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USA, "THE TOWNSEND PLAN"
ELDERLY ORGANIZE FOR CONTROVERSIAL PENSION PLAN TO COUNTER DEPRESSION, WHICH PAYS EACH ELDERLY PERSON OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE 200 DOLLARS A MONTH TO BE SPENT WITHIN 30 DAYS, SO AS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
FRANCIS E. TOWNSEND PLAYS HIMSELF IN REENACTMENT OF HOW HE ORGANIZED MOVEMENT. 1936. ECONOMICS;
GOVERNMENT; SOCIOLOGY.

TWO VERY OLD WOMEN THUMBING A RIDE (HITCHHIKING) TO MEETING HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO.

CU SIGN EXPLAINING THE "TOWNSEND PLAN", BENEFITS. CU LARGE PHOTO OF FOUNDER, FRANCIS TOWNSEND

COUNTRY DOCTOR FRANCIS EVERET TOWNSAND AT HIS DESK.
REENACTMENT INVENTION OF "TOWNSEND PLAN" IN 1933 BY 66 YEAR-OLD TOWNSEND, WHILE WORKING IN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. CU TOWNSEND.

UPTON SINCLAIR AT DESK HE "EPIC PLAN" SCHEME, WHICH DROVE HIM FROM PUBLIC SCENE BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS. .

"RADIO PRIEST" FATHER COUGHLIN, FIRST PRIEST TO GO POLITICAL MAKING A SPEECH.

TOWNSEND CLIMBS INTO LIMO FOR TRIP TO WASHINGTON, IS SEEN OFF BY ELDERLY FOLLOWERS. WILDLY CHEERING CROWD GREETS TOWNSEND AS HE ARRIVES BY TRAIN, AS HIS PLAN MARCHES FROM OBSCURITY TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE.

TAXI CABS PULL UP TO COVERED ARCHWAY ENTRANCE TO TOWNSEND HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF LITERATURE BEING MASS PRODUCED ON PRESSES EXPLAINING "TOWNSEND PLAN" AND "THAT MAN TOWNSEND".

FEMALE WORKER COUNTS MONEY POURING IN FOR DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS. ELDERLY MEN WALK INTO STOREFRONT TOWNSEND CLUBS WHICH SPRING UP ALL OVER AMERICA.
ELDERLY MEN SIGNING UP.

CU TOWNSEND'S EASTERN ORGANIZER, PREACHER, PROMOTER CLINTON WONDER, IS ASKED BY REPORTER, "DO YOU THINK THIS THING WILL WORK?" WONDER SAYS GOD IS ON OUR SIDE, AND THERE ARE 18 MILLION VOTERS IN THE COUNTRY PAST THE AGE OF 50.

CU TOWNSEND ADDRESS RALLY IS ASKED, "HOW DO WE STAND ON ROOSEVELT'S ELECTION NEXT YEAR". CU AFTER LONG PAUSE AND LOTS OF LAUGHTER FROM AUDIENCE, TOWNSEND SAYS, "I'LL TELL YOU HOW I STAND, I'M GOING TO LIE DOWN ON IT".

"CENTRAL AMERICA"
DRUGS FROM HONDURAS SLIP BY COAST GUARD PATROLS, INTO UNITED STATES, THROUGH NEW ORLEANS. THE BIGGEST BOOTLEG DRUG SHIPMENT IN DECADE. IN REENACTMENT FEDERAL AGENTS SHOW HOW THEY BREAK DOPE RING FROM HONDURAS USING WIRE TAPS, UNDERCOVER AGENTS WHO INFILTRATE GANG, FIND DRUG MONEY IS USED TO BUY WEAPONS USED FOR REVOLUTION IN OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES. NARCOTICS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

AUTO INNER-TUBES, CONTAINING DRUGS, BEING DROPPED INTO WATER AT NIGHT, TO BE PICKED UP LATER, BY SMUGGLERS.

PORT OF NEW ORLEANS AS SEEN FROM COAST GUARD CUTTER.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOAT AT PIER.

SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND CHIEF OF FEDERAL POLICE FORCE OF 20,000, HENRY MORGENTHAU SITS, AT DESK WITH HAROLD M. GRAVES, DIVISION COORDINATOR, WHO SPEAKS TO MORGENTHAU ABOUT SMUGGLING PROBLEM.

CU ANSLINGER TELLS GRAVES HIS NEW LEADS LEAD TO REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS WHO HAS PURCHASED LARGE SHIPMENTS OF HEROIN FROM FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANY.

NARCOTIC AGENT POSING AS DOPE RUNNER HAS DRINKS WITH CUSTOMERS AT BAR OF SUSPECT RESTAURANT. MAKES FRIENDS. REENACTMENT

UNDERCOVER AGENT PURCHASES SUB-MACHINE WRAPPED IN BLANKET, FROM "MERCHANT".

CU NARCOTIC SUPERVISOR GREARSOM SPEAKS OVER PHONE TO UNDERCOVER AGENT. AGENT, NOW ACCEPTED MEMBER OF DRUG RING, ON PHONE IN PHONE BOOTH

AGENT SPEAKS BY PHONE, IN PHONE BOOTH, TO SUPERVISOR, TELLS OF SHIPMENT LOCATION. CU SUPERVISOR GREARSOM CALLS DISPATCH TO ALERT MEN.

COAST GUARD CUTTER WITH NARCOTIC AGENTS LIE IN WAIT AS SMUGGLERS PICK UP FLOATING INNER TUBES LOADED WITH HEROIN. CU SPOT LIGHT IS TURNED ON SMUGGLERS. CU AGENT PULLS OUT PISTOL. CU PISTOL POINTED TOWARDS CAMERA. SMUGGLERS GIVE UP AS AGENT HOLDS THEM AT BAY WITH PISTOL.

CROWD WATCH AS SMUGGLERS ARE HUDDLED INTO PADDY WAGON.

AGENTS RECORD NUMBERS ON ARSENAL OF WEAPONS CAPTURED FROM SMUGGLERS.

JAPANESE IN SAMURAI COSTUME KNEELS WITH HEAD BOWED AT RELIGIOUS SHRINE.

MONTAGE JAPANESE MEN CROWD BEFORE OUTDOOR BULLETIN BOARDS READING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

JAPANESE DIPLOMAT YOSUKI MATSUOKA, AIDES, WALKS OUT OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS AT GENEVA, 1932.

SHINTO PRIESTS RING HUGE BELL BY SWINGING LOG ON ROPES AGAINST IT.

BUSY TOKYO WITH SMOKE FROM SHIP STACKS FILLING AIR, ATTEST TO MOVING ECONOMY.

JAPANESE MOTHER WEARING TRADITIONAL KIMONO ATTENDS TO CHILD IN BED ON FLOOR.

ALL POWERFUL MILITARIST FEDEI ARAKI (?) STANDS AT DESK SPEAKING.

JAPANESE ECONOMIC DICTATOR IN MANCHUKUO, EX-DIPLOMAT, MATSUOKA, WHO WALKED OUT OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS, SITS SMOKING PIPE, LOOKING LIKE WALL STREET EXECUTIVE.

CHINESE LONGSHOREMAN STANDS ON SACKS OF WHEAT ON PALLET BEING RAISED BY WINCH AT BUSY MANCHURIAN PORT, FREIGHTER DOCKED AT PIER, CHINESE WORKERS IN FRGD.

TRAIN GOING OVER TRESTLE BRIDGE. LENGTH OF RAILROAD IS EXTENDED AT RATE. FIVE A MILES DAY

HUGE STEEL, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION SITE IN MANCHUKUO.
WORKERS IN STEEL MILL HANDLE RED HOT STEEL PIECES WITH TONGS.

FARM WORKERS PICK TALL (OVER 6 FEET) STALKS OF SPECIAL GRAIN, GALLEAN, FROM LUSH FARM IN MANCHUKUO.
IT IS USED BY NATIVES FOR BREAD TO FIREWOOD.

CU MONTAGE VARIETY OF FACE SHOTS OF CHINESE, MONGOLIAN PEASANTS. MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN.

ROWS OF MODERN BUILDING QUARTERS FOR LOWEST COOLIE LABORERS

TEENAGE GIRLS DOING GRACEFUL EXERCISE OUTDOORS. YOUNG MALE ARTIST AT WORK. FOUR BOYS TAKE OFF TO SOUND OF STARTER PISTOL AT TRACK.

