United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. President Nixon, Premiere Zhou Enlai, Dr Henry Kissinger, First Lady Patricia, Secretary of State William Rogers, and others visit Flower Fort Park. The party steps in a boat at the pier on West Lake. Chinese people and children in the park. The party moves on to a pier of West Lake, beside a boat. Press photographers and servicemen at the venue. Dan Rather is seen among them.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady, Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. President Nixon, Premiere Zhou Enlai, Dr Henry Kissinger, First Lady Patricia and other dignitaries visit a Flower Fort Park in Hangchow. The party poses for a group photograph. Various members of the U.S. delegation are seen.
First U.S. soldiers discharged from U.S. Army at a separation center toward end of World War 2. The soldiers exit a bus and enter a army facility at Fort McPherson in East Point, Georgia. They confirm their earned service points after 5 years of service, and and prepare to leave. Sergeant Ronald Stroud with 132 service points hands over papers to an officer as he leaves the army. He returns his uniform and gear to quartermasters. Stroud being given a pay check worth 1400 dollars. (World War II period).
Teams compete for fun in bicycle polo matches at Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines before outbreak of World War 2 in the Pacific. Teams of men, distinguished by their costumes, play bicycle polo. Some teams wear distinctive hats. Others wear different colored hats or shirts. One teams even wears womens' dresses for its uniform. As the matches progress, bicycles are left strewn on the lawn, many with bent wheels and other damage. Spectators watch from lawn chairs and from a clubhouse on the edge of the parade grounds. A refreshment tent contains Liquor bottles on a table. A man holding a glass smiles and poses.
Warship in the Dardanelles, Turkey. The Turkish battle cruiser Yavuz. The Turkish fort at Hellespont. Several small working boats with dark sails. Several fast moving cutters underway in U.S. coastal waters.
A sign identifies the "XVIII Airborne Corps Sport Parachuting Club" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Members of the club are seen standing at an operations counter inside the building. Each of them wears a patch with the club logo. A large open air stadium is seen where the Army Skydiving Team will perform. Paratroop members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team walking to an Army AT-19 aircraft. view of the aircraft in flight and of the pilot at the controls. Army Team members seated in the cabin of the airplane. View of large open area below with markings on the ground. Below, men sit near signal panels used to convey information to the jumpers.The first jumper signals to the copilot who signals back. The jumper goes out and free-falls. On the ground, signal panels call for various maneuvers which the trooper performs. Spectators look upwards to see the maneuvers. View from the plane, as the jumper opens his chute and steers toward a target marked on the field, which he hits perfectly. Another jumper leaves the airplane and repeats the process. View from the jumper of his altimeter. His chute opens and we see the ground target from his viewpoint. He lands.