Man And His Culture Pt 1 of 2

Man And His Culture Pt 1 of 2 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Opening titles ‘If explorers from Outer Space were to approach the Earth to study the ways in which its people live together, how might they report their findings?’ Animation of Earth floating in space - narrated by ‘alien’ explorer - “the intelligent creatures on this planet call themselves ‘Human Beings’” - vars scenes compare behavior of Western civilization i.e. US w/ rest of the world. Tribal villages in jungle wear few clothes - hotel doorman? boiling under heavy uniform. Chinese girl eats w/ chopsticks - upper class woman eating w/ fork. Kids at funfair eating w/ hands VO “five tentacle-like extensions”. Tribesmen building mud hut - huge construction site. Inuit ? family in hut. Indian women dressing in wedding saris, bridegroom in procession on donkey - VO re culture. 12:21:16 US teenagers into high school. Temple by the Ganges? European kids w/ mother outside cottage. Fishing scenes. Navajo Indians. 12:22:32 VO re language, montage women asking “How much is this?” in vars languages - “Quanto costa questo?” etc. Western men gesturing around table. Montage treasured items of different cultures. 12:23:30 US street scenes. VO re cultural mores - man walking to his car - “although the streets of this country are lined w/ four-wheeled vehicles all looking very much alike, the individual will ignore every vehicle but one, which he calls ‘his own’”. Men in dinner jackets w/ bow ties, one looks uncomfortable because he’s wearing a normal suit & tie - alien narrator points out “great agony and mental distress” caused by Human cultural habits. 12:24:28 Many wives of tribal chief in African village. US man kisses wife, she finds hair on his coat, re monogamy in American marriage, he looks worried - VO “should a male have on his clothing so much as a strand of hair from a female not his wife, a serious crisis may result”. 12:24:49 Pan across US beach - man in high-waisted swimming trunks throwing beach ball - cut to same man on street wearing suit jacket w/o trousers - shots of appalled townspeople - “violating” social mores. Mother feeding baby in high chair - little girl copying mother by feeding doll, brother starts fight & mother tells them they “must always share things”. High school class being taught about key figure in their culture. Bored students. Cultural Studies; Anthropology; Sociology; Social Etiquette; Racism; Globalization; Science Fiction; Funny Dialogue. NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.