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CHINA: BEIJING: IMPERIAL COURT TIME PIECES EXHIBITION
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
A treasure trove of antique time pieces belonging to the Imperial Court on display at Beijing's Forbidden City, has been drawing crowds of Chinese and foreign tourists eager to catch a glimpse of some of the world's...
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US: Vermeer: Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer exhibition
English/Nat
Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch painter famous for his quiet domestic scenes, careful composition and exquisite sense of light and shadow, produced only 34 paintings in his lifetime.
Each sold for the equivalent of a middle...
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Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Billy Steinberg and more inducted
AP Television
New York, 17 June 2011
1. Wide shot of 45th Street, pan to red carpet entrance
2. Wide shot of Garth Brooks entering on red carpet
3. Tilt up on Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Garth Brooks...
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Russia - dolls go on display
It was a dream come true, for the children who attended the opening ceremony of the Museum of Unique Dolls in Moscow. The museum displays a collection of antique and modern dolls, collected by artist Yulia Vishnevskaya during the past 15...
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LARGEST DUERER ART EXHIBITION OPENS
AP Television
Germanisches National museum Nuremberg, Germany - May 22, 2012
1. Close zoom out eyes of Duerer's father "Abrecht Duerer- the older" by Albrecht Duerer , 1490
2. Close hands of Duerer's father with rosary "Abrecht Duerer-...
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New Impressionism exhibition opens
1. Wide exterior pan of the Musee d'Orsay
2. Medium shot of poster announcing the exhibition
3. Interior wide shot of entrance to exhibition
4. Wide pan of exhibition
5. Medium shot of people talking in front of a painting
6. Medium pan...
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Robot writes Torah scrolls
Berlin - 10 July 2014
1. Wide of Torah writing robot
2. Various of robot writing Torah scroll
3. Wide of robot
4. Pan from ink container to needle and paper
5. Wide of scroll of paper and robot
6. Pull focus from scroll to robot
7. Close...
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Rome's wax museum shows off wax statue of President Obama
1. Wide of Piazza Venezia in central Rome
2. Wide of people in street
3. Medium of Wax Museum entrance
4. Mid of museum poster with US President Barack Obama
5. Wide of wax statue of Obama speaking at UN
6. Close up of face
7. Close up...
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Fashion in Colours exhibition opens in New York
AP Entertainment
New York 12 December 2005
1. Wide museum
2. Close-up Fashion in Colours sign
3. Wide blue room
4. Medium blue dresses
5. Close-up Junya Watanabe dress tilt up
6. Close-up Junya Watanabe dress tilt up
7. Medium blue...
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Russia - Hermitage collection to go on internet
One of the world's greatest art collections is heading into cyberspace.
St Petersburg's world famous Hermitage museum and the American computer giant IBM have joined forces to create a Hermitage computer centre.
The project (which was...
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Colourful exhibit of frogs at Nat History Museum
1. Wide shot entrance to Frog exhibit at American Museum of Natural History, pan to display case with frogs
2. Close up various "Dart Poison Frogs" in display case
3. Close up "Dart Poison Frog"
4. Close up Golden mantella frog
5. Wide...
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Hadrian's villa reveals the man behind the empire
Villa Adriana, Tivoli near Rome - July 19th 2008
1. Medium shot of beheaded statue glowing with reflection of the water below
3. Wide shot of a section of "The Canopus," a pool Emperor Hadrian used for his banquets
4. Aerial wide shot...
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USA: NEW YORK: CONTROVERSIAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION
Brooklyn, New York, USA - 30 September 1999 XFA
1. Exterior of Brooklyn Museum of Art
2. Warning sign
3. Medium shot, Damien Hirst, "A thousand years"
4. Close-up, Jake and Dinos Chapman, "Great Deeds Against the Dead"
5. Wide shot,...
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The National Gallery is selecting over six thousand works of art from the Corcoran collection to include in the nation's art gallery. Two sculptures and 29 paintings are collected in an exhibition titled: "American Masterworks from the Corcoran." (Feb 5)
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SOUNDBITE: Earl Powell, Director National Gallery of Art:
"It is a transformative acquisition for the national gallery of art, or a group of acquisitions. it is a museum collection of...
Bloomberg
The Abandoned Subway Stations That Could Soon Become Bars
Oct. 24 -- Underneath the streets of London, up to 26 tube stations sit dormant, some not see by the public since World War II. One organization is working to lease these so-called ghost stations -- planning to transform them into...
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Kosovan archaeologists struggle to make most of country's riches
Halilaq, Southern Kosovo - recent
1. Wide shot pan across site believed to be an ancient town
2. Various of archaeologists working
3. Close up of archaeologist's face as he uses brush
4. Mid shot of two men with a clip board
5. Close up...
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Exciting finds unearthed at home of 2014 Winter Olympics
AP Television
Sochi, Russia - 29 September 2010
1. Close of stones being swept by archaeologist
2. Close of stone with turquoise polished surface
3. Wide of Yekaterina Armarchuk, senior research scientist at the Institute of...
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World's first human rights declaration from 539 BC on show
AP Television
Washington, DC - 7 March, 2013
1. Various of clay Cyrus Cylinder from ancient Babylon, described as the world's first human rights declaration
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Curtis, Keeper of Special Middle East Projects,...
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GERMANY: BERLIN/MOSCOW ART EXHIBITION OPENS
Berlin, Germany, 1 September, 1995
1. Exhibition sign in front of Museum, zoom out museum.
2. Posters in foyer
3. Wide shot Presser
4. SOUNDBITE: (German) Professor Joern Merkert - Director Berlin Museums
5. Catalogue exhibition
6....
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USA: COLOMBIAN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE ON DISPLAY IN WASHINGTON
Spanish/Nat
There's been a meeting of the two America's, north and south, as an exhibition of contemporary Colombian sculptures goes on show in Washington.
A 50-ton crane moved slowly up Washington D-C's Constitution Avenue on Saturday,...
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Art inspired by classic Chanel handbags
music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music
AP TELEVISION - mute
1. Various of archive footage and stills of Coco Chanel
New York May 2, 2005
2. Various of Chanel outfits
3. Mid of Chanel handbags...
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Opening of Nomadic Museum, an itinerant art exhibit
1. Film clip being shown at "Ashes and Snow" exhibition
2. Zoom out of film clip to wide of exhibition hall
3. Various of artwork from "Ashes and Snow" exhibition
4. Wide of audience watching film clip in dark hall
5. Close-up of...
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Ceremony to mark handover of Maori heads to New Zealand
1. Maori warrior performing traditional dance on stage
2. Pan from French delegates to Maori women performing grieving ceremony
3. Close of performer
4. Wide of Maori ceremony to thank to France's government for return of tattooed...
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Whether it's hanging from skyscrapers or exploring ancient culture, visitors to Hong Kong's 3D Trick Art Museum are experiencing art in a unique way. 3D Trick Art has long been popular on the streets of Asia, but now it's going to new heights. (June 27)
SOUNDBITE (English) Zaccheus Law, Hong Kong 3D Museum:
"I feel quite amazing when I first step in that museum because the painting they really can do the trick art illusion and I - we can feel a lot of interaction with the artwork so I...