Around The World (1967)

In Kashmir, India, we see four men pulling an old barge along the Jhelum river; several shots of boats on the river; the floating market place. On the coast of Israel, Roman ruins support the sea wall; high angle shot of the Roman theatre. Cut to M/S of the Roman theatre in Petra, Jordan; several shots of ruins and caves; man rides camel through caves. A western car is driven through the desert in Saudi Arabia; men are seen herding sheep and goats. At their tent, a veiled woman pours coffee for one of the men to drink. Various shots of the oil refinery in the desert. C/U of three storks on a nest; commentator says they fly from the east to Denmark each spring. Several shots of a street in Aarhus, reconstructed to look as it would in the time of Hans Christian Anderson; tourists wander around. People sit outside a cottage and eat interesting-looking Danish food. Brief shots of Hamlet’s Castle at Elsinore and the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, with children on fairground rides. Top shot of Moscow,
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