Animated earth revolving. A massive crowd gathering. World leaders such as Fidel Castro and Adlai Stevenson II making speeches in the Cold War. Politicians in glasses addresses crowd. A Chinese man reads a speech in front of a microphone, a Soviet flag is seen behind him. Journalists gather as a Soviet politician makes a passionate speech against the United States. “U.S. WANTS COLONIES” written on explosive speech bubble with a newspaper in the background. Anti-United States propaganda in various newspapers around the world. A Soviet political cartoon. Frank McGee, the narrator of the film, is seen sitting on an armchair. He places his newspaper aside and addresses the viewers urging them not to ignore the charges which he says are lies. Muskets in the forest in a dramatization of the American Revolutionary War. A rifle butt hits the ground. Musket barrels moves closer. A man blows into a barrel. Musket trigger pulling. A musket falls to the ground.
Germans retake Kaunas, Lithuania. A Nazi flag being raised on a building and war heroes being decorated. A German officer pins up medal on the uniform of the soldiers. The German troops stand in a squad and being decorated. The soldiers smile.
Mountain climbing in the Crimea. Scene opens showing new blooms on a tree, framing the slopes of a Crimean moutain covered with small trees and shrubs. A column of people is seen wending their way through the area. A group of young persons stand side-by-side in a line at the base of a rocky upslope, apparently being addressed by mountain guides. Closeup of the rock climbers, including a woman. Some carry rope looped over their shoulders. A climber stands between two rock formations, grasps a rope and begins free climbing the rock. Closeup shows the safety rope fastened under his arms and tied at his back. Closeup of his feet as he makes his way. View of him quite far up the tall rock face. Below, other climbers shield their eyes from the sun as they watch his progress. View from the top of this section of mountain, as the climber hauls himself up over the ledge. Another view of those watching from below. Next, the climber is seen rappelling down the sheer rock face using his rope to control his descent. Camera focuses on two climbers standing atop peaks of the mountain. One throws a coil of rope across to another. A climber on a peak with suspended from rope line stretched taut across open space. The town of Alupka is below, and the Black Sea in the background. The climber rides the taut line (zip-line) across to the other peak, where other await him.
Architectural monuments of Uzbekistan. Mosques and minarets. Ruins of old buildings on cliffs in the desert. Domes, arches, and a mosque surrounded by pillars. Bricks arranged in various designs. The Ismail Samani Mausoleum. Elaborate stone calligraphy on top of the Jarkurgan minaret. Medieval print from the 14th century “Genghis Khan Enthroned” by Rashid al Din. Other prints depict the ancient history of Uzbekistan: kings, soldiers fighting on horseback, shooting arrows from towers.
The Kyzylkum Desert near Samarkand, Uzbekistan. A group of travelers approach the Shah-i-Zinda (or Shakh-i Zindeh) necropolis. Stone dome of a mortuary chapel mosque in the Shah-i-Zinda. Minarets and domes of buildings. People moving along narrow streets. People climb the steps of a mosque. Interior of the mosque showing its architecture. A man dressed in Arabic clothes comes out of the mosque.
Architectural monuments of Uzbekistan. People move on a road among ruins. A barren tree. Ruins of old buildings and minarets. Tourists visit the Bibi-Khanym Mosque. A camel outside the ruins of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque. The interior of a mosque showing its architecture. Medieval Persian prints show how the arches and domes of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque were constructed. A doorway in the mosque. Workers work on the restoration of a dome. A picture shows two guards at an entrance gate. Mongol conqueror Timur facial reconstruction from skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov.
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