The city of Nha Trang in Vietnam. View of the city. Vehicles parked outside a temple entrance. A van leaves the area. Modern buildings in the commercial district. Elaborate houses and hotels. The Nana Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. A swimming pool in a hotel. Other buildings and shacks. A local marketplace. Locals in conical hats sell fruits and vegetables such as bananas and durians. Men and women in shacks and stalls in the market. A young boy stands on a rock structure.
Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visits Cambodia. Mrs Kennedy feeds the royal elephants. She tours the exotic landmarks of Thailand and Cambodia.
U.S. bomber aircraft drop bombs on Vietcong positions in North Vietnam. They blast railroad lines, power stations, supply camps and enemy convoys. They drop bombs on airstrips and river banks in Thailand. (Vietnam War period).
A man (implied by narrator to be a Communist) speaks to large crowd of men in an unidentified country. Narrator speaks of him as stirring up trouble and spreading the message of communism (during "red scare" timeframe in U.S.) Mobile unit truck of the United States Information Service (USIS) on the road to show (pro United States education and propaganda) USIA motion pictures. Citizens seated for watching USIA films on motion picture projector. Two local men work as projectionists. Faces of audience members as they watch the film on the screen. Man checks the reel of motion picture. Film of USIS starts. American and Thai officials riding on elephants cross a river in Thailand. American diplomatic officials talk with Thai officals seated around a table, planning anti-Communist information campaigns. They ride on horses in a rural area. They cross jungle areas on horse back. An American official wearing a suit and bow tie addresses a group of uniformed Thai officials. Maps on wall.
Opening scene shows formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. View of bombardier at bomb sight inside a bomber. Bombs falling from the aircraft, upon the Chinese city of Shanghai, on a day in September, 1937. Ground level view of bomb exploding and Chinese civilians running for cover. A huge explosion throwing earth up. Aerial view of smoke rising from bomb strikes below. More ground views of bombs destroying structures. Chinese people fleeing across a bridge. Cluster of bombs falling from a Japanese airplane. More explosions and destruction. view from a G3M bomber, of others with bombs falling from them. View from above of civilians filling a street as they run for shelter. People on the ground rushing in all directions. Some are in horse-drawn carriages with luggage on top and other in rickshaws, apparently fleeing the city altogether. Bombing victims lying on the ground near destroyed structures. Heavy dark smoke rising from the attacks. Scene shifts to Japanese army officers entering the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. Behind them is A Shinto Tori (Gate) and behind that, the monument (statue) of Omura Masujiro. Scene shifts again, to view of the Temple of Heaven, an ancient Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Peking (Beijing) China. Chinese agriculture. Crowds of Chinese people. Stone statue of traditional Chinese lion. Picture of 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, of Washington crossing the Delaware. Drawing of 15th century ship similar to one in Columbus'1492 voyage to America. Drawing of Roman Empire era building. Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. Drawing of ancient Egyptian pyramid and statue. Drawing of Chinese city and environs representing 4 thousand years ago. Extant ancient Chinese shrines and statues. Animated Relief map of China and surrounding countries of U.S.S.R., India,Burma,Thailand, Indo-China, Philippines, and Japan. Animation outlines China Proper. It also shows Manchuria and scenes from there of desolate mountainous land, with miners at work extracting raw materials. Mongolia and Sinkiang are outlined. The Gobi desert is seen with a long camel caravan crossing it. Closeup of nomads transporting animal skins by camel. The last region outlined is Tibet. The ice covered Himalayan mountains are shown. Buddhist monks praying in the courtyard of a shrine in Tibet. The Yellow, Si Kiang, and Yangtze Rivers are shown on the map. Views of Chinese sailing vessels.
The plight of South East Asian refugees, with focus on role of international organizations in Europe. Host Alexander speaks about increasing number of refugees since 1975. Victor Palmieri, U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, is interviewed. He speaks about international aid to keep refugees alive. Camp area of refugees. Refugees are sent to other camps of other countries. Refugees in camp. Alexander speaks about that lucky refugees who are resettled into US, China, Canada, Australia and France and others remain in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
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