015 - 2020-01-21_18-42 (GIFs created or reupped July-January 2020): on the best way to understand the intro animation of the movie Cube

 Intro to the movie, The Cube. Does this indicate a historical/geographic image of the old world (China was victim to something like the events seen in the film The Cube followed by northwestern Europe, etc.)?

Intro to the movie, The Cube, sped up.

Rewind.

Rewinded, sped up.

Looped.

Looped, sped up.