Ceylon (1941)

[Music] hearing Columbo grandest city of seon the elegant Town Hall after evolves the official life of Columbo [Music] gface Hotel a famous hostelry where Traders bargain for the wealth of seon and where a modern swimming pool indicates the luxuries provided for guests who gather here from all over the [Music] Earth more Priceless than panop elephants and gold mines is the far fed celon te tropical Estates bear for of tea trees near nelia where steep to goodness in a showering sunlight tomel girls pick the precious [Music] crop after the field workers have obtained an accounting their output is boxed and forwarded to a storage Warehouse where the Bony Estates are repacked in smaller lead lined packages an immense we Warehouse on slave Island in byra Lake is a converting plant for a wide area most of its output goes to [Music] London an ox card goes to town with the Exquisite indifference of the Far East old and new methods contrast in the fabulous tea [Music] industry ancient glory of the Tamil race reposes in the city of Candi the tames lost their power to the British in 1812 the Temple of the tooth guarded by the replica of sacred elephants the temple is one of the showplaces of Candi nearby is the public library that once was the throne room and glamorous Court of the Candia Kings on the balcony of the library a Buddhist priest meditates in prayer [Music] pakado the most romantic region of silon with bamboo homes of the jewel diggers who search out Treasures that have been hidden in the Earth for centuries Priceless gems that are the objects of keen Superstition and of gambling for high [Music] state in wet gravel beds that must be drained before mining underground rivulets running through the ages have rolled and Polished a million Pebbles to form seon's precious [Music] stone on a day fixed by astrology material is hoisted to the surface in baskets and what at first appears to be just muck is Washed by hand until all the clay is gone Gods stand by watching every move to see that none of the hall is pilfered and that the newly mind stones are properly prepared for the important mill work to follow an uncut Stone reveals little of the slumbering fire in its heart but when an expert saws the same Stone he fashion the sharp prisms that truly reflect the gorgeous Radiance that Delights the jewel Pit's [Music] owner native selin in the famous alwis plant shaping a rough blue sapphire stone with an old bowering grinder in order to radiate its elegant luster and [Music] color the final polishing operation must give lasting Brilliance to attract the eyes of the jewel traders who come from many lands and to Fascinate the ultimate purchase [Music] mine owner de alwi displays gems to puni singho a wealthy Trader who exalts at $60,000 in rare merchandise including the Star Sapphire with penetrating light points and bluish [Music] depths the cat's eye that resembles an opening and closing eye when moved around aquamarine like the depths of the sea a yellow Sapphire shining in the light the undying Jewel 1,000 years old has been part of many lives gem sow live for generations with unfailing [Music] beauty a way back when man was only a treasure in the heart of his God the rugged mountains of Veda became a background for the most mysterious people in all the races of man an expedition leaving kokun arva to photograph the Vets along the jungle track is discovered a cool water hole where a herd of water buffalos gather an impromptu hunt to provide buffalo meat for the Safari of the camera hunters and their long line of native carriers advised by Drums of the approaching Expedition the veters often ConEd as one of the Lost tribes of civilization come forth to greet the visitors the S of the Jungle introduces the tribe to civilization an unusual ual formality that calls for excited tribal pver young Veta with the eyes of an eagle and Wilderness women with face and physique rivaling their sisters of [Music] station patiently waiting to see the Wonders and the bags of Tricks brought to the world preparing to hand out Goodwill gifts a most important important preliminary in the [Music] wild the are a mystery because unlike most jungle and unlike white men they have no regard for money and highly prize simple trinkets both men and women have straight hair and while they live in huts and Hunt their food many are actually handsome and display both energy and intelligence in primi feed on game and wild honey and mothers carry their young on their back [Music] with childlike pleasure they regard the gifts to them even a small mirror is a man-made wonder surpassing the marvels of nature home life of the vs is simple children are born as naturally as fruit on the trees there are no gas or electric bills and no installments to pay on the car or radio solve their housing problems with nests in trees resembling white nests thousands of black ants all live in one of these nests a ver war rber of more determination than Grace with that ants nest close by the tacorian gentleman would seem to be in danger of ants in their pants if they had any [Music] pants the Trek back to Colombo Homewood bound through deep forest and sparkling stream with stirring memories of be willing cilon an island Untold riches and ancient Kings of Scenic charm and a lost tribe of bronzed Apollos who fight with wild beasts for control of the jungle