Visit of United States Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to the People's Republic of China. A motorcade of the American delegates drives in night on the roads of Beijing (Peking). Dr. Kissinger and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai step out of a car at Mao Zedong's residence. 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. Chairman Mao speaks to Kissinger and other delegates and smiles. Prime Minister Zhou Enlai and other U.S. delegates talk. Mao shakes hands with Winston Lord and other American delegates. Mao Zedong and Kissinger shake hands as the party stands to depart. The delegates walk out of the house along with Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai bids goodbye as the motorcade drives away.
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.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon after being elected President of the United States. President Nixon's trip to China and bilateral talks with Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. Nixon commending his translator. U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger aboard the Air Force One aircraft. He talks about Nixon's impact on international politics. Nixon in Russia with Soviet Premiere Nicolai Brezhnev. Brezhnev signs a treaty to limit nuclear arms. Nixon directly addresses Russian people on television. Nixon lays a wreath for Russians who died in the war. Civilians and buildings in Moscow. Women and children on Russian streets. A large crowd cheers and the U.S. Congress applauds as President returns to the United States from China. Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol with RFK Stadium visible behind it. The Statue of Liberty and the New York City skyline from the air. Richard Nixon walks on a sea shore. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "Portrait of a President" about President Richard Nixon. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
Tower inside the Forbidden Palace in Beijing (Peiping/ Peking), China. The Forbidden City as seen from a tunnel. Chinese drivers pulling rickshaws. The Audience Hall, also known as the Palace of Heavenly Purity, inside the Forbidden City. Stone stairs leading to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Pillars of a building in the Forbidden Palace. Stone heron and turtle statues in the Forbidden Palace. The Altar and the Temple of Heaven in the Outer City of Beijing. In the countryside near Beijing is the Summer Palace. Gardens and palace at the Yuanmingyuan Park in Haidan District, Beijing.
Members of the Cease Fire delegation arrive in Beijing (also known as Peking or Peiping), China. They seek to negotiate a peace between the Chinese Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Communist insurgents led by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). Delegates descending from an airplane include Walter C. Robertson (in charge of Chungking affairs for the US), General Ye Jianying (Yeh Chien-Ying) of the Chinese Communist Army, and General Cheng Kai-Ming of the Nationalist Forces. Delegates pose for a photograph.
Persimmon harvest in Chihli province, China. View of a persimmon storage yard in an orchard at a river bank. Storage beds of persimmons in view. Trenches on the ground below persimmons allows drainage of water and circulation of air helping to maintain an even temperature for the fruits. Aerial view of the storage beds in the orchard along the river bank. A fruit vendor packing persimmons into hampers for transportation in Peking.