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.
United States 8th Air Force Division attacks gasoline storage and munitions depot areas in Uelzen, Germany, in northeast Lower Saxony. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers fly in formation and are seen as they drop bombs to destroy targets. World War II gun camera footage shows bombs away view as bombs drop emitting a vapor trail. Bombs impact. An dramatic, enormous explosion is seen among the many explosions.
Numerous clips of German gun camera footage from Focke Wulf FW-190 fighters attacking formations of United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 bombers, of the 8th Air Force, engaged in high altitude daylight bombing missions.
German gun camera footage of United States B-24 bombers being attacked by various Focke Wulf FW 190A fighter planes during WWII. Inserted slates indicate the name of the pilot (von Hinton) and the range at which each attack commences and is broken off. Shown are FW-190 attacks on individual and formations of U.S. B-24 bombers. Attacks are both head-on and from the rear of formations. Several B-24s are severely damaged and possibly destroyed in the air. Some views show other German fighter aircraft also attacking through the same B-24 formations
United States Army Air Forces pilot fliesYR-4 Whirlaway helicopter duriing World War 2. He handles the control stick as instrument panel is seen. Helicopter lands in a grassy field. Helicopter in flight as pilot handles control stick. Whirlaway hovers over a crashed B-25J of the 83rd Bomb Squadron, 12th BG, in a grassy field.
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