers and other crew in them. Bombs falling on the city. Civilians running for cover as bombs explode. Aichi D3A1 aircraft dropping bombs. The Shanghai waterfront being bombed and civilians running.
President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrando meets delegations of the Chinese Federation of Trade Union in Havana, Cuba.
July 1960: Russian oil tanker “Peking” at dock in Havana, Cuba. Sailors stand on deck of the ship. Man looks at the Soviet ship through binocular. Car arrives and dignitaries get off. Delegation of People’s Republic of China Federation of Trade Union meet dignitaries of Cuba including President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado. President Osvaldo and Chinese Foreign Minister Lu Jung sit with other dignitaries and discuss about sugar trade and steel import.
U.S. President Richard Nixon meets with Chairman of communist party Mao Zedong during a state visit in Beijing, China.
A film about the United States President Richard Nixon's visit to Asia and Europe. President Nixon's motorcade on street in Beijing, China. Chinese civilians ride bicycles on street. Pictures of Russian communist leaders Lenin and Joseph Stalin inside a building. President Nixon meets chairman of the Communist party of China Mao Zedong. They talk and shake hands.
Wounded Chinese soldiers treated and presented with gifts in Taipei, Taiwan after defecting.
Aircraft in flight over sea. Convoy of ships underway on their way to Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) from Incheon, Korea. Liberated Chinese prisoners (originally from People's Republic of China) are preparing to start new lives in Taiwan (Republic of China) having decided to defect from mainland China, becoming "anti-Communist Heroes." The soldiers sing and play music aboard ship. Freed Chinese prisoners repatriated to Taiwan after their release from Korean prison camps in the Korean War. A Chinese prisoner playing an erhu fiddle. United States Navy warships escort the ship of Chinese Prisoners. Crowd and officials lined up at Taipei Songshan Airport (No. 340-9, DunHua N Rd, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10548) awaiting the arrival of wounded soldiers from war. Large crowds hold bouquets, signs, and banners. Plane lands on the runway and taxis. Crowd waves flags. Man directs plane. Large crowd cheers. A crowd surrounds ambulance moving ahead. Wounded Chinese soldiers are carried on stretchers to ambulance. They receive bouquets from the crowd. Soldiers disembark from the plane. Nurses serve drinks and food to soldiers. Members of Chinese Civil and Government organizations enter hospital in outskirts of Taipei. Wounded soldiers on bed. Members of Overseas Chinese National Salvation Association and Overseas Chinese students present gifts and greetings to wounded soldiers. Another group of soldiers in a nearby hospital receive gifts. A soldier speaks at mike and makes a symbolic representation of blood-stained flag. Men with signs and flags in hospital. Aircraft in flight over Keelung, northeast of Taipei. Chinese prisoners return on ship from Incheon, South Korea. Troops disembark from ships. The crowd lined up with flags and signs at the dock. Band plays music. Ship enters Keelung harbor. Chinese prisoners aboard ship. Large crowd cheers.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai visit a steel mill in Manchuria, China.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visits China. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong and the Foreign Minister of the Peoples Republic of China Zhou Enlai greet Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Chinese people cheer as they drive through the streets in a cavalcade of cars. Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal Nehru attend a reception. Nehru, Mao Zedong, and other Chinese leaders visit a steel mill in Manchuria. They watch the production process.
