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Newsreel footage of political elections in the United States, England, Chile and Bolivia. Begins with a large crowd, zoom in to a sign that reads something about SDS (Students for a Democratic Society). Vice President Spiro Anew speaking at a podium about radical liberals, audience clapping for him. Shot of a crowd cheering for Jim Buckley, Buckley smiling and waving. A sign reading: ‘Maine Muskie’. Cuts to Edmund Muskie waving to a crowd. Cuts to shots of Ted Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and Adlai Stevenson III being surrounded by supporters, the men wave and smile. Robert Taft Jr. entering a voting booth. Cuts to shots of Edward Heath. Madam Tussaud’s Wax museum, people carry wax figures pass each other. Cuts to wax figure of Heath being placed into an office. Cuts to a large crowd cheering, military officials in foreground. Cuts to the Chilean parliament as the newly elected President Salvador Allende is adorned with a sash. Cuts to troops in foreground and a large crowd behind them. Juan Jose Torres waving to crowds on a balcony surrounded by generals.