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CU PEASANT FARMER DROPPING SEED INTO PLOWED SOIL, ONE AT A TIME. YOUNG FARMER WALKS IN FRONT OF OXEN DRIVEN PLOW, TOWARDS CAMERA. FARMER HOLDS PLOW IN PLACE AS HE FOLLOWS OXEN. LITTLE GIRL WITH POLE IN HAND LEADS OXEN, PAN TO OXEN AND FARMER BEHIND PLOW. CU FACE SHOT SWEATING, EXHAUSTED FARMER WEARING COWBOY HAT. VOICE OVER, IT'S A RICH LAND, BUT ALL ITS RICHES ARE BOUGHT UP BY FOREIGNERS. AS TO THE MASTERS OF THE GROUND, THEIR LOT IS DIRE POVERTY".

MS SHIRTLESS LITTLE GIRL SCOOPS TRAY OF WATER FROM BARREL, POURS IT OVER HER HEAD. LITTLE NATIVE BOY FATHER ATTEND CATTLE IN FIELD. BOTH WEAR SAME COLORFUL SHIRTS, HATS. MS DISHEVELLED IDLE NATIVE MAN, HARDENED, WRINKLED FACE, LOOKS OLDER THAN HE IS, SITTING ON GROUND, TILT DOWN TO HANDS. "OLD AGE COMES EARLY HERE, UNEMPLOYMENT COMES EVEN EARLIER". HE STANDS UP JUST AS LATE MODEL CAR CIRCA 1980S) WITH AFFLUENT AMERICAN PASS BY. COUPLE WITH LATINO CADDY, PLAYING GOLF. WOMAN TEES OFF, WALKS OFF, WAVES TO CAMERA, CADDY TAGS BEHIND WITH CLUBS. GOLF CART WITH TWO WOMEN, TOWARDS CAMERA.
00 48 00 VARIOUS VIEWS LATINO SERVANT (?) TAKING AMERICAN KIDS FOR HORSEBACK RIDE.
WEALTHY AMERICAN FAMILIES AMERICAN. LS ZOOM IN LARGE HOME OF WEALTHY AMERICANS.

B/W FILM OF ANASTRASIO SOMOZA, RULED NICARAGUA FROM 1936 UNTIL HIS
ASSASSINATION ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1956. AMERICAN PRESIDENT ONCE SAID, "I AGREE HE (SOMOZA) IS A SON OF A BITCH, BUT HE'S OUR SON OF A BITCH". CU SHOTS SOMOZA (B/W).
VARIOUS SHOTS SOMOZA NATIONAL GUARD FIGHTING REBELS IN STREETS GRAPHIC)."THEY SHOT PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR PLUNDER". VARIOUS CRUDE GRAVES. ALONG SIDES OF ROADS AND IN GARDENS OF HOMES, SOME WITH PHOTOS OF YOUNG REBELS. MS MOTHER RELATES STORY OF SON CAPTURED, TORTURED AND KILLED BY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN. CU PHOTOS ON GRAVE.

PARADE OF YOUNG FREEDOM FIGHTERS WITH SIGNS AND BANNERS, AFTER SANDINISTA REBELS WERE VICTORIOUS IN NICARAGUA. MS PAN SAD FACES OF WOMAN WATCHING PARADE, WHO LOST FAMILY MEMBERS DURING REVOLUTION. MORE PHOTOS. ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD IN MINAGUA, CELEBRATING VICTORY. B/W FILM OF FIGHTING DURING REVOLUTION. YOUNG WOMEN WITH RIFLES JOIN MEN MARCHING INTO CITY.

PAN SANDINISTA MEN AND WOMEN STAND AT ATTENTION, RECITE SLOGANS, SING PATRIOTIC SONGS, AT MONUMENT TO POET AND AUTHOR, CARLOS FONSECA AMADORA, WHO WAS FAVORITE OF SANDINO AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN 1976.