PROPAGANDA POSTERS TELLING OF PEACE, PROSPERITY UNDER JAPANESE RULE.

AERIAL VIEW "GREAT WALL OF CHINA" EXTENDING ALONG MOUNTAIN CRESTS.

ANIMATED MAP SHOWS MANCHUKUO IN RELATION TO JAPAN, SIBERIA, CHINA, MONGOLIA AND OTHERS. IT ALSO SHOWS JAPAN'S NEXT OBJECTIVES, THE FIVE NORTHERN PROVINCES OF CHINA. EXCUSE IS CHINA IS NOT PROPERLY CONTROLLING COMMUNISTS IN THOSE PROVINCES.

ANIMATED MAP SHOWING WHAT OBSERVERS THING WILL BE JAPANESE NEXT OBJECTIVE WHICH INCLUDE ANNEXING MOST OF CHINA, PARTS OF SIBERIA WHICH MEAN WAR WITH RUSSIA.

AERIAL VIEW JAPAN.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. CU SIGN: "BUREAU OF AIR COMMERCE" "DIRECTOR OF AERONAUTICS, MR. VIDAL". EUGENE VIDAL (FATHER of GORE VIDAL).

HONOLULU SCHOOL WHERE BOYS OF ROYAL HAWAIIAN BLOOD ARE EDUCATED. SPECIAL AGENT MILLER ON SECRET MISSION, SPEAKS TO PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOL.

HAWAIIAN AMERICANS PACKING LUGGAGE FOR SECRET ADVENTURE.

CU HANDS OF NAVIGATOR PLOTTING COURSE ON MAP. SAILOR AT HELM ALONGSIDE OFFICER.

LOOKOUT CLIMBS DOWN FROM OBSERVATION TOWER ON SHIP AFTER REPORTING "LAND HO!" CU ABOVE VIEW ANCHOR SLIDING INTO WATER

SAILORS TUG ON LINE LOWERING KEG OF FRESH WATER ONTO LAUNCH. THE MOST PRECIOUS OF THE SUPPLIES.

SAILORS, VOLUNTEERS STAND AT ATTENTION AS U.S. FLAG IS RAISED ON ISLAND. WORLD IS NOTIFIED U.S. IS TAKING FORMAL POSSESSION OF JARVIS ISLAND. CU SIGN IS ERECTED TELLING LONGITUDE, LATITUDE OF, "U.S.
TERRITORY". "NO TRESPASSING ALLOWED".

FOUR SHIRTLESS VOLUNTEERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, WAVE TO LAUNCH LEAVING ISLAND FOR TRIP TO TWO OTHER BARREN ISLANDS.

TENTS BEING SET UP, INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO VOLUNTEERS TO RECORD WEATHER EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY

ANIMATED MAP SHOWS SIGNIFICANCE OF ISLANDS. FIRST AIRLINE TO CROSS PACIFIC WENT FROM CALIFORNIA TO CHINA VIA HAWAII. NOW NEW AIRLINE CAN GO FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, VIA HAWAII AND NEW SMALL ISLANDS.

BRITISH POLITICIANS MEET IN BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE IN LONDON, DISCUSS AMERICAN TAKE OVER OF ISLANDS, WHICH THEY CLAIM 1957 MAPS (CU) SHOW ISLANDS AS PARTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S EMPIRE.

EXECUTIVES OF AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC ISLAND CO. DISCUSS ISLANDS, BUT AGREE IT WILL BRING AMERICAN TOURISM AND MONEY.

SIGN SHOWS SCHEDULE FOR "SOUTH PACIFIC AIR EXPRESS"
WITH STOPS AT VARIETY OF ISLANDS, INCLUDING HAWAII, AUSTRALIA, JARVIS AND OTHERS.

