The Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The British Royal Family moves out of the Buckingham palace. Honor guards in horses during the royal procession to the Westminster Abbey. The golden coach carrying Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) takes the queen to her coronation in Westminster Abbey. A large procession accompanies the Royal family to the Abbey as people throng by the roadside to cheer the family. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, also form part of the procession. At the Westminster Abbey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, administer a solemn oath to Elizabeth II. Dressed in a white garment she sits into a chair under a gold and silk canopy for benediction as she is anointed with holy oil. Elizabeth's four-year-old son, Prince Charles, watches the ceremony as his grandmother Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, explains him the proceedings. Archbishop Fisher places the St. Edwards crown onto Elizabeth's head. Elizabeth II is enthroned as the Queen of Great Britain. Royal Peers vow to the Queen and first among them is her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, Phillip. After the ceremony, the new Queen along with her family moves back to the Buckingham palace. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort the royal family back to the Buckingham Palace. A large crowd throng outside the Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Phillip along with their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, appear in a Palace gallery.
A farmer driving a tractor sprayer in the United States. The farmer parks his tractor sprayer in front of a garden shed. The farmer inspects bottles of pesticide. Safety precaution written on a pesticide bottle carry a warning that reads “DO NOT USE WITHIN 10-DAYS OF HARVEST”. Various labels and safety instructions on pesticide containers. Photographs of scientists researching on pesticide development in laboratories. An entomologist holding an insect cage to inspect specimens. A chemist inspects a petri dish. United States agricultural officials and experts deliberate as part of a pesticide’s registration process. A farmer fills a sprayer with water. A woman feeds an infant with Gerber baby food. An Afghan Hound dog eats from pet bowl. Scientists and pesticide manufacturers talk inside a laboratory. A can of Compound 776. State scientists test Compound 776 inside a laboratory. Nozzle spraying pesticide. Plant specimens are sprayed with Compound 776 pesticide during testing. A scientist taking notes while inspecting crops during a fieldwork. Another scientist spraying Compound 776 onto plants. A man with a folder labeled “Labels Compound 776” and a data book “Pesticide Petition Compound 776”. A manufacturer submits pesticide registration petition to the Department of Agriculture or the USDA. The “Application for registration of economic poisons” document. USDA Pesticides Regulation Division official examines the pesticide registration of Compound 776. The official opens the data book of Compound 776. A scientist uses rabbits for animal testing. Scientist treats a rabbit’s shaved skin with chemicals. A man visits the United States Food and Drug Authority (FDA). Pesticide manufacturer submits a pesticide registration petition to the FDA in Washington DC. An FDA officer inspects the pesticide petition. FDA scientists probe the residue levels of Compound 776 inside a laboratory. A scientist points to a graph depicting the residue data plotted against time. FDA authorities study industry data on a pesticide. Bottles, jars, and containers stored in shelves of a laboratory. Laboratory rats inside cages react to pesticide. A chemist working in a laboratory. A Federal Register journal of the United States. Camera zooms to “Food and Drug Administration” in the front page of the Federal Register. A “Notice of Registration Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act” from the USDA. Printing press printing pesticide labels. A truck transporting pesticide enters Maryland state line border. Agricultural pesticides and a weighing scale displayed in shelf.
Cars pass by a main road in North Platte Nebraska as people stand in a street corner celebrating victory over Japan during the second world war. A man burns fire crackers as crowds in the street cheer on. People on board a truck cheer to celebrate V-J Day. People holding posters with victory slogans throng the streets. Cars fill the street and a man attempts to direct traffic.
German Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist carrying a baton comes out from a building, talks briefly with U.S. Army Major General Willard S. Paul, and gets into an American half ton truck in Mitterfels,Germany, one day after his capture by American forces. The truck, with Major General Paul in the back seat, is driven away. It stops and Field Marshal von Kleist salutes Generalleutnant Josef Russwurm, Inspector of Army Signals Troops, who was also captured by the U.S. Army 26th Infantry Division. Rußwurm seen beside the truck. The truck drives away again. (World War II period)
Communist guards armed at the border of West and East Berlin. Early construction scenes of the Berlin Wall, being erected by communist East Germany to restrict entry and exit. Gardens being cleared to create death strip. Photographers taking pictures of the wall building operations are sprayed by the military with high power water hoses from armored vehicles. American tanks roll out on streets as a security measure. Aerial views of additional newly constructed barbed wire runs encircling all East Berlin. People bid sad goodbye across the wall, shaking hands and exchanging words under watchful eyes of East German guards. Woman cries as she bids farewell to another woman from across barbed wire. Communist soldiers use reflective mirrors and tear gas smoke to block wall construction and eviction of persons at border. People living near the wall on Bernauer Strasse evacuate their apartments and some jump successfully out of windows into the West Berlin side. A couple is seen jumping from their low window into West Germany. A 76-year-old woman, Frieda Schulz, is seen escaping. She is being held at the same time by east German authorities who have her arms, while a West German crowd below tugs and frees her and she falls into a waiting rescue net on the West Berlin side. Still image seen of body of Günter Litfin as it is hauled from the Spree River following a failed escape attempt. Two women shake hands over the barbed wire and say goodbye. One of the women holds a handkerchief and cries as the other woman departs. Crowd at gate of a border cemetery encourages a 21-year-old East German soldier guard to escape. The soldier defects from East Berlin and is seen climbing the cemetery fence and he jumps to safety. A newlywed couple on their wedding day in West German is seen waving tearfully to an elderly couple in a high-rise apartment building on the East Berlin side. The couple is the parents of the bride and cannot be present for her wedding.
Children in various countries at play. British boys playing soccer on muddy field surrounded by trees. Boys playing on bicycles along a paved path in an otherwise fairly barren landscape, possibly in the Middle East. Boys and hitting and catching a ball (probably in South Asia). American boys and girls pulling on a rope in a tug of war game at a park in the United States. Asian children in a school yard playground. African children seated in a circle as one runs around them in a game. An Asian boy flying a kite. Barbed wire and title of film: "In pursuit of Peace." German boys playing in mud near apartment buildings. Concrete Berlin Wall barrier nearby topped by barbed wire. An East German policemen monitoring a no man's land between East and West Germany. East German police in a guard tower at the barrier. Sound of dogs barking. Several soldiers in practice drill with an artillery piece . One armed soldier wears brown beret with crown and wreath insignia. An automobile is stopped by a sentry as it enters a military compound. A soldier in the compound wears Pakistani military insignia. Sentry checks papers of car's occupants. An Arab man looking through binoculars. His hat displays insignia badge of the Arab Legion with crown of the Hashemite Kingdom flanked by two crossed swords surrounded by a wreath. Sound of call to prayer from minaret is heard in background. View of ancient wall with statue of a woman and child in center, flanked by two outlook towers. A cross is displayed on face of wall between the statue above and an entrance way below. A soldier in steel helmet with netting, looks out over a stone wall (near time frame of Arab-Israeli Six Day War). Barbed wire and an arid valley are seen in the middle east. Two different shots of nuclear weapon test blasts or atomic bomb blasts are then seen. The first includes view of blast wave particles or shock wave approaching the camera position.
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