MCU YOUNG MALE SCOLLORLY LOOKING TEACHER SPEAKING TO YOUNG STUDENTS "70%
OF THE NICARAGUANS COULDN'T READ OR WRITE.....". CU YOUNG BOY SHINING SHOES LOOKS INTO CAMERA. PAN LINE OF SHOE SHINE BOYS SHINING SHOES." WAR HAS LEFT BEHIND 48,000 ORPHANS". "THEY NEVER HELD BOOKS IN THEIR HANDS, NOBODY EVER TAUGHT THEM TO READ". CU MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG SHOE SHINE BOYS POSING AS THEY WORK. SANDINISTA SOLDIER WITH RIFLE SLUNG ON BACK, GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE DIRECTIONS. MCU YOUNG MALE STUDENT WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA WITH PARROT ON SHOULDER, BACK PACK. YOUNG MEN HIKING THROUGH JUNGLE ONE WITH GUITAR AND BACK PACK, ARRIVE AT OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND GREETED BY OTHERS.
ALL GATHER AROUND ELDERLY MAN WHO PLAYS GUITAR, SINGS. CU FACE SHOT ELDERLY MAN WITH BASEBALL CAP, SINGING. TILT DOWN TO HANDS ADEPTLY FINGERING STRINGS.
ethnic music.

LS SKY FULL OF CIRCLING, NOISY BIRDS (VULTURES ?).

SANDINISTAS WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS PATROL THE COUNTRYSIDE. PAN JUNGLES OF NEIGHBORING HONDURAS. VOICE OVER, "SOMEBODY IS HELPING SAMOZO'S RUNAWAYS AND GIVING THEM MONEY......", "IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF IT DOESN'T BEAR THE TRADEMARK, "MADE IN U. S. S."
PANAMA CANAL

B/W OLD FILM SHOWING MARINES HOLDING BACK PROTESTERS WITH RIFLES. PROTESTERS RUNNING FROM FIRING SOLDIERS, THROWING BACK ROCKS. VARIOUS
STREET SCENES, MARINES ATTACKING PROTESTERS WITH TEAR GAS. CIRCA 1964. PAN GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD PROTESTERS, HEADS VISIBLE UNDER SHEETS. GRAPHIC. CU FACE SHOT ELDERLY MALE PEASANT.

MLS U. S. SPONSORED "SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS" IN FORT GULEG, PANAMA", FLYING PANAMA AND U. S. FLAGS. "THE ONES WHO KILLED CHE GUEVARA IN BOLIVIA WERE TRAINED HERE". VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS TRAINING IN HIGH GRASS AT THE SCHOOL.
PARATROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANES; YELLING SOLDIERS RUNS TOWARDS CAMERA WITH BAYONET, THRUSTS IT INTO SACK.
EL SALVADOR.

VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWD HUNGRY DEMONSTRATORS IN STREET WITH BANNERS, CLIMB STEEL FENCE OF MANSION, ARE ATTACKED BY SOLDIERS FIRING THEIR WEAPONS.
DEMONSTRATORS CRAWL ALONG GROUND TRYING TO ESCAPE GUNFIRE. MAN CHECKS BODY OF WOMAN AS HE CRAWLS TO SAFETY. LARGE GROUP PEOPLE CROUCH BEHIND CEMENT WALL.
GUATEMALA

U. S. MARINE MPS, BACK TO CAMERA PEERING OUT GUANTANAMO BAY WITH BINOCULARS.
BALLISTIC MISSELS ON LAUNCHER. JET FIGHTER FLYING OVER BASE. LS U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER OFF SHORE. AMERICAN PARATROOPS EXITING HUGE CARGO PLANE AT BASE.
OLD FILM SHOWS U. S. SOLDIERS EXITING TROOP TRAIN, MARCHING THROUGH STREETS OF CUBA.
MEXICO

STATUE OF COLUMBUS CARRYING A CROSS IN HAITI, PAN TO GROUP UNEMPLOYED YOUNG MALE HAITIANS SITTING NON PARK BENCHES, IDLY LOITERING AROUND ALONG HARBOR. 60 % OF HAITIANS ARE OUT OF WORK. PAN GATED WALL OF U. S. EMBASSY WITH IDLE MAN SEATED ON GROUND AGAINST IT. CU HANDS OF IDLE WORKER, TILT UP TO YOUNG BLACK FACE. NATIVE MAN, WEARING STRAW HAT BACK TO CAMERA, SITS ON GROUND, ARMS LEANING ON FOLDED KNEES. YOUNG HAITIAN MAN SITS AND MENDS SHOES. KAN WEARING ARMY HELMET, PULLS CART , THROUGH CITY STREET, IS ASSISTED BY BOY WHO PUSHES FROM BEHIND. BUS PASSES IN B/G. PAN YOUNG PEOPLE SITING AND LYING AROUND IN SQUALOR OF CITY SLUMS. VOICE OVER,

