Countries Compilation Part One - VINEGAR

Duration: 1600

Year Published: 1940

Complete Record: Black screen, words, “being entertained by French army officer en route to Indo-China.” Cut to purplish color shot of couple looking at camera on boat, cut to shot of couple sitting on deck of boat with two daughters, mother points to camera. Cut to words “Angkor-Wat, ancient Kmer capital -- the center of civilization when Paris was mud-huts. Forests and jungles overspread the loftiest towers -- a rendezvous for elephants and tigers.” Cut to pink shot of buildings, pans left, tilts down. More shots of old buildings/palace. Cut to black and white shot of buildings/ruins. Cut to shot of tree in woods, people walk under roots. Shot of giant tree, camera tilts up. Shot in woods of tall trees. Cut to shot of rocks. Cut to shot of run down stone. Cut to shot of building in woods. Cut to lighter shot of same scene. “Beautiful Bas-reliefs carved from solid rock.” Shot of carved elephants in rock. Shot of carved wall drawings. Shot of carved statue in wall. MS of roots of large tree in woods, camera shaky. Cut to closer shot of tree roots, then lighter shot of them. Cut to CU of tree roots. Camera tilts up to show more of the tree trunk. Cut to shot of lower roots, tilts up. Various shots of tree, tilting up and panning left and right. Screen cuts to black. Words “A buggy ride at Angkor.” Shot of boy driving bicycle, woman in cart riding in back, they go down street camera pans to follow. Woman looks at camera. Shot of young boys holding crosses up high. Words on screen: “Bangkok -- capital of Siam where one finds the East of one’s dreams.” LS of beautiful buildings, tilts up to top. Cut to shot from boat of other ships in water. Cut to shot of men in long row boats canoeing. LS of them going away. Shot of other boats passing by, houses along water side in background. Camera moves with boat as they all drive by. Cut to MS of little boys in front of fence. Cut to MLS of large house. MS of front door, lion statues sit in front of pillars. Shot of small boy on dirt road. Closer shot of him, wearing nothing but jewel loincloth. Shot of him running for mother’s legs. Screen black, words “Royal Palaces and Temples inlaid and overlaid with sapphires, painted procelains and gold -- costing millions.” Shot of other boats passing by, houses along water side in background. Camera moves with boat as they all drive by. Cut to MS of little boys in front of fence. Cut to MLS of large house. MS of front door, lion statues sit in front of pillars. Shot of small boy on dirt road. Closer shot of him, wearing nothing but jewel loincloth. Shot of him running for mother’s legs. Screen black, words “Royal Palaces and Temples inlaid and overlaid with sapphires, painted procelains and gold -- costing millions.” Cut to shot inside street of palaces in distance. Camera tilts up. Cut to other shot of tops of palaces, tilt up. Cut to shot in front of temple, tilts up to sky. Cut to shot of another temple, tilting up. Shot in front of temple, statue stands guard at archway. Black screen, words “Menan Rivers and Canals which serve for transportation, market places, bath-tub, food supply and sewerage.” Cut to WS of boats on canal, suddenly in color, very pink. People in the boats and houses on the sides. Closer shot panning left to show content of boats. Shot of mother and child riding by in boat. Other shots of people in boats on canal. Shot of houses on side, moving right from view of boat. Shot moving past boat with children waving. Shot from behind small boat of children. Camera shoots house on side. Shot of boat passing by. Shot coming up on houses on side, trees overhang them. POV from boat going down canal. Words on black “The magic spell of the jungle.” Cut to shot of trees in distance, still pink color. boat passes by small house. Various shots of small houses on side of canal being engulfed by jungle trees. shot of boy and man in boat. Words on black “Snake farm -- extracting venom from Cobra for serum.” Shot of man extracting venom from other man’s hand, film is pink color. Shot of snakes on ground. Man crouches by, trying to pick one up, is successful. Other man tries to pick one up. CU of snake. striking at other snake. “Force feeding the cobras who refuse food in captivity.” Shot of men force feeding cobras. Words on screen. “In the building covered with solid gold leaf is housed Buddha, carved from the largest piece of Jade in the world, decorated in gold and diamonds. It rests on a gold leaf altar 65 feet high.” LS of building, trees in foreground. Cut to shot of temple, trees in foreground. Shot from side of temple, palace in background. CU of top of building designs, bell tower in background. Shot of building with unique designs on roof, camera tilts up to shot top.