This clip contains various establishing shots of a ruin, a castle, cathedrals, and bust statues in Europe. Contains VO discussing the history of the end of the Middle Ages. Begins with MS TRACK out of a dark tunnel showing the ruin of an archway. Cuts to various shots of the archway, plants and mountains visible. Dissolve to WS of a castle. Dissolve to MS of the front of a cathedral. Dissolve to MCU PAN of bust statues. Dissolves back to the ruin archway, PAN, fade out.