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President Nixon’s World Trip Reel 6, Pt 2 of 3

Reel Number: 221609-05

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1969

Country: Thailand

Location: Bangkok

TC Begins: 05:36:08

TC Ends: 05:49:54

Duration: 00:13:46

President Nixon’s World Trip Reel 6, Pt 2 of 3 Bangkok, Thailand, 28-30Jul69. POV on muddy water in canal past village huts & native boats. Monks in canoes; ornate bell tower; CU women & children. Miniature temples. Pat Nixon (not seen in boat) on tour of floating market place - good traveling shots along river past shacks & other boats - vendors inc. Buddhist monks in orange robes row past selling wares - school kids on riverbank wave Thai flags. 05:38:50 Pat Nixon on visit to Thai Red Cross Society - nurses lined up to welcome her. Pat arrives & inside on tour. 05:40:35 EXT sign ‘Snake Farm - Feeding Snakes and Extracting Venom’. EXT unid. official building. 05:41:28 Pat Nixon on visit to school for blind - basket weaving. Pat talks to little children. 05:44:15 Prime Minister’s summer home - women show Pat display of local delicacies - lychees etc.. Party moves onto jetty where women who supply fresh produce from boats present flowers to Pat. Flower arranging display. State Visits - US Presidents - First Ladies; 1960s; 1969; Ceremonial Visit; Diplomacy; Culture; Arts; Cold War;

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