- Title: VM-151
- Summary: ONE SMALL STEP: REPORT ON PRESIDENT NIXON'S HISTORIC VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. FOREIGN RELATIONS.
- Description:00:21:35 - MARCHING SOLDIERS, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1972. 00:21:50 - PRESIDENT'S PLANE, AIR FORCE ONE. SPIRIT OF 76' ON TARMAC AT PEKING AIRPORT. CAMERAMEN 00:22:00 - PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI MEETS RICHARD & PAT NIXON. 00:22:29 - NIXONS GO DOWN RECEIVING LINE 00:22:44 - CHINESE MILITARY BAND PLAYING "STAR SPANGLED BANNER". PANS TO NIXONS LISTENING 00:23:19 - LOW ANGLE U.S. FLAG ON FLAG POLE 00:23:23 - CHINESE SOLDIERS CIRCA 1972 00:23:26 - LOW ANGLE CHINESE FLAG 00:23:30 - POV DRIVING PAST CURIOUS CHINESE SPECTATORS 00:23:38 - POV DRIVING DOWN LONG AVENUE OF POPLAR TREES, PAST PAGODA STYLE BUILDING. PEOPLE LINED ON STREETS. MOTORCADE 00:24:00 - BICYCLE RIDERS, PEOPLE ON FOOT, BUSES, IN SQUARE 00:24:10 - HUGE PICTURES OF COMMUNIST LEADERS STALIN & KHRUSHCHEV ON BUILDING WALL. 00:24:14 - NIXON MEETS MAO TSE-TUNG WITH DR. KISSINGER. 00:24:54 - DINNER FOR THE NIXONS. STATE BANQUET AT GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE. EATING WITH CHOP STICKS. 00:25:20 - NIXON READS QUOTES FROM MAO TSE-TUNG. 00:25:50 - CITIZENS READING PEKING NEWSPAPER REPORTS ABOUT NIXON VISIT 00:26:02 - HUGE POSTER OF MAO TSE-TUNG ON WALL OF PEKING OPERA HOUSE. ZOOMS OUT. 00:26:06 - BALLET PERFORMANCE. POLITICAL PLAY 00:26:33 - CURTAINS CLOSING ON STAGE 00:26:35 - STANDING OVATION. 00:26:50 - MEETING BETWEEN NIXON & PREMIER CHOU 00:27:07 - STANDING SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM. PAT NIXON VISITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CHILDREN RECITE LESSONS ON BLACKBOARD. BOY RECITES MULTIPLICATION TABLES 00:27:40 - CU CUTTING RED MEAT. MRS. NIXON IN KITCHEN OF PEKING HOTEL WITH CHEFS. 00:27:54 - CU CHEF PREPARING DISH IN WOK, CHINESE COOKING 00:28:11 - PEKING ZOO: PANDAS. TONS OF PEOPLE LEAN OVER RAILS AT ZOO. 00:28:41 - INDOOR SPORTING EVENT: MEN MARCHING WITH HUGE RED FLAGS IN GYMNASIUM-GYM. WOMEN FOLLOW. SPECTATORS CLAP. 00:29:12 - INDOOR PING PONG TOURNAMENT. 00:29:23 - CU DRINKING TEA. 00:29:31 - MALE GYMNAST ON HORIZONTAL BAR 00:29:37 - CU SHADOWED PROFILE OF NIXON CLAPPING 00:29:40 - MALE CHINESE TUMBLERS FLOOR EVENT 00:29:46 - CLAPPING CHINESE SPORTS FANS 00:29:48 - CLOSING CEREMONIES BAND 00:30:02 - NIXON VISITS GREAT WALL OF CHINA. CU CHINESE TOURISTS 00:30:49 - POV DRIVING TOWARD & THROUGH TUNNEL IN WALL. MAO POSTER ON ARCHWAY. SNOWING. COMES OUT IN FORBIDDEN CITY 00:31:03 - SNOWY PARK. BICYCLE RIDER, PEOPLE WALKING 00:31:07 - POV LOOKING OUT CAR WINDOW AT MEN RIDING BICYCLES TOWING WHEELED CARTS IN SNOW. 00:31:11 - PEOPLE SHOVELING SNOW. PRIMITIVE TOOLS & EQUIPMENT. BROOMS. HUNDREDS CLEANING SNOW 00:31:30 - NIXON TOURS THE FORBIDDEN CITY. LOOKING AT TREASURES FROM GOLDEN AGE. 00:31:47 - CU EAR STOPPERS ON STATUE. EAR PLUGS 00:32:17 - NIXON & LION STATUE 00:32:51 - VISITING HANG-CHOU (HANGZHOU?). WALKING THROUGH PARKS OF WEST LAKE. 00:33:21 - PAT LISTENS PROUDLY AS NIXON GIVES SPEECH AT DINNER 00:33:56 - AMERICAN & CHINESE FLAGS HANGING SIDE BY SIDE. 00:34:01 - PLANE TAXIS ON RUNWAY U.S. & CHINESE FLAGS 00:34:11 - CU YOUNG CHINESE SOLDIER 00:34:13 - NIXONS IN SHANGHAI. 00:34:31 - CU CURIOUS CHINESE PEOPLE ALONGSIDE ROAD 00:34:35 - NIXONS VISITING SHANGHAI EXHIBITION 00:35:15 - CU MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN CASE. 00:35:19 - CHINESE WOMEN DANCING WITH STRING TOYS 00:35:57 - NIXON & CHINESE DIPLOMATS EATING DINNER. SEEN THROUGH SATELLITE. BANQUET 00:36:10 - CHINESE DIPLOMAT GIVES SPEECH. 00:36:35 - NIXON GIVES END OF VISIT SPEECH 00:36:46 - MONTAGE IMAGES OF VISIT 00:36:59 - HUGE ELEPHANT STATUES 00:37:08 - MALE CHINESE GYMNAST ON POMMEL HORSE VAULT 00:37:10 - CUTE LITTLE PANDA SITTING EATING 00:37:13 - CU CHINESE SOLDIER 00:37:15 - CHINESE BICYCLE RIDERS 00:37:16 - CU YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN HOLDING BABY 00:37:20 - CHINESE TOASTING NIXONS 00:37:24 - NIXONS AT PLANE ENTRANCE WAVING GOODBYE 00:37:26 - COMMERCIAL PLANE FLYING
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1972
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-151