This clip contains reenactments of events leading up to the French Revolution towards the end of the 1700s. Begins with WS PAN of Paris, gargoyle in FG. PAN to a building with columns and statues. Cuts to 2 French soldiers lighting the fuse on a cannon. MS of a man hiding in a doorway. MCU of the cannon being fired, then soldiers return to reload it. Cuts to a shot of the street, people’s feet are visible as they run by, a hat is dropped and feet trample over it. Cuts back to the man hiding in the doorway. MCU of his face as he smiles. Dissolve to WS of a lake a horse drawn carriage goes by. CU of a man in the carriage. Cut to MS of the man sitting with another man inside the carriage, both wear shirts with ruffles. Dissolve to a map of France, Versailles and Paris are labeled, and 5 white arrows point to Versailles. Dissolve back to the man in the carriage, he looks out the window. WS of a man standing in a meadow, the carriage goes by in FG. MS of the man as he bows to 2 men riding horses.