THREE MEN WAVE FROM LONG NARROW PIER JUTTING OUT INTO OCEAN

"FRANCE"
ANATOL JOSEPH FRANCOIS DEIBLER, KNOWN AS "MONSEUR DE PARIS", NATIONAL EXECUTIONER (BY GUILLOTINE) OF FRANCE, WHO FOR 38 YEARS HAS EXECUTED EVERY MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN FRANCE. SHUNNED, LONELY, FEARFUL FOR HIS LIFE, THIS HIGH OFFICIAL HAS SURVIVED EVERY CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT SINCE TURN OF CENTURY HIS POSITION TITLE WAS INHERITED THREE FOR GENERATIONS.
REENACTMENT SHOWS HOW YEARS AGO, HE TRIED TO ESCAPE HIS GRUESOMECAREER. CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEATH PENALTY

PARIS AT NIGHT, EIFFEL TOWER IN BKGD, RIVER IN FRGD

ELDERLY DEIBLER IS SEEN OPENING SHUTTERS TO HIS BEDROOM, CLOSING WINDOWS.

YOUNG DEIBLER MEETS WITH COMMANDING OFFICER TO QUIT ARMY. UNDERSTANDING OFFICER SHAKES HIS HAND, BIDS HIM FAREWELL.

ABOVE VIEW PASSENGER TRAIN AT STATION. DIEBLER TAKES WAGON, BY TRAIN, ON "BUSINESS" TO EVERY CORNER OF FRANCE

MORBID CROWD IN FRGD, WATCH AS GUILLOTINE IN DISTANCE, IS SET UP IN DARK ALLEY. JOB OVER WITH, MORBID CROWD IN FRGD, WATCH CLEAN-UP AND PACK-UP, WAGON MOVES OUT.

OLD MAN DIEBLER WEARING FEDORA, OVERCOAT, COVERING FACE WITH HANDKERCHIEF, WALKS HURRIEDLY, TOWARDS CAMERA. DEATH WAGON, DRIVEN BY AIDE FOLLOWS FAR BEHIND.

CAT WALKING ON HANDRAIL OF FENCE AT NIGHT.

OLD WATER WHEEL SPINS AS IT CHURNS UP WATER TO IRRIGATION TROTH.

ABOVE VIEW FARM WIFE CARRYING BUCKET OF WATER TO RICKETY OLD FARMHOUSE. OLD GRAVE MARKERS IN UNKEMPT CEMETERY. CU OLD GRAVE STONE.

OLD MAN WHITTLING PIECE OF WOOD ALONGSIDE SPINNING WHEEL AS OLD WOMAN SITS BY FIREPLACE ROCKING A CRIB.

SURVEYOR PEERS THROUGH TRANSIT AS ENGINEER TAKES NOTES. OLD FARM HOUSE IN BKGD. TWO ELDERLY WOMEN STIR CLOTHING IN OUTDOOR POT OF BOILING WATER, AS SURVEYORS LAND PASS BY IN BKGD

TWO GOVERNMENT APPRAISERS, WHO WILL OFFER TO BUY PROPERTY, EXAMINE OLD LOG CABIN, WALK ALONG PORCH WITH OPEN WINDOW. OLD WOMAN WEARING PILGRIM HAT LOOKS OUT WINDOW AT THEM AS OLD MAN WATCHES DUMB FOUNDED.

FAMILY, PACKS THEIR OLD FURNITURE ON WAGON TO LEAVE, AS SEEN THROUGH WINDOW OF HOUSE. FARMER PUT CHAIR ON WAGON. TRUCK WITH HORSE IN BACK PULLS AWAY. WILLINGLY OR UNWILLINGLY HOMES OWNED FOR GENERATIONS, MOVE 3500 NATIVES OF THE CLINCH RIVER VALLEY..

WORKERS DIGGING UP GRAVES AS SUPERVISOR TAKES NOTES.
THEY WILL BE BURIED IN NEW CEMETERY ON HIGH GROUND.

MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES EXPLOSION TEARING UP TENNESSEE HILLS, AS WORK STARTS ON DAM. DERRICK OPERATOR WORKS HIS CONTROLS. CU BUCKET SCOOPS UP EARTH.

HOUSEWIFE IN NEAT BEDROOM, STANDS BEFORE BUREAU MIRROR FIXING HER HAIR. FIXES DINER AT STOVE IN KITCHEN OF MODEL LOW-COST DWELLING.

ABOVE VIEW HUGE BUCKET OF CEMENT SWINGS FROM CRANE TO 200 FOOT HIGH NORRIS DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION

CU WELL-KNOWN POLITICIAN, FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WENDELL WILKIE, MAKES SPEECH ON BEHALF OF PRIVATE POWER COMPANIES, CONDEMNING TVA AS, "INVASION OF EVERY SPHERE OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, BIG OR SMALL"

ANIMATED MAP SHOWS AREA COVERED BY MASSIVE PROJECT.
IS EQUAL IN SIZE TO ENGLAND.

