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U.S. President Nixon in China and the Soviet Union; meets Zhou Enlai in China and signs a treaty with Nicolai Brezhnev
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.
U.S. President Richard Nixon works to reduce cost of living and environment pollution and to increase industrial development.
President Nixon walks with U.S. civilians on a city street and listens to their problems. The civilians lined up outside shops of grocery and eatables. President Nixon discusses with Cost of Living Council to bring down the inflation rate in the United States. Industrial development and export business improves. Workers work in factories and farmers in farms. Farmer driving tractor on field. Car assembly line workers work on an automobile production line. President Nixon addresses the U.S. Congress and urging Congress to make reforms. Vice President Spiro Agnew confers with President Nixon in his office. Nixon travels through land, sea and air and works for controlling air pollution and water pollution. A farm crop duster airplane dusting crops. Heavy traffic on a highway filled with cars. Workers in an automobile emissions testing laboratory. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
Members of U.S. delegation disembark from Premier Chou's plane at Shanghai airport during Nixon China trip
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs. Patricia “Pat” Nixon on their tour to China. Chinese plane of Premier Zhou Enlai (Trident 50050) parked and U.S. Air Force One plane (VC-137C SAM 26000) in distance parked at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (No.2550, Hongqiao road, Shanghai). Members of delegation visiting China disembark from the plane. Chinese officials and receiving party welcome them. The terminal building has the United States national flag at its entrance and posters in Chinese.United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to China. Chinese plane of Premier Chous parked and U.S. Air Force One plane in distance parked at Shanhai Airport. Members of delegation visiting China disembark from the plane. Chinese officials and receiving party welcome them. The terminal building has the U.S. national flag at its entrance and posters in Chinese script.
Large crowd gathered to welcome U.S. President Nixon and First lady Patricia at an airport during their visit to China.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to the People's Republic of China. A large crowd gathered to welcome President Richard Nixon. Staff members including Secretary of State William P. Rogers busy in discussion aboard the United States Air Force One aircraft. President Nixon and First lady Patricia and their party disembark from the Air Force One at an airport, within a hangar.
U.S. President Richard M Nixon in his State of the Union Message to the Congress speaks about environmental pollution.
President Nixon addresses the congress from the speaker's podium in the U.S. Capitol during his 1970 State of the Union address. He speaks about pollution and damage done to the environment by human race. He talks of the need to make reparations for the damage we have done to our land, air, and water. He notes that this is a particular concern of young people, "because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now, if we are to prevent disaster later." (Foreshadows global warming.) President Nixon proposes a 10 billion dollar clean water program. Congressmen in the house applaud. He discusses the importance of purchasing and preserving open spaces and park lands. He discusses the need to make automobile emissions cleaner. He talks about pricing goods to cover not only their production but also their disposal without damage to the environment. He asks that citizens consider air and water not as free resources but as scarce resources to be protected. The Joint Chiefs of Staff among the Congressmen listen to the speech. Nixon talks about rural areas becoming less populated with migration to urban city centers. He calls on America to become a pioneer in environmental research and leadership. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium. Nixon concludes his speech and shakes hands with Speaker and other Congressmen who admire and applaud.
Numerous scenes of U.S. Army Quartermaster salvage operations in Italy during World War II; also brief aircraft crash scene.
U.S. soldiers in the textile repair section of a Quartermaster Salvage Depot, are seen sorting military clothing of all types to be recycled an reissued, or otherwise used as rags for cleaning purposes. Workers from the local populace are hired as paid employees in these salvage operations. A woman removes bundles of used army uniforms from a horse drawn cart and gives them to children who carry them to other women and children who are seen working on various levels of a building, where they mend and otherwise repair and restore the garments. A man works at a sewing machine on the ground floor of the building. But the women and girls seen are all engaged in hand sewing. Scene shifts to a section of the depot yard where tents are being examined, sorted and repaired. Large tents are suspended from a crane to facilitate inspection. The next scene shows interior of a mobile repair shop designed for the Signal Corps, where soldier technicians work on electrical and electronic equipment. A soldier repairs an SCR 536 (better known as handy talky) and an Army Technician fourth grade (T/4) works on an SCR-508 mobile Signal Corps Radio. He tests each tube and connection. A Staff Sergeant removes parts from a BD 72 field switchboard. Outside, several local civilian men employed by the Depot, are physically salvaging useful items, such as brass knuckle joints from metal tubing. Another pulls worn copper wire from an armature. Elswhere in the yard, soldiers and local helpers salvage lead plates from old storage batteries, where they are melted down over a fire and poured into old army helmets, serving as improvised ingot molds. A huge collection of spent artillery shells covers a vast area in the depot. They are loaded aboard barges and brought to ships for transport back to the U.S where they will be repacked and reused. Soldiers collect unserviceable tires for reshipment back to the U.S. Soldiers inspecting a pile of tires. Soldiers inspecting rubber tubes and checking them for leaks. A pile of inflated tire tubes left to sit awhile before being inspected. Outside the infantry too repair shop, soldiers repaint pick mattocks and set them out to dry. Using tools they invented, two soldiers remove wooden handles from shovel blades and from ax handles, in the infantry shovel repair department. Inside the building, soldiers are seen repairing stoves in the stove repair department. One ignites a stove and checks its flame. In a corner of the shop, a worker repairs gasoline lamps. Several are seen illuminated. Soldiers hammer out dents in mess kits and use compressed air and stone molds to take dents out of canteens. One disinfects mess gear by dipping in a lye bath and then in water and repeating that procedure again. He hangs them in the sun to dry. At one spot (where no smoking is written on the wall in Italian) a soldier works repairing 5 gallon (Jerry) gasoline cans using air pressure and water immersion to detect any holes. A jerry can is brazed by a worker using an acetelyn torch and rod. A warplane is seen crashing in flames. Signs advertising salvage as savings, are seen in various places. Salvage trucks and cranes are seen along with glimpses of salvage crews at work. A cartoon sign by a destroyed building shows a GI with ax holding Hitler's head. It reads: "Behead Hitler. Turn in Salvage." Another cartoon sign shows a girl and reads: "You will bet back to me sooner, if you turn in your salvage." A GI whistles in admiration as he passes the sign to pick up two discarded jerry cans. He salutes the sign as he walks away.
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