OPENING FILM SYNOPSIS OVER PICTURE GIVING HISTORY OF
DANIEL'S STORY

OLD MAN WITH LONG WHITE BEARD & TURBAN WALKS TOWARD
WINDOW AND LOOKS OUT. HEAVY DRAPES HANG IN STONE
WALLED ROOM. OVER-SIZE POTTERY POT RESTS ON FLOOR,
LIGHT COMES IN FROM WINDOW

GROUP OF MEN WALK INTO KING DARIUS' COURT. WS OF
THRONE THROUGH MAJESTIC HALL, KING SITS ON THRONE,
FEATHERED PALMS ON EITHER SIDE OF THRONE, MEN BOW AT
KINGS FEET

SERVANT WASHES CLOTHING IN BASIN. SERVANT WASHES
MASTER'S FEET. STONE WALLED ROOM, HEAVY DRAPES HANG
ON WALL. SERVANT DISCUSSES THE KINGS DECREE TO HAVE
DANIEL THROWN TO THE LIONS FOR PRAYING TO GOD

KING'S THRONE ROOM. KING SITS ON THRONE. SUBJECTS
STAND IN FRONT OF KING TO SPEAK. LARGE DRAPES HANG
FROM STONE WALLS

LION'S DEN GATE LIFTED AND LIONS RUSH OUT INTO PEN,
SOLDIERS PUSH DANIEL INTO PEN WITH LIONS

WS OF BEDROOM CHAMBER. FIRE-BURNING STAFF HANGS OF
WALL

DANIEL IN LIONS DEN. HUMAN BONES SPREAD ON THE FLOOR
OF DEN. LIONS LIE AGAINST STONE WALL AND YAWN. DANIEL
KNEELS ON GROUND AND OUTSTRETCHES ARMS TO HEAVEN TO
PRAY. LIGHT FROM ABOVE SHINES ON DANIEL IN LION'S DEN