A horse driven carriage escorted by royal guards carrying a Japanese dignitary passes over the Nijubashi Bridge inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Japan. A horse-drawn carriage moves inside the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Honor guards salute to United states Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Patricia Nixon, as they exit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after visiting Emperor Hirohito. Vice President Nixon and Pat Nixon enter a waiting a car, during their stop in Tokyo on their Far East trip in the fall of 1953.
A German documentary about ten-year-old piano prodigy Richard Korbel. He is shown as a typical young boy who enjoys ordinary activities and play. Korbel is seen at home. He is lying on the floor drawing and coloring at his home. He plays marbles outdoors. He roller skates. Posters advertising his Carnegie Hall concert are seen. He plays piano at Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, United States) in Manhattan in New York. Once he finishes the audiences applauds in appreciation and he bows in response.
People wave to celebrate the victory over Japan ("V-E Day") in the second world war, as they stand by a street corner in North Platte, Nebraska. Police officers and their families move in a procession through the middle of the road. Two officers drink champagne to celebrate the Victory over Japan day in World War 2. A man and a kid riding on a horse back and holding a flag of United States pass by a street amidst heavy traffic. Cops sit in the middle of a road and drink.
After the division of Berlin, workers in the eastern part of the city protest against the Communist regime. Workers protest on streets by setting ablaze various parts of the city of East Berlin. Police arrest a number of protesters and Soviet military tanks roll on roads to control the situation. Communist flag torn down from Brandenburg Gate by protestors. With support from Marshall plan the people of West Berlin start rebuilding the city with the aid provided by United States and other countries. Views of the city undergoing transformation and rebuilding following World War II.
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.
Thomas Schelling, a Professor of Economics with specialization in arms control at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Close up of clock tower at Harvard. View of Harvard Yard and statue of John Harvard with students nearby. Tom Schelling smokes a pipe while walking through Harvard Yard. Professor Tom Schelling teaching a class at Harvard. View of outside of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard. Tom Schelling compiles newspaper cuttings and goes through papers at the Center for International Affairs. Tom Schelling on a flight. View of airplane wing and propeller through passenger window. Wide shot of Rand Corporation in California. View of Capitol Building in Washington D.C. from a moving car. Wide shots of Pentagon Building in Arlington Virginia as Tom Schelling arrives at the Pentagon parking lot via taxi and climbs the steps to enter the Department of Defense at the Pentagon. As an adviser to the United States, Schelling participates in a meeting with military officers to discuss issues of national defense and arms control. Professor Schelling at his home with his family in Lexington, Massachusetts near the town green where the American Revolutionary War began. Thomas Schelling walks with his wife, Corinne Tigay Saposs, and their four sons, Robert Schelling, Daniel Schelling, Tom Schelling Jr., and Andrew Schelling. At night he is seen recording lectures and articles with the help of a tape recorder.
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