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USA: WASHINGTON: BIKERS AT VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT
English/Nat
The sound of rolling thunder could be heard throughout Washington, D-C Sunday. Thousands of bikers from across the country were converging on the nation's capital to pay their respects to friends and comrades who never...
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Annual 'Rolling Thunder' motor cycle military tribute roars into Washington
1. Various shots of motorcycles driving across Memorial Bridge
2. Marine saluting bikers
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barnie Ferguson, visitor from Harrisonburg, Virginia (++soundbite starts on shot 2++)
"I served proudly for 20 years in the...
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300 American paratroopers jump over Groesbeek to mark 70 years since largest airborne battle in history
Three hundred American paratroopers jumped out of the sky over Groesbeek in the Netherlands on Thursday to mark 70 years since the Battle of Arnhem, the largest airborne battle in history.
Launched on 17 September 1944, operation...
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Veteran shares his experiences on 40th anniversary of US withdrawal from Vietnam
FILE: South China Sea - April 1972
1. Aerial of USS Constellation with jets on deck
2. Corsair II jet manoeuvring on deck, torpedoes under wing
3. F-4 Phantom jet takes off
4. Various of jet landing on deck
FILE: Tan Son Nhat airbase,...
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St Louis hosts first major parade for Iraq war veterans
1. Wide of soldiers parading with flags, , St. Louis Arch visible in background
2. Various of drummer, AUDIO: drumming
3. Various of parade
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Appelbaum, parade co-organiser:
"We were out having dinner and the...
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USA: GOVERNMENT OFFICES SHUTDOWN: SITUATION UPDATE
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The wrangle over the U-S budget has brought much of the federal government to a grinding halt for the second time.
Government officials sent homeabout 260-thousand federal employees Monday as the