ANIMATED MAP SHOWS RIVER BOAT CHANNEL ROUTES ENCIRCLING TENNESSEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEPENED.

SECTION OF WALL IN DAM OPENS TO LET IN WATER

AWESOME VIEW OF WILSON DAM WHICH INSPIRED THE WHOLE TVA EXPERIMENT.

POWER COMPANY WORKER STRAPPED ON POLE, WAVES TO OTHER WORKERS STRINGING LINE FROM POLE TO HOUSE. CU WORKER INSTALLS ELECTRIC METER OUTSIDE HOUSE.

TWO HAIR STYLISTS WORK ON WOMAN'S HAIR AS SMALL BOYS IN BKGD PEER THROUGH BEAUTY PARLOR STORE WINDOW AT THEM

YOUNG GIRL WATCHES MOM FILL WASHING MACHINE CIRCA 1930s, WITH WITH BUCKET OF WATER. AS PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHEAP ELECTRICITY FROM TVA.

AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN SMOKES PIPE AS HE ROCKS ON ROCKING CHAIR ENJOYS ELECTRIC FAN ON HIS FACE. OLD RIFLE ON WALL IN BKGD.

MONTAGE FARMERS IN HORSE DRIVEN WAGONS FILE OUT OF VALLEY WITH THEIR FAMILIES, MEAGER BELONGINGS.

OLD CZAR'S MANSION HOUSING U.S. DIPLOMATS. THICK BEARDED BUTLER HOLDS LIMO DOOR FOR DIPLOMAT ARRIVING AT MANSION

FULL BEARDED RUSSIAN BUTLER TAKES HATS, COATS OF VISITING DIGNITARIES ARRIVING AT MANSION FOR DINNER, PARTY. SERVANTS SERVE DINNER TO DIGNITARIES, WIVES, AT HUGE BANQUET TABLE. ALL RISE TO GIVE TOAST.

PAN ROWS AND ROWS OF NEW COMMUNAL DWELLINGS, EVIDENCE OF RUSSIA'S FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN. ROWS OF SHACKS WHERE RUSSIAN FAMILIES USED TO LIVE.

CU POLICEMAN WITH SNAPPY WHITE HAT, UNIFORM SALUTES AS HE DIRECTS MOSCOW TRAFFIC.

FANCY ENTRANCE TO MOSCOW RENOWNED METRO (SUBWAY)
SYSTEM. VARIOUS SCENES MODERN TRAINS, STATIONS WITH SHINY NEW CARS.

MAKE-UP MAN WORKS ON FACE OF ACTOR, CU WORKERS ON HOLIDAY CROWDING INTO THEATER. WATCH STAGE SHOWS, ONCE ONLY RESERVED TO ELITE.

LONG LINE OF BABIES LYING ON STOMACHS ON COTS. NURSE IN ATTENDANCE. CU INFANT ON STOMACH WITH HAND ON CHIN LOOKS TO CAMERA

NURSE SPOON FEEDS BABY FOOD TO TWO INFANT, BABY SNEEZES JUST AS NURSE PLACES FOOD NEAR BABY'S MOUTH, SPRAYING FOOD ALL OVER, NURSE CONTINUES FEEDING CROSS-EYED BABY, WHO SMILES COMICALLY.

CU "HARPER'S BAZAAR" MAGAZINES BEING PERUSED BY SOVIET DRESS DESIGNERS. DESIGNERS SHOWING NEW DESIGNS TO WOMEN. SOVIET MODELS SHOWING OUTFIT TO GROUP OF WOMEN.

CU SOVIET PAPER MONEY BILL PASSING HANDS. SALESGIRL COUNTS OUT CHANGE TO MAN. PEOPLE CHECK OUT WELL-
STOCKED SHELVES. BAKER CLIMBS ON STOOL TO PICK LOAF OF BREAD FROM SHELVES FULL OF VARIETY OF BREADS.

