Documentary about the Middle East and its history. Map showing Europe, Asia and North Africa; CU of Middle East marked "Arab Countries," Turkey and Iran added; CU woman with head scarf; medium CU, man in Bedouin dress; CU shots of several faces; CU of map showing Tigris River, Euphrates River and Mesopotamia; ruined wall with Sumerian arch, soldier walks through it; multiple shots of ruins of Babylon; Pan over ruined Phoenician port on Mediterranean Sea; man working on dry-docked boat; multiple shots, Roman ruins, Baalbek; boy playing on Roman water wheel; man next to book shelves selects book and pages through, medium CU; rooftops of Jerusalem; temple w/ Mount of Olives, background, long shot; crowd shot, identified as Muslims; view of minarets and domes; wide view, crusader fort; Multiple views, crusader fort; CU of man identified as a Turk, wearing fez and smoking pipe; CU man wearing beret and bow tie; man and woman w/ laden donkey pass in front of camera, airfield in background; CU map showing Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Jordon; docked shop at port of Beirut, unloading; airplane with Arabic markings, passengers deplaning; scene inside government tourist office, two women and one man examine map and book; street scenes, downtown Beirut; CU newspapers in various languages; neon signs, "Plymouth" and "Hollywood;" view of cinema marquee; Multiple views of American university in Beirut; sculptor at work at art school; living room scene, young woman greets younger sister and mother; medium CU woman talking with small girl, holding her; young woman sits and takes down her hair; long shot of Beirut harbor w/ surrounding city, pan to mountains; Lebanese farmers at work in fields; man and girl walk down street, terraced village in background; Shepherds with flock in the hills of Lebanon; medium CU shepherd stopping for meal; farmers working in plowed field; CU map highlighting Syria; engineers consult plans for harbor at Latakia; multiple shots workers constructing irrigation canal; CU of cotton plant, man picks bolls for examination by group of men; cotton mill scene, women at power looms; men loading truck with finished cotton fabric; bazaar at Aleppo, multiple shots of wares and commodities; long shot view of Damascus roofs; Pan up to minarets of mosque in Damascus; CU moazin chanting; large group of Muslims praying, bowing; shot of nearby Christian church; multiple views around Damascus; street-level view of modern housing; CU map highlighting Jordan; long shot, car traveling highway toward Amman; busy street from above, downtown Amman; men exchange currency; pan over housing in Amman; views of refugee village in Jordan; Animal market in Amman, Jordan, wide shot; medium shot, men bargain over donkey; animal stand near Bedouin tent; girl feed camel hay; man riding donkey through flock of sheep; donkey attached to millstone, grinding wheat, three men oversee; horse propelling water wheel, pan down to water being drawn from well; horse loaded into crate for shipment from Basra, Iraq; CU map highlighting Iraq; water-level shot of date palms on Tigris/Euphrates River delta; busy street, downtown Baghdad; busses pass under railroad bridge; train car at Baghdad train station; long shot of oil derrick; CU oil drilling underway; oil pipes unloaded from back of truck; pan over Iraqi oil refinery, water in background; pan over unidentified city near water (13:50 to end in bold)