A young and ambitious sultan ascends to the top of the Ottoman throne, desperately seeking more power for his nation. Braving his enemies he attempts the unthinkable and courageously tries to conquer Constantinople for his people. After marching his heroic group of warriors straight towards Constantinople, the resulting battle is one of the greatest and most brutal sieges anyone will ever witness.

Racism, unemployment, aggression, excess -- the USSR's animation studios frequently took aim at these aspects of American culture. Representing five decades of animated Soviet propaganda, this program features short films that blast the U.S. and its perceived evils. Black and White and Mister Twister extol the absence of bigotry in Soviet society while Someone Else's Voice portrays jazz as "an enemy of the people." Ave Maria condemns America's presence...