This clip contains reenactments of events leading up to the French Revolution towards the end of the 1700s. Begins with MS of men at a table talking to a young boy, a chess set is on the table in front of them. Dissolve to MS of a carriage going down a dirt path. Dissolve to WS o f a building with columns. Cuts to painting of Louis XIV, CU of his face. CU of a French nobleman, CU of the Marquis de Lafayette. Dissolve to MS of a carriage with peasants waiting outside of it. MS PAN of the peasants. A young couple nods at the camera. An elderly couple nod and the man waves his hand. Cuts back to the carriage and the peasants around it.