Historic visit of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon to the People's Republic of China. President Nixon talks with Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing. President with First Lady Pat Nixon, other delegates review an honor guard and shake hands with Chinese dignitaries. Chinese banners are seen in the background. President Nixon with Zhou Enlai and party flies in the U.S. Air Force One aircraft for a resort city. The party visits a public park. Chinese band plays music in the background. President Nixon and Patricia Nixon wave hands during their departure from Beijing. A large welcoming crowd awaits Air Force One and cheers. President Nixon and dignitaries disembark. President Nixon addresses about his visit to China. President Nixon boards the Air Force One to Hangzhou, China. View of the Xi Lake, also known as the West Lake, at Hangzhou. President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon visit the West Lake of Hangzhou and Shanghai, China. Children playing jump rope. Chinese men and women cycling on the streets of Shanghai. President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon wave at the crowd before leaving Shanghai. Animated maps show China and the United States. View of the Air Force One arrival at Washington DC. Nixon’s daughter Tricia Nixon Cox welcomes her parents. President Nixon makes a speech after his arrival from China.
News special report about State of the Union Message by U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the Congress in Washington DC. President Nixon addresses the congress from the speaker's podium. He speaks about the growth of American economy and effectiveness of government. Congressmen in the house applaud for his views. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium President Nixon speaks about availing education, housing, transport facilities to the people of U.S. and reducing inflation. He also speaks about increasing crime rate and effective law enforcement.
Hungarian Lieutenant General Vitéz Kassai Farkas László accompanied by his staff, talks to an officer of the U.S. Army in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II. An American officer orders his sergeant (interpreter) to ask the Hungarian General for his correct name and rank. The sergeant translates the officer's question into Hungarian . He answers with his name, Vitéz Kassai Farkas László, and rank: Lieutenant General. The officer asks him more questions about his men and about the Nazi Germans. The sergeant translates the questions and their responses for both men. The General smokes a cigarette. The sergeant also smokes a cigarette. The officer states that the American Army will not take the General's men prisoner, and will help them to return back to their country. The General stands on the bonnet of a jeep for a thanks giving speech. He thanks the U.S. Army for their humane treatment. His men also join him and cheer the news from their General about the Americans' statement.
The launching ceremony of the new warship Ticonderoga, a United States aircraft carrier of the United States during World War II. Scene at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Various United States Navy personnel at the ceremony and sponsor Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell. The USS Ticonderoga is the sixth vessel of her class to go down the ways at this yard. The guests wave their hands. (Note: the narrator erroneously states that this is the 65th new U.S. aircraft carrier to enter service in World War 2. Actually the U.S. produced about 27 new carriers during the war.)
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War 2. U.S. aircraft in terrain. Soldiers on military trucks. A truck carries a 155mm howitzer. Another truck carries a 75 mm howitzer. Soldiers with a howitzer. Soldiers with their rifles march in the desert. The dust clouds at their feet. The military jeeps and trucks moves across the terrain. The camouflaged M-3 tanks in the maneuver area. The mobile laundries in the desert. The water pumps at the water edge. The soldiers stand near the water pipes. The sunset at the desert.
U.S. Army IX Corps combat operations at desert training centers in California. Landing strip and desert training center area. Four aircraft being parked on the strip. Camouflaged HQ (headquarters) behind the bushes and trees. Aircraft camouflaged with trees and bushes. Soldiers at work on the plane engine under camouflaged netting. Water tank truck leaves a water point. Soldiers refill portable gasoline cans. Crew refuels and starts a U.S. Army Medium Tank M-3 (M3 Lee) tank. A jeep pulls into the camouflaged HQ area. Two African American soldiers at work on a telephone pole. (World War II period).
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