ZOOM IN OPEN HAND ON LARGE STATUE OF A GULF SERVICE MAN OUTSIDE "GULF" GAS STATION. VARIOUS SHOTS CARGO BEING LOADED ON FREIGHTER, GRAIN BEING POURED INTO HOLD OF SHIP VIA OVERHEAD CRANE. WORKERS LOADING CARTONS GOODS ON CONVEYOR S IN PLANT. ZOOM IN ROTATING "GULF". "ESSO", "SHELL" SIGNS, AT GAS STATIONS. PAN HUGE SHELL STORAGE TANK DEPOT ALONG HARBOR, WITH OIL TANKERS AT DOCK. "THE RICHES OF THE LAND, THE MINERAL RESOURCES, THE FRUIT OF CHEAP LABOR, FLOW TO THE UNITED STATES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES......". "AMERICAN MONOPOLIES CAST SCRUPLES TO THE WIND IN THEIR HUNT FOR OIL". VARIOUS SHOTS OIL DERRICK PUMPING OIL FROM GROUND. ZOOM IN OFF-SHORE OIL PLATFORM S. CU HARD HAT WORKERS DRILLING ON PLATFORM. ZOOM IN OIL STORAGE TANKS WITH NAME "PETROLEOS MEXACANOS".

VARIOUS SHOTS FARMER WHO USED TO WORK ON PLANTATION OWNED BY SAMOZA, WALKS. ALONG WITH OTHERS, WITH OXEN-DRIVEN CART, HE NOW OWNS. RUNS
COOPERATIVE FARM. CU FARMER, SPEAKS TO CAMERA. VARIOUS SHOTS NICARAGUAN WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SITE. SURVEYOR PEERING THROUGH TRANSIT. WORKERS EATING AT CAFETERIA STYLE CANTEEN SET YUP FOR WORKERS AT FACTORY. PAN DINING AREA. VARIOUS SHOTS MEN AT WORK IN STEEL FACTORY, BUILDING HOUSES. MEN, WOMEN AT, CHILDREN USING HAMMER AND NAILS, BUILDING HOUSES. VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS DANCING AT CONSTRUCTION SITE ethnic dance, folk dance.
GROUP YOUNG ORPHAN BOYS, LED BY BOY WHO WAS ORPHANED BY THE REVOLUTION, MARCH HAPPILY TO WORK SITE, PUT ON PATRIOTIC PLAYS ABOUT THE REVOLUTION.
GROUP OF KIDS INSPIRED BY THEIR LEADER RAISE FISTS , YELL, "VIVA LA REVOLUTION".
01 221 55 CU FACE SHOT U. S. CONGRESSMAN ,JAMES WRIGHT (D-TEXAS) (SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE) AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS DELEGATION HAVING MEETING WITH SANDINISTA MEMBERS ON SUBJECT OF U. S. AID TO NICARAGUA CIRCA 1980S). HE SPEAKS. CU CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM ALEXANDER, SITS ALONGSIDE WRIGHT AS HE SPEAKS.

PAN DESKS AND CHAIRS PILED UP IN RUINS CHARRED AFTER HORRIBLE FIRE IN KINDERGARTEN. "FIRE BROKE OUT WHEN THE CHILDREN SAT DOWN FOR SUPER". BLACK NATIVE CUBAN WOMAN HOLDING CHILD IN ARMS. CU TEACHER TELLS ABOUT FIRE. CU LITTLE BOY WITH THUMB IN MOUTH.

MLS AMERICAN JEEP WITH SCREAMING SIREN SPEEDS TO REFUGEE CAMP TO PUT DOWN DISTURBANCE. WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS, FEAR ON FACE. POLICE GUARDS WITH SHOTGUNS READY TO PUT DOWN DISTURBANCE AS IT IS LEARNED THAT MANY OF BOAT LIFT WERE COMMON CRIMINALS AND OUTCASTS, SOME CHARGED WITH HEINOUS CRIMES. NEWS REPORTER TELLS ABOUT IT. ONE WAS CRIMINALLY INSANE, ADMITTEDLY MURDERED THREE PEOPLE. ANOTHER ADMITTED RAPING HIS 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE RALLY WITH PEOPLE RAISING CLENCHED FIST (COMMUNIST SYMBOLISM). CU AMERICAN TOURIST HITTING GOLF BALL. EACH HIT SOUNDS LIKE GUN FIRE. CU FACE SHOTS WHITE, BLACK NATIVES. MORE RALLIES, SLOGANS. AERIAL PAN MILLIONS AT RALLY. VOICE OVER, "A WIND OF CHANGE IS GROWING OVER THE CARIBBEAN".