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.
Visit of U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to People's Republic of China. Dr. Kissinger in his plane. Interior views of aircraft cabin as Kissinger has a drink and talks to a Chinese dignitary. Other members of American delegation confer with other Chinese dignitaries. Kissinger drinks a cup of tea aboard. A secretary aboard types on a typewriter. Dr. Kissinger waves hands and debarks from his plane at Shanghai Air Port. Chinese dignitaries welcome him. Other delegates debark from plane and shake hands with dignitaries. A motorcade drives on countryside roads. Posters and banners in Chinese script.
People’s Republic of China officials at an airfield. A DC-3 passenger aircraft taxis in and parks. United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold hurries down steps of the aircraft and is greeted by Chinese officials. Hammarskjold shakes hands with many of them, and then drives off in a car. The Secretary General is on a mission to secure the release of fifteen American fliers being held by the Chinese, who do not consider them Prisoners of War to be repatriated, following the Korean War. He is seen later at a dinner reception in a hall with many Chinese officials in attendance. Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Secretary General Hammarskjold spend considerable time conversing, with help of translator. They toast with several other officials and appear to have a relaxed and pleasant meeting.
Close up red flower zooms to red 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon parking in front of the Belle Mina market at 6811 Mooresville Rd. in Belle Mina, Alabama Woman enters market leaving car window open and door unlocked. The womantakes tub Parkay Margarine from store refrigerator . Stranger puts arm in the open car window to unlock the door behind the driver’s seat. Store clerk measures a bag of candies and places into clear plastic bag. Would-be rapist hides behind the driver’s seat of car. The woman carrying bag of groceries, opens car door, starts engine, and drives out of parking lot. Red 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon driving down country road. Close up woman's face chewing candy. Man hiding in rear seat rising up to attack. Woman and rapist seen in rear-view mirror. Pay from unpaved road to red 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon in brush at side of road. View of spilled candy and grocery items on empty driver's seat.
The U.S. Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger addresses a press conference after signing a peace agreement in Paris, France. Press reporters ask questions about peace conditions in Indo-China and he answers them. Dr Kissinger speaks to the press conference about the happenings of the peace talks and ceasefire in Vietnam.
A Corvette Stingray drives through the entrance of the Iowa State Fair in 1973. Men, women and children at Iowa state fair. Children with colorful balloons and ice cream. People enjoy rides. View from ferris wheel. Ponies are displayed. Tractor pull. One tractor in tractor pull is dubbed the "Mighty Minnie Yellow Bird" A young woman twirls a flaming baton. African American drummers perform. Rope making is demonstrated. A child rides in a baby carriage. Farm products like apples, corn and pumpkin displayed. Livestock at display in the fair, including dairy cows. Close up of award ribbons at the 1973 Iowa State Fair.