Persimmon harvest in Chihli province, China. A persimmon tree on an orchard with its branches bearing a number of fruits. Men perched on the tree and picking fruits with split bamboo poles. A man getting down from the persimmon tree. Two men beside a persimmon tree. One of them using a bamboo pole, to pick persimmon, which has a slot at its end that is wrapped at its base to prevent splitting when harvesting the fruit. The other man standing beside him with a basket. A man holding a net standing below a persimmon tree. Two men in the orchard with tools used for harvesting persimmons. One of them holding a pole with a hook and the other with a catching net. A man holding a twig broken with a fruit which results in a reduction in the crop. A few men standing in the orchard. One of them removing a fruit along with a twig from the split end of a bamboo pole. Another man holding the catching net watches him. The man holding and looking at the fruits in the net. The men inspecting the fruits on a tree. Piles of persimmons in the orchard after the harvest. A few men and children beside the fruit piles.
The city of Shanghai in China. A large number of men and women gathered at the Shanghai Race Club track. A Shanghai Municipal Police officer and a man and a woman posing. Spectators at the race track. A few of them seated and a few of them standing. Horses racing on the track. Men and women standing at the base of a flight of steps to a building. Jockeys mounted on horses escorted by their owners through the crowd. View of two women. A Sikh policeman and a Chinese Sergeant, both armed, at the entrance gate to the Shanghai Race Club complex. Several people beside the gate. Several persons sitting in rickshaws outside the race track.
A documentary on a helicopter school in France. The entrance to a helicopter school. A helicopter in flight over the entrance. A board at the entrance reads 'Base Ecole 725'. A number of helicopters parked in the school compound. An instructor with the students beside a helicopter. The instructor with a student in a helicopter lifts off. The helicopter in flight through the ranges of the French Alps. The helicopter lands on a snow covered area in the Alps. The helicopter in flight by the mountain ranges.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and other officials in Midway Island during Vietnam War. An aircraft parked on an airfield and a truck beside the aircraft. Three howitzers in saluting battery firing in the background. The truck moves away from the aircraft. Two officers stand and salute. The United States Marines Corps band in the background. The U.S. Honor Guards at present arms. The United States Joint Services Color Guard in view. The Commanding Officers of various Honor Guards standing at attention. The U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard at present arms in the background. A Gooney bird sitting on the runway, trying to fly. An Air Force I back up aircraft coming in for landing. Men on tractors in view. The aircraft taxiing behind the fuel tanker. The Presidential aircraft Air Force I taxiing towards the parking area. The crowd gathered in view. The Honor Guards at attention in the background. The Air Force I taxiing. Officers standing near the parking area. A Marine officer standing before the Army and the Marine officers. The Marine Guards come to attention. The ramp is brought to the door of the aircraft. The Presidential seal on the aircraft. Officers standing at the base of the steps of the ramp. U.S. President Richard Nixon, Secretary of State William P Rogers, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command Admiral John S McCain, Jr., Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird debark from the aircraft. The Commanding Officer greeting the officials. President Nixon and the Commanding Officer followed by the other officials walking away from the aircraft. President Nixon mounting the speaker's stand facing the Honor Guards. The Honor Guard comes to present arms. The United States Marine Corps band playing. President Nixon standing at attention on the stand.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island during the Vietnam War. President Nixon standing with an officer on an airfield. A Pan American aircraft taxiing on the airfield. The aircraft taxiing into a parking area. A crowd gathered on the airfield. President Nixon and naval officer walking towards the ramp of the aircraft. A group of station officers in white uniforms beside the aircraft. President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu and other officials debarking from the aircraft. President Nixon greeting the officials at the base of the ramp. People taking pictures of the event. President Nixon and President Thieu with the officials walking away from the aircraft. President Nixon introduces American officials to President Thieu. President Thieu shakes hands with the officials. The Presidents talking. The officials standing beside them. Both the Presidents get on to a speaker's stand to receive honors. The Presidents standing at attention on the stand. Honor guards coming to present arms. U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guards present arms. A band master directing a U.S. Marine Corps band. The station officers saluting. President Nixon and President Thieu leave the stand to inspect the honor guards. The Presidents with a U.S. Marine Corps officer inspecting the honor guards.
Newsreel clip on baseball's 1962 All-Star Game in Washington -- the first of two played that year. View of new D.C. Stadium packed to capacity for the game. A woman wearing a hat with '1962 All Star Game' written on it. U.S. President John F. Kennedy, a known baseball fan, throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Game begins, scoreless for five innings. In the sixth, Hall of Famer Stan Musial hits a single to right field. Maury Wills comes in to run for him, steals second, then scores on a hit by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dick Groat. President Kennedy and officials seated near him cheer. Groat scores on an infield hit. Racially mixed crowd watches the action. Billy Moran and Rich Rollins of the American League get hits, then Roger Maris of the Yankees hits a long blast to deep center field -- but Willie Mays catches it against the center field wall. Kennedy, wearing sunglasses and smiling, munches on some peanuts. In the seventh, Wills gets on base, advances from first to third on a single, and scores sliding into home on a fly ball in foul territory. Announcer notes Kennedy stayed until the end of the game. Mays catches the final out in center field. The National League wins the game 3-1.
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