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SYND 23 12 76 JOHN CURRY'S ICE SHOW PLUS INTERVIEW
The world and Olympic ice-skating champion, John Curry, will make his first major professional performance after Christmas at the Cambridge theatre in London. The skater, who won a gold medal for Britain at the 1976 Olympics, has taken a...
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Six UK-born blue macaws sent to Bolivia in battle against extinction
1. Various of blue macaws in quarantine cage after being repatriated from England
2. Wide of conservationist Jose Diaz leading group of students around the Blue Macaw Conservation Centre
3. Mid of Diaz talking to group
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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UK: LONDON: IRA BUS BOMB EXPLOSION SITUATION UPDATE
English/Nat
An Irishman who was injured in the I-R-A bus explosion in London has now been eliminated from police enquiries. Brendan Woolhead had been under armed guard at St Thomas' hospital.
The mangled remains of a London...
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British Prime Minister presents own radio show
1. Two shots of British Prime Minister Tony Blair waiting for radio show to start, wearing headphones
2. Close-up of computer
3. Various of Blair talking on radio show
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has hosted his own radio show in...
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UK: REACTION TO HORRIFIC BOMB ATTACKS IN KENYA & TANZANIA (2)
Nairobi, Kenya, and London U-K - August 7, 1998
Nairobi, Kenya
1. Tilt from bomb damaged building to ambulance
2. Various of people in ruins of building looking for survivors
London. U-K
3. Wide shot of Camille Tawil, correspondent at Al...
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Outgoing British ambassador comments on bilateral relations
26 September, 2008
1. Wide of UK Ambassador to Russia Antony Brenton in radio studio
2. Various Brenton talking with radio show host
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Antony Brenton, UK Ambassador to Russia:
"To sort out Litvinenko is going to be...
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Khloe Kardashian attends fan meet and greet
Fans gathered at Gilgamesh restaurant in London on Friday afternoon (15 NOV. 13) for a meet and greet with American celebrity Khloe Kardashian.
The event, which kicked off at 1500 GMT, attracted scores of admirers eager to get up close...
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EUROPE: NICK LEESON TEAMS UP WITH BRITISH BAND TO RELEASE RECORD
English/Nat
Nick Leeson, the trader whose gambling on the Tokyo stock market shut down one of Britain's oldest merchant bank, is back in the news again.
This time it's not the financial world that is being taken by storm but the equally...
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SYND 8 5 76 DEMONSTRATION TO DEMAND THE RELEASE OF A BAPTIST LEADER IMPRISONED IN RUSSIA
Several thousand Christian demonstrators marched in London on Saturday (May 8) to demand the release of a Baptist leader, George Vins, imprisoned in Russia
but police clamped down when they saw the guns and ordered them put away
1....
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CAN182 KENNETH KAUNDA SPEAKS AT THE INDEPENDENCE CONFERENCE FOR NORTHERN RHODESIA
Northern Rhodesian independence conference opens in London. Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia addresses the assembled gathering.
1. ms interior pan conference room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) ms Kaunda speaks on how there is no bitterness in hearts...
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UK Lancashire regiment twins Basra school with home town
1. Wide shot, exterior school and cars driving past
2. Mid shot, exterior school
3. Teacher addressing class, introducing Captain Richard Osbourne
4. Pan of schoolchildren in class
5. Various, Osbourne talking to class
6. Osbourne taking...
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UK: US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE BRIEFS BRITISH AND FRENCH COUNTERPARTS
English/Nat
The U-S Secretary of Defence William Perry has briefed his British and French counterparts in London about his tour of the Middle East in which he sought support for the increased American military presence in the Gulf.
They...
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Singer Katherine Jenkins and dance partner Mark Ballas talk London Olympics
Welsh mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins would love to perform for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games that will take place from 27 July till 12 August 2012 in London.
And even though she is Welsh she feels like a Londoner:
" I feel that having...
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Nikki Sixx, Duff McKagan and Lemmy attend the Classic Rock Roll of Honor Awards in London
AP Entertainment
London, 13 November 2012
1. Exterior of London's Roundhouse
2. Mid arrival of Nikki Sixx and Kerri Kasem
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Sixx/Recording Artist/Radio Host - on broadcasting their "Sixx Sense" radio show from...
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WRAP Litvinenko investigation, Reid, Lavrov, police, UK buildings examined
Moscow, Russia - 4 December 2006
1. Wide of plane on tarmac
2. Wide interior pan of airport terminal
3. Close-up of British Airways sign
4. Wide of people waiting for people in arrivals area
5. Mid of man waiting
6. Various of Scotland...
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US State Dept and White House briefings on Iran
White House Pool
1. Wide shot of White House Press Secretary Tony Snow entering briefing room
2. Snow at podium as journalist asks question
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary:
"Well, first, I would resist...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical opens in London
1. Ext Apollo Theatre
2. SOT (English) Michael Caine - "I've seen everything that Andrew Lloyd Webber has done and also I am very interested in Bollywood and I have an Indian wife."
3. Set up Andrew Lloyd Webber with female friend
4. SOT...
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Post match reax to Brazil's 2-0 victory over Belgium
1. Brazil fans leaving the stadium after game.
2. Close up of fans walking through streets and celebrating.
3. Brazil fans walking towards camera chanting "Brazil".
4. Brazil fans dancing and singing.
5. Brazil fans walk past camera...
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UK: LONDON: PINOCHET HIGH COURT RULING PREVIEW
Natural Sound
On Wednesday, in this room, Britain's highest court will rule on whether to uphold the arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on a Spanish warrant.
The 82-year-old general, who was arrested on October 16 on a...
PBS
Author Robert McCrum Explains How English Has Taken Root Worldwide (Jul. 23, 2010)
"Globish" Author Robert McCrum explains why the English language went global and how it has become the first worldwide language.
Crash Course
Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History
We've been talking a lot about kings, and queens, and wars, and religious upheaval for most of this series, but let's take a moment to zoom out, and look at the ways that individuals' lives were changing in the time span we've covered so...
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Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History
European exploration had a lot of side effects. When the Old World and the New World began to interact, people, wealth, food, animals, and disease began to flow in both directions. In the New World, countless millions were killed by...
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Of Pentameter & Bear Baiting - Romeo & Juliet Part I: Crash Course English Literature
In which John Green examines Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. John delves into the world of Bill Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers and examines what the play is about, its structure, and the context in which it was written....
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Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History
The Protestant Reformation didn't exactly begin with Martin Luther, and it didn't end with him either. Reformers and monarchs changed the ways that religious and state power were organized throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries....