"PATTERNS OF HISTORY"
THE PATTERN OF COMMUNIST AGGRESSION FROM EARLY
POST WWII DAYS IN GREECE, THROUGH KOREA, SOUTHEAST
ASIA AND CUBA.
FILM BEGINS WITH CU OF CHESS PIECES ON CHESSBOARD

AN A-BOMB EXPLOSION. NARRATOR ASKS, "TOTAL WAR,
COULD THERE BE A DECISIVE WINNER?"

TITLE: CASE I- MALAYA - MALAYSIAN PEOPLE WATCH AS
LORD MOUNTBATTEN REVIEWS HIS NAVAL TROOPS AND
CROWDS FILL STREET IN ANTICIPATION OF SELF RULE

CU- BRITISH JUNGLE SOLDIER WITH HANDLEBAR
MUSTACHE. MS- RED PRISONER GIVES INFORMATION TO
BRITISH AS HE IS HELD UNDER RIFLE POINT.

MS- MEN AND WOMEN SIT ON GROUND IN FIELD AND EAT
THEIR RICE. A SMILING YOUNG GIRL TAKES SPOONFUL.

MS- A WOMAN SCREENS HER RICE AS A MAN POURS FEED
IN PIGS PEN. KIDS WATCH CHICKENS EAT OFF GROUND.

LS- AUGUST 1957 MALAYA ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE AS
HUGE CROWD IN ARENA WATCH NEW FLAG BEING RAISED.

TITLE: CASE 2- INDOCHINA - MONTAGE- HEAVY AUTO,
BIKE AND RICKSHAW TRAFFIC IN VIETNAM CITIES.

MS- A SOLDIER WATCHES AS A LOW FLYING PLANE DROPS
A NAPALM BOMB IN WOODS ACROSS THE RIVER CAUSING
HUGE BALL OF FLAME.

TITLE: CASE 3- GREECE - MS- GRECIAN TEEN STRIKES
A HUGE BELL AT THE END OF WWII, AERIAL- HUGE
JOYFUL CROWDS FILL THE STREETS (PAN).

LS- GREEK GOVERNMENT FORCES BOMBARD COMMUNIST
POSITIONS IN GREECE AS THEIR FORCES ARE
CONSTANTLY HARASSED BY GUERRILLA BANDS IN HILLS

MS- WOMEN AND CHILDREN LINE UP FOR FOOD IN THE
VILLAGE STREET AS THE WAR IMPOVERISHES THE
GOVERNMENT.

ON MARCH 12 1947 PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES THE
CONGRESS, ASKS FOR AID TO GREECE, AND THE "TRUMAN
DOCTRINE" IS BORN (TRUMAN SPEECH)

LS- UN VOTES TO AID SOUTH KOREA. MONTAGE- KOREAN
BATTLE SCENES. GENERAL MACARTHUR SITS ON BRIDGE OF
WARSHIP AS HE ATTACKS THE NORTH THROUGH INCHON,
AFFECTIVELY CUTTING OFF THE REDS.

MS- NORTH KOREA SIGNS ARMISTICE AT PANMONJON ON
JULY 27, 1953, LEAVING THE COUNTRY DIVIDED

MS- ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES MONUMENT. IN
1953 GUATEMALA WITHDREW FROM THE OAS AND
CONFISCATED FOREIGN PROPERTY.

MS- EXILED COLONEL CASTILLO ARMAS PLOTS ON A MAP
WITH HIS AIDES. GUATEMALA FARMERS MARCH WITH
RIFLES CARRYING SIGNS SUPPORTING ARMAS.

TITLE: CASE 6- LEBANON - LS- DEMONSTRATIONS AND
RIOTS IN THE STREETS OF BEIRUT, LEBANON.

LS- HUGE TRANSPORT PLANE LANDS AT BEIRUT AIRFIELD
WITH MARINES AND THEY MARCH INLAND AND TAKE
POSITIONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY

TITLE: CASE 7- TAIWAN STRAIT - LS- MONTAGE-
DESTRUCTION TO HOMES AND BUILDINGS ON THE ISLAND
OF QUEMOY AFTER THE CHINESE REDS START TO BOMBARD
THAT ISLAND ON AUGUST 3RD 1958 CAUSING CRISIS.

CU- NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINE TELLS OF DULLES OFFER
FOR A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF THE CRISIS.

TITLE: CASE 8- CUBA - LS- CUBAN COASTLINE. AERIAL-
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN HAVANA.

MS- FIDEL CASTRO AND HIS BEARDED BAND PLOT IN THE
SIERRA MAESTRI MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD.

MONTAGE- CHAOS AND FIGHTING IN STREETS OF HAVANA
ON JAN. 1, 1959 AS BATISTA FLEES THE COUNTRY.

LS- ON JANUARY 9, 1959 CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY TROOPS
ROLL INTO HAVANA LED BY CIGAR SMOKING CASTRO
LS- CASTRO MAKES ANIMATED SPEECH TO THE POPULACE.

MS- CASTRO SMILES AND SHAKES WITH CHINA ENVOY AS
CUBA FORMALLY RECOGNIZES RED CHINA AND NO. KOREA.

HEADLINE- "OAS EXCLUSION OF CUBA PRAISED BY THE
PRESIDENT". (JFK)

MS- JFK ADDRESSING CONGRESS