Visit of U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to People's Republic of China. Air plane of Dr. Kissinger at the Peking airport and security guards around it . A motorcade of Dr. Kissinger and American delegates arrives at the airport. Dr. Kissinger gets out with the Foreign Minister and shakes hands with Chinese dignitaries near the plane. The dignitaries talk to each other, shake hands and smile. Dr. Kissinger walks up the ramp of the plane. He turns and waves towards Chinese dignitaries at the runway.
Early historic aviation event: Air expedition from Moscow to Peking. The aircraft and aviators are welcomed in Mongolia and Peking. Russian fliers in pioneering flight from Moscow to Peking. They are welcomed in the sacred Mongol city of Urga, on their way to China, A Junkers commercial F.13 monoplane, of the expedition, taxis to left. Russian DH-4 support biplane , taxis to right. Officials pose in front of the DH-4. Pilot seen standing in rear cockpit in background. Mongolian red army band plays. A Mongolian giant seen standing in the crowd, with small children in front of him. Crowd of Mongolian people sits and watches the event. Idol bearers to bring good luck to the fliers. Mongolian lamas display small images of Buddha. Mongolian troubadour plays a morin khuur (two-stringed instrument). Four Mongolian children stand. Yurts in the background Mongolian women stand in full traditional dress. Mongolian men in stands with fancy hats with peak. Next sequence takes place in Peking, China, at the end of the 3,500 mile flight, where the aviators are feted with a reception. Crowd waves Chinese flags. One of the Junkers J.3 airplanes of the expedition taxis ahead. Russian crew steps from another Junkers J.3 of the expedition. Lev Mikhailovich Karakhan, Russian Ambassador to China, and Marshal Duan Qirui (AKA Tuan Ch'i-jui), Provisional Chief Executive of Republic of China, pose with five Russian aviators, on steps of Government house in Peking.
Visit of U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to the People's Republic of China. Motorcade of Dr. Kissinger arrives at Mao Zedong's residence in Beijing (Peking). Dr. Kissinger and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai step out of a car. 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. Prime Minister Zhou Enlai talks. Chairman Mao shakes hands with Winston Lord and other American delegates. American delegates walk out of the house. Zhou Enlai bids goodbye as the motorcade drives away.
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.
Front entrance of the Academy of Oriental Culture Tokyo Institute. The Academy of Oriental Culture building with two Chinese guardian lions or shishi (stone lions) flanking the entrance. The Toa Dobunkai Foundation Japanese Society of Cultural Work for China building (1 Sannencho, Kojimachi-ku Tokyo Japan) designed by Shinichiro Okada in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese-run Tung Wen College or Toa Dobun Shoin Hongqiao Road School Building in Shanghai, China. Entrance to the Sino-Japanese Educational Association. The main building of the Dojinkai or Japanese Society for Welfare Work in China. The T’ung Ren Hwei Hangkow Hospital in Wuhan (Hankou), China maintained by the Japanese Dojinkai. The Japanese Hospital, Tsingtao (Qingdao, Shandong, China). Kiang-han Middle School building in Wuhan. A sign in Chinese at the entrance of the Peking Library of Modern Scientific Research in Beijing. View of the Shanghai Science Institute, now the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences - Chinese Academy of Sciences (500 Caobao Rd, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China), designed by Japanese architect Yoshikazu Uchida, at the French Concession, Shanghai.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Peking, PRC (People's Republic of China). President Nixon exits a car and is greeted by Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong. They both pose for pictures. President Nixon seated with Chairman Zedong and Premier of the PRC Zhou Enlai. President Nixon shakes hands with Chairman Zedong and talks to Premier Enlai.