MS. Small French boy seated at desk writing. MS. From behind the boy as he picks up Dictionary, opens it at letter "K". CU. Nikita Khrushchev Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. MS. Khruschev shaking hands with Mao Tse Tung. MS....
MS. Small French boy seated at desk writing. MS. From behind the boy as he picks up Dictionary, opens it at letter "K". CU. Nikita Khrushchev Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. MS. Khruschev shaking hands with Mao Tse Tung. MS. Khrushchev shaking hands with American worker at a plant he visited while on U.S. tour. MS. Khruschev smiling and waving on U.S. tour. AV. River Seine. AV. Chanonceau Castle on the Loire. AV. Chambord Castle. Ground shots of Bordeaux. Elevated of Lacq (industrialisation of gas industry) showing great complex of pipes. Elevated GV. new town of Mourrenx. LS. Arena at Nimes. MS. Cattle in field. MS. Work in the paddy fields of Camargue. Air to air shot, Caravelle in flight. AS. University of Dijon. Various shots at the industrial plant of Pont a Mousson where pipes are made, and control of all operations is by television. LS. GV. Cemetery at Douamont where thousands died in World War I. AV. Rheims Cathedral. AV. Vineyards. Various good shots int. of champagne cellars showing the champagne being bottled, bottle being uncorked, poured out, and drunk. AV. Lille showing the belfrey. AV. Over Versailles Palace & park.
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