China highlights, part 1, Feb 17-22, 1972: Departure, Shanghai, Peking, Tiananmen Square, ballet

Silent film. China Trip. Scenes include: Departure from White House, on Air Force One, staff and meetings (2/17/1972-2/21/1972), arrival at Hung Chiao Airport, Shanghai, arrival at Capital Airport, Peking greeting by Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Chou En-lai (2/21/1972), guest house in Peking, photos with group of the first Plenary Session (2/21/1972), “head-to-head” session, Tiananmen Square, performance of the modern revolutionary ballet, “The Red Detachment of Women” (2/22/1972).
The spelling of names and location is consistent with the entries in the Presidential Daily Diary of February 1972.
Source information:
FIle ID: HRH-38
Collection: H.R. Haldeman Super 8 Film Collection
Original format: Super 8 film
Digital transfer from original Super 8 film
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[@theodorusharyono9417]

Why doesn't the video have audio?

[@andyheller2691]

I was born one month later in March 1972. Amazing to see this!

[@johnsain]

I was in 6th grade....We read about this in our Weekly Readers.....China was a very mysterious place to us then. 30 years later, I went to live for 3 years in China as an adult.