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  • Thefilmstartswithaverylongsectionoffootagethatshow… Thefilmstartswithaverylongsectionoffootagethatshowsajourneybyrailroadinabeautifulmountainousregion,it'squitebeautifulbutnotimmediatelyapparentwhattherelevanceis.Itmaybethatattentionisbeingdrawntotheactualtrackitself(thefinalsequenceisexclusivelylookingdownatthetracks),perhapsslavelabourthatwentintobuildingit,andblastingtunnelsthroughmountains.Itmaybejustanexoticopener.Subsequentlywegotothenorthpolewhereweseefolkstauntingpolarbearsandhuntingwalruses.Quitewhollydifferentthanmodernwildlifedocumentary,astheexpeditionwiththedocumentarianishereintentondisturbingwhattheyfind.Thenwe'reintoItalianversionsofzeppelinsandhowitzersandfootageofwarwhichmayormaynotbestaged.TheItalianswerethefirsttodropbombsviadirigibles,duringtheirexpansionistinvasionofLibya,oneofthefirsttruly"modern"wars. ThereisalsoalotofAfricanandIndianfootage.TheAfricanstuffhasaclassroomoftinyblackchildrenallclothedinwhitebeingindoctrinatedbyanun,whichisquitedisturbingafterthepreviouslocalcolouryousee.There'sabeautifulsceneofanAfricanmotherwithsplendidhairdocarryinghersleepingbabyinaslingbyherside.ThewildplayfulnessofAfricanchildreniscounterposedwithimpeccablymustachioeddebonairEuropeanshavingasplendidtimeslaughteringrhinoceri.ThemosticonicshotIsupposeisastaggeredlineofblackstransportinggoodsacrossariver,twochest-deepindividualsmakingsuretheItalianflagdoesn'tgetwet. There'sirresistiblepowerallthroughthefilm(maybethetrainatthestart,isametaphorforthis),travel,movement,kineticenergy,jingoistsspreadinglikeaplagueovertheworld.Prettyhauntingintheend,likeamaddream.

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