MONTAGE LOAVES OF BREAD SLIDE DOWN CHUTE PILING UP AT BOTTOM. WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES, MAN AT HUGE TURBINE IN FACTORY, WOMAN FARMER IN WHEAT FIELD, COAL MINER AT WORK, POWER LINES AMID SMOKE STACKS BELCHING BLACK SMOKE, AS PRODUCTION IS SPURRED IN EVERY LINE OF SOVIET ENTERPRISE.

MONTAGE REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS OF WORLD'S PRESS INTERVIEW SAKANOV IN HIS HOME. CROWD OF VISITORS DRINK CHAMPAIGN, OPEN HIS MANY GIFTS.

SAKANOV RAISE DRINK IN TOAST, ANOTHER TAKES BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE OUT OF ICE, VISITORS CELEBRATING IN HIS HOME.

DENTIST, NURSE TEND TO PATIENT IN DENTIST'S CHAIR

3200 DENTISTS CROWD INTO GRAND BALLROOM OF MANHATTAN'S HOTEL COMMODORE TO LISTEN TO DR. ROY HARTMAN SPEAK. DR. HARTMAN ON PODIUM SPEAKS. TELLS THEM HE IS MAKING SOLUTION AVAILABLE TO THEM TO, "RELIEVE MUCH UNNECESSARY SUFFERING". DENTISTS RISE, GIVE HARTMAN RARE OVATION.

CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES RELATING TO PAIN KILLER.

SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE: "COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. "COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY".

CU ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW COMPOSITION OF TEETH AND HOW HARTMAN'S INNOVATIVE SOLUTION IS APPLIED TO RELIEVE PAIN.

CU BOY IN DENTIST'S CHAIR EYES INSTRUMENT WITH FEAR, AS DR. HARTMAN APPLIES SOLUTION TO TOOTH.

DENTIST, NURSE WORKING ON MAN IN CHAIR, DIPS APPLIER INTO BOTTLE OF "HARTSMAN SOLUTION".

CU FACE SHOT MAN GRIMACING AS DRILL DENTIST APPLIES DRILL TO TOOTH. SAYS: "IT (SOLUTION) CERTAINLY DOESN'T WORK ON ME." IN MANY CASES IF APPLIED WRONG, SOLUTION DON'T WORK.

"HARLEM"
"FATHER DIVINE". AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM ALL OVER U.S.
TO HARLEM BY THE THOUSANDS TO JOIN RELIGIOUS PHENOMENON, UNDER FIVE FOOT TALL, FATHER DIVINE WHOSE PRESENCE PERVADES ALL HARLEM. TO EAGER FOLLOWERS HE IS GOD ON EARTH. MOVED BY HIS FOLLOWERS, FATHER DIVINE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT. RELIGION; AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY; POLITICS

BUSTLING HARLEM STREET CORNER WITH WHITE POLICEMAN.
WELL DRESSED BLACK MEN WALK DOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF HARLEM, TOWARDS CAMERA

SIGN ON BARBER SHOP WINDOW, "FATHER DIVINE IS GOD ALMIGHTY". BARBER INSIDE GIVING HAIRCUT SEEN THROUGH WINDOW. SIGN IN BARBER SHOP, "SHAVE 5 CENTS, HAIRCUT 10 CENTS"

MAN GETS INTO TRUCK WITH SIGN AND MUSICAL NOTE ON DOOR, "PEACE", "FATHER LET'S SING IT". ALL MANNER OF BUSINESSES SPRING UP, OFFERING CHEAP PRICES.

BLACK WOMAN WAITRESS BEHIND COUNTER FILLS CUP OF COFFEE FROM URN. CU BLACK HAND RUBS SIGN ON COUNTER "THANK YOU FATHER"

CU SMILING WOMAN BOUNCES, CLAPS HANDS, AS SHE SIGNS ALONG HAPPILY, AS IN REVIVAL MEETING, WITH HUGE CONGREGATION, MOSTLY BLACK WOMEN DOING SAME.

CROWD WHICH POURS IN DAILY FROM ALL OVER COUNTRY, MOB FATHER DIVINE AS HE WALKS TO BROWNSTONE. AUTO WITH "SEATTLE TO NEW YORK" IN FRGD. BLACK PEOPLE POUR OUT OF VAN WITH, "CLEVELAND TO NEW YORK", WRITTEN ON IT.
CROWD CLIMBS STAIRS TO DIVINE'S BROWNSTONE BUILDING.

SCRUMPTIOUS FOD ON TABLES AT ONE OF FATHER DIVINE'S FREE BANQUETS. NO ONE EATS UNTIL HE ENTERS ROOM.

ABOVE VIEW FATHER DIVINE POURING COFFEE FOR SEATED CROWD. HE DINES WITH HIS FOLLOWERS WHOM HE GIVES EVANGELICAL NAMES LIKE, "HOT SUNSHINE", "BRIGHT STAR". TWO STARRY EYED BLACK MEN SWAY SIDE TO SIDE.
"SIGN IN BKGD" FATHER DIVINE IS GOD".

BLACK VOTERS FLOCK TO VOTING PLACES AS FATHER DIVINE IS MOVED TO LEAD HID FOLLOWERS INTO POLITICAL WHIRL..

FATHER DIVINE ADDRESS HIS FOLLOWERS. HUGE FRENZIED CROWD IN BALCONY, ORCHESTRA OF THEATER WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS, SING AS BAND PLAYS.

FATHER DIVINE MAKES ANIMATED DRAMATIC SPEECH. CROWD CHEERS HYSTERICALLY, BAND PLAYS, "GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH" CU BLACK TRUMPETER PLAYING.

"FRENCH GUIANA"
DEVIL'S ISLAND. FRANCE'S PENAL COLONY IN SOUTH AMERICA WHERE FRENCH SENT THEIR WORSE CRIMINALS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS. 24,000 CONVICTS DIED IN 60 YEARS BUILDING UNFINISHED ROAD ACROSS FRENCH GUIANA. FEW SURVIVED. EVERY MAN LIVED WITH SINGLE IDEA, ESCAPE.
REENACTMENT SHOWS HOW LOVED ONES IN FRANCE PAYS OFF UNDERGROUND TO SECURE ESCAPE OF CONVICTS. AS MORE ESCAPE FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND, HOPE IS IT WILL BE SHUT DOWN. CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FOREIGN GOVERNMENT; PENOLOGY

MAP SHOWS COLONY OF FRENCH GUIANA ON MAINLAND OF SOUTH AMERICA. DEVIL'S ISLAND IS ONE OF THREE SMALL ISLANDS OFF COAST OF FRENCH GUIANA. NOTORIETY CAUSED BY ALFRED DRYFUS CASE ON DEVIL'S ISLAND CAUSED THE WORLD TO REFER TO ENTIRE PENAL COLONY "DEVIL'S ISLAND".

PRISONERS TUG AT ROPE PULLING HUGE TIMBER ALONG GROUND IN THICK FOREST AT NOTORIOUS LUMBER CAMP. MAN ON HIGH PLATFORM USES AXE TO CHOP AT HUGE TIMBER.
ANOTHER GROUP USE ALL THEIR STRENGTH TRYING TO ROLL A HUGE TIMBER.

REENACTMENT: TWO FRENCH POLICEMAN OUTSIDE CAFE.
MATRONLY WOMAN WALKS INTO CAFE SITS WITH SLICK LOOKING UNDERWORLD CHARACTER, WHO ASKS HER FOR TWENTY THOUSANDS FRANCS TO "ARRANGE" ESCAPE OF HER HUSBAND ON DEVIL'S ISLAND. SHE RELUCTANTLY PAYS.

ESCAPING CONVICTS RUN OUT ONTO BEACH, SWIM OUT TO SAILBOAT.

REENACTMENT: MAN PASSES BY WOMAN WAITING UNDER LAMP POST AT NIGHT, IN FRANCE. SHE RECOGNIZES HIM AS HER HUSBAND WHO WAS CONVICT, CALLS OUT TO HIM. THEY EMBRACE AFFECTIONATELY

WOMEN, CHILDREN SEE THEM OFF. FERRY CROWDED WITH CONVICTS PASSES, THEY WAVE, SMILE FOR CAMERA.

JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO U.S., HIROSHI SIETO, AT HIS DESK, HE WAS ASKED TO EXPLAIN ANOTHER SHOCKING SERIES OF POLITICAL MURDERS.

JAPANESE MAN, WOMAN PEASANTS, WEARING LARGE STRAW HATS, TOIL IN RICE FIELD. PEASANTS WORKING IN RICE FIELD. NARRATOR RECITES JAPANESE POEM ABOUT PEASANT WORKER HARDSHIPS.

JAPANESE RECRUITS STAND AT RIGID ATTENTION. RECRUITS OF THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT, SONS OF PEASANTS, WASH, HANG LAUNDRY.

CU SHIRTLESS SOLDIERS WASHING THEMSELVES WITH CLOTHS.
CU SOLDIER WRAPS HIS LEGS WITH TAPE IN WWI STYLE.
OFFICER INSPECTS RECRUITS RIFLE. SOLDIERS MARCHING.
YOUNG SOLDIERS IN MESS HALL EATING HEARTILY.

REENACTMENT OF ASSASSINATION. HOUSE OF HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DURING SNOWY NIGHT.

PATRIOT WHO DISPLEASED HIS EMPEROR BY HAVING ROLE IN ASSASSINATIONS, KNEELS BEFORE ALTAR, WEARING KIMOMO, WRAPS DAGGER HANDLE WITH TOWEL PLUNGES IT INTO ABDOMEN, A RITUAL STRICTLY OBSERVED BY ANCIENT CUSTOM. (HARI-KARI).

"NEW ENGLAND"
DEEP SEA FISHERMEN OF GLOUCHESTER AND HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA COMPETE NOT ONLY FOR MARKETS, BUT FOR COURAGE AND SKILL IN SAILING THEIR SAILBOATS. FOCUS OF INDUSTRY HAS SHIFTED FROM GLOUCHESTER TO BOSTON WHERE 90% OF NEW ENGLAND'S FISH BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED ON AUCTION FLOOR. FISHING INDUSTRY

FISHING SCHOONER IN FULL SAIL SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA. FISHERMEN ON SCHOONER TUGGING AT SAILS, ANOTHER SAILBOAT IN DISTANCE. SIDE VIEW SCHOONER SAILING WITH FULL SAILS.

GLOUCHESTER HARBOR. MS FISHING SCHOONERS AT DOCK.
TODAY GLOUCHESTER FISHING SCHOONERS HAVE DWINDLED. AS FOCUS OF INDUSTRY HAS SHIFTED TO BOSTON AUCTION FLOOR.

MAN STANDING OVER CROWD ANNOUNCES FISH HE HAS FOR SALE. BUYERS RAISE HANDS IN FRENZY OF BIDDING FOR THE PRODUCT. CU FACE SHOT OF TOUGH LOOKING BIDDERS MAKING BIDS.

GRACEFUL SCHOONERS TIED UP AT PIER AS CHUNKY MODERN TRAWLER SETS OUT TO SEA, BETTER EQUIPPED FOR TODAY'S COMMERCIAL FISHING

CREWMEN HAVE DINNER, PLAY CARDS IN WARM CABIN WHERE THE REST BEFORE ARRIVING AT FISHING SITE.

CAPTAIN AT HELM KEEPS IN CONSTANT TOUCH BY PHONE.
SPEAKS TO EXCHANGE OFFICIAL ASKS HOW THE MARKET IS GOING.

GLOWERING GLOUCHESTER FISHERMEN WATCH NOVA SCOTIA FISHERMEN, CANADIAN FLAG ON BOAT, TIE UP AT DOCK.

FISHERMAN AT SEA MAKES CALL TO WHITE HOUSE. CU WHITE HOUSE OPERATOR AT SWITCHBOARD, ANSWERS. FISHERMAN SAYS HE'LL "WRITE A LETTER" WHEN TOLD PRESIDENT WAS IN CONFERENCE.

CAPITAL DOME BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.

NEW ENGLAND FISHERMEN GO WILD WHEN TOLD CANADIAN FISHERMEN WILL NOT GET REDUCTIONS IN TARIFF.

CU SIGNS ON RESTAURANT WALLS, "FISH SANDWICHES 15 CENTS". "HOT FISH SANDWICHES 10 CENTS".

"MASTER MARINERS ASSOCIATION" SIGN ON ENTRANCE TO BUILDINGS. MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION SIT, PLAY CARDS AT TABLES. ELDERLY MEMBER , PIPE IN MOUTH, PLAYS BILLIARDS, TOWARDS CAMERA.