1965

b&w documentary - behind-the-scenes of 1965 feature Genghis Khan - w/s of director Henry Levin walking in field, m/s Levin, w/s extras on horseback and foot milling about, Omar Sharif surrounded by people, Stephen Boyd in costume as Mongol warlord, Sharif and Boyd together in costume, Levin and his assistant director, swords being handed out to extras, actors training with swords - tight on group of horses running to camera, w/s horses running out of corral, horses running through village set, arrow machines pushed up hill and positioned, arrow machines fired by extras in costume as camera pans right to film crew, man preps cannon, row of cannons lined up, cannons fired for camera, technician picks up loudspeaker motion picture camera and large light, group of men lift camera onto platform, man hand holding camera, cameraman mounted on horse, camera crane car with lights, group of men carry light cables on shoulders, helicopter on ground, cameraman gets into helicopter, helicopter lifts off and is airborn - director Henry Levin on the set, w/s of extras in costume with some on horseback, man fires flare gun to start action, Omar Sharif in costume on horseback, w/s horsemen moving across plain, w/s low flying helicopter and line of moving horsemen, horsemen pass camera on platform, various shots of battle sequence, Levin on platform with camera, hand held cameraman in middle of fight, close shots of fighting, Levin with microphone, cannons firing, explosions near horses, close on cannons firing - Stephen Boyd eating hamburger, Omar Sharif in small rowboat on the water, Sharif laying down in boat with cigarette in mouth, c/u director Henry Levin lighting cigar, m/s Levin smoking cigar surrounded by crew members, movie camera with The End superimposed over - end title card