Type on a black screen lists the crime fighting equipment that they will discuss in the film. A line of police cars driving towards the camera. MS shot of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark sitting at his desk, talking to the camera about the future of crime fighting.
A young woman sitting in front of a reel to reel tape recorder. She records herself saying "a bomb will go off at 3 o'clock" using different methods to disguise her voice. They are testing an early voice print machine. Woman analyses the graphs from the voice print.
Various shots of experiment in a lab using lasers. The bright red beam of the typical laser. VO suggests that these technologies will become so advaced that criminals will not have the funds or intelligence to use them.
CU of a patch on the arm of a customs inspector, pull back. People in an airport having luggage checked. (baggage screening, luggage screening, airport security, terrorism) Various shots of people being checked before they can enter an airplane. Shot of a plane taking off. MS of Ben Johnson talking about a police force in the air (air marshal) More shots of planes lifting off. Camera travels across the tarmak.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
CU of water, waves. Tugboat on the water. MS former New York police specialist Ralph Salerno. He talks about organized crime (mob, gangsters). LS of street in Manhattan, lot of cars. Back to Ralph.
Woman on busy street corner. VO alludes to the fact that she is a prostitute. Men stop & talk to her. She leaves w/ one of them. Ralph Salerno walking on the waterfront, talking about the future of crime, computer crime, human organs, etc. Various shots of the boats & people on the waterfront.
Looking up at a skyscraper. B-roll shots of downtown Chicago, bridge over the Chicago river, Marina City. MS shot of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark sitting at his desk, talking to the camera. Shot of the Chicago Police Headquarters on State Street. Police officer taking an emergency call. CU of the light on the top of a police car. CU of police answering emergency calls & pushing little buttons.
Sheberghan (Shebrigan) Prison in Northern Afghanistan MS Main Gate of Sheberghan Prison. Northern Alliance or State Afghan soldiers pose in Soviet brown woodland camouflage uniforms & AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles in front of the prison.
Ramsey Clark sitting at his desk. Police officer talking to a community (outreach). Camera at the rear of a full room. CU of faces. CU of woman talking about her fear of crime. More shots of the community meeting. Most of the people are African American talking to the white police officer. CU of a young girl. Ramsey Clark.
Low, wide angle shot of people walking down a dark alley towards the camera. VO suggests that these African American men are members of the Black P Stone Nation Street Gang (aka Rangers). MS Detective Richard Peck talks about how the rangers are out to get him because he confronted some of the gang members. Intercut w/ CU of the gang members. Shots of the elevated train.
Afghan Scenes. Scenes of rural third world poverty in Northern Afghanistan.
African American men in 1970s fashions (they sort of look like the streotypical 1970s pimp, long crushed velvet coats, hats w/ feathers) approach the courthouse. Gang grafitti (Soul's Country and War Lords) on a brick wall. Camera travels down the street of a depressed, run-down area (boarded windows, slum).
Night, looking down on the street. Officers on a stake out use a nightvision scope.
Car pulls into an industrial area. Driver leans out of the of the window w/ a dye gun. He tries to hit a person hits behind some metal barrels. Man is hit in the back with the dye pellet & he falls over. MS Ramsey Clark discussing police violence (brutality). Long line of police cars driving towards the camera.
Funeral car (hertz) driving through a cemetary. Police officers gathered around the grave of a fallen officer. Pan across a line of parked police cars. Repeat shot of gang memebr walking down an alley.
Quila Jenghi (Qila Jangi, Qali Jangi, Qala-i-Jangi) Prison near Mazar-e Sharif in Northern Afghanistan. This prison was the site of a fierce rebellion of Al Qaeda prisoners against their Northern Alliance guards, during which CIA agent Mike Spann was killed & American Taliban John Walker Lindh was captured.
MS Afghan sheepherder (wearing ethnic turban) and son (wearing ushanka) attending to flock of sheep near sunset in a barren flatland desert, seemingly cold & endless. Dancing ewes. Saddled horse & donkey. Bleating sheep. MS Very young ewe braying. TLS Sun setting in near distance.50017
Street Scenes in Mazar-I-Sharif (aka Mazar-e Sharif) in Northern Afghanistan MS Three Afghan gunmen (possibly part of territorial warlord faction or merely Northern Alliance members) riding in back of Toyota 4x4 pickup truck, flashing AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles to camera as they pass. Afghan man & son steer loaded donkey cart toward camera. Afghan street scene. Lawlessness.
Slow-motion, a man skiing towards the camera. Skier jumps over the camera & does a flip in the air. CU of a woman w/ her eyes closed. She rolls over & goes back to sleep. She slowly gets up.
Woman's face in the mirror as she puts on her make-up. Young woman wearing a t-shirt & underwear, stands in a kitchen makes pours water from a kettle. She grabs a pair of jeans & puts them on. She is making tea. She lights a cigarette. More shots of her smoking & drinking tea.
Woman & child in the snow petting a cat. They run through the snow, playing. Woman in a long fur (probably fake) coat walking down a suburban sidewalk. It is winter, lots of snow blowing around.
Young woman in winter coat enters a science classroom (lab). Students are conducting experiments. Flame from a Bunsen burner. Various shots of the lab. Conducting experiments, measuring dry chemicals on a scale. More shots of students working.
CU of a hand holding a lit cigarette. CU of face of girl talking about her depression. Same girl walking outside. She has a heavy coat & a purse (handbag). She gets on a swing set on the playground. MS of her swinging.