embassy, near tchaikovsky street. this is the moscow river.t was taken from the top of the residents of the british and faster. the britishof ambassador. after stalin died they released travel instructions -- travel restrictions and they started to travel. he loved to photograph cars and trucks. they were not big on motorized safety, people writing on the tops of things. [laughter] >> and still come a lot of horses as well. dr. smith: yes, you can still see horse-drawn carriages once you got out of the center of the city. >> do you have a sense in the films he shot, did he come back and watch them later? dr. smith: i know he went through his slides because among them i found annotations he made from 1966, that he was trying to put them back in order. that is 15 years later he was looking at them. to what extent, i do not know. in may of 1953 from the new ewa on tchaikovsky street -- skinew embassy on checkoff , a raceikovsky street going on with bullhorns. i have asked friends and rush out what those flags are with an airplane emblem and nobod

embassy building on tchaikovsky street with his bell and howell 16mm camera filming. the building behind manhoff is the ukraine hotel, which is under construction. steve: this is him in uniform. why was he stationed in the soviet union? donald: martin was born and raised in seattle, and he went to the university of washington. he was in rotc there. he was d-day plus 4, and after the war, he was trained in military intelligence, both here in washington, d.c., and in monterey, california, where he learned russian, and was sent to the soviet union to be the assistant attache at the u.s. embassy in 1952. steve: how did he meet his wife, jan? donald: they were both from seattle and went to the university of washington and were both art majors. jan did a lot of painting and drawing while in the soviet union. here they are their apartment in moscow. they have the zenith shortwave radio behind them so they could tune in american news, and they had that little kitty that they adopted, like a lot of american diplomats did. steve: and we have the balcony, where the film was shot

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. >> i love classical music, tchaikovsky, it makes me feel alive. >> reporter: but just two years intoer beloved father, who had always encouraged her to play music, had passed away. >> i kind of rea >> reporded. i didn't have a purpose. i didn't feel like i had a purpose for being a musician or anything. so that turned into oh, can i sleep on your couch? and that eventually i got really guilt-ridden. so all i had was this car was a subaru. that was my home for a while. i spent thanksgiving in that car, and i remember i cried myself to sleep. >> reporter: lizzo says surviving these rough times motivated her to make music again, and with few options, she answered an ad off of craigslist. >> it was this band looking for a singer. >> reporter: craigslist? >> yeah. okay, i'm going to say i was a singer. >> reporter: but she didn't know she was a singer. >> you're a singer. you're not a rapper. thanks. because, honey, i could not sing so i jusent forit theyplay a was singing like full throttle, no technique, no intonation, no control. by the end of it, i was like -- and i was looking around

andprogram was shostakovich tchaikovsky, but it ended with "stars & stripes forever" as an encore. was wondering if you came across it in your research could jonathan: -- your research. jonathan: the tour's i looked at where the tours sponsored by the u.s. government. did it have government -- >> it was the reagan gorbachev era. there were many similar musical 1980's,uring the late and of the cold war. i think that would be worthy of another chapter in your next book. [laughter] jonathan: my next book is on jazz musicians, but that is a good suggestion. this is about the rostropovich tour in 1990. at the inn of the book, i look at the new york philharmonic trip to north korea. i do look at that, i think that was 2008. i also look at the trips to china by the philadelphia orchestra and boston symphony. the rostropovich experience i am sure would be worth knowing more about your -- about. >> they reflect the times, they don't change foreign policy. jonathan: that is a good point. the rhetoric of government officials and musicians would lead one to think they were trying to be transfo

watch a tickertape parade honoring pianist dan clyburn, -- van clyburn, who had recently won a tchaikovsky competition that was held in moscow a few weeks earlier. cheers cascaded down on clyburn as the parade snaked its way up broadway. america's newest celebrity was sitting in the backseat of an open car waving to people, , blowing kisses to the crowd. women were reaching out to try to touch him. in moscow, a few weeks earlier, premier nikita khrushchev saw what was to be an enthusiastic participant in this emerging clyburn affair. millions of americans saw the way he playfully chatted. pianist.young they developed a nice relationship. the russian leader even famously gave clyburn a bear hug. when the pianist got back to the united states, clyburn mania swept the country. he was invited to the white house to meet with dwight eisenhower. it must be said, dwight eisenhower had no interest in classical music. when his press secretary was asked whether clyburn would play during the visit, he said, i don't think so, and he did not. people read accounts of clyburn's every move in newspapers an

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. >> tchaikovsky doesn't expect his violin concerto to only be played by russians.lay all the good music, because that's how we learn about each other. >> reporter: and, orchestrate harmony. adriana diaz, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. br o'donnell: what an incredible gift. and we'll be right back. (mom) were you planning on mowing the lawn today? [thunder] (son) no. (burke) saved by the bolt. seen it. covered it. at farmers insurance, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ (vo) get a quote today. so the whole world looks different. the unbeatable strength and speed of advil liqui-gels. what pain? >> o'donnell: on tomorrow's "cbs evening news," an emotional story from steve hartman. how family, friends, and a school made a dying man's wish come true. and that is tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell in washington. what a day it has been. we'll see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs tom steyer: no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. so,

embassy near tchaikovsky , street. steve: this is what? donald: this is the moscow river.at was taken from the top of the residence of the british ambassador. so when they got there, there were only a handful of cities that they could visit, and after stalin died they released travel restrictions and they started to travel. steve: a lot of trucks. donald: he loved to photograph cars and trucks. they were not big on motorized safety, people riding on the tops of things. [laughter] steve: and still come a lot of horses as well. donald: yes, you can still see horse-drawn carriages once you got out of the center of the city. steve: do you have a sense of the films he shot? did he come back and watch them later? donald i know he went through : his slides because among them i found annotations he made from 1966, that he was trying to put them back in some sort of order. that is 15 years later he was looking at them. i do not know to what extent he enjoyed the viewing. steve: when did this take place? donald: this is in may of 1953 from the new embassy on street, some sort of a r

tchaikovsky.years into college, lizzo dropped out. her beloved father, who had always encouraged her to play music, had passed away. >> i kind of really gave up. >> reporter: because you missed your dad? >> just because i was depressed. i didn't have a purpose. like i didn't feel like i had a purpose for being a musician or anything. so that turned into, oh, can i sleep on your crouch? then i got really guilt ridden, so all i had was this car. it was a subaru. that was my home. i spent thanksgiving in that car and i remember i cried myself to sleep. >> reporter: lizzo says surviving these rough times motivated her to make music again, and with few options she answered an ad off of craigslist. >> it was a band looking for a singer. >> reporter: craigslist? >> yeah. and i was going to be like, okay, i am going to say i am a singer. >> reporter: she didn't know if she could pull it off. >> people are like now you are a singer, you are not a rapper. i am like, thanks, because, honey, i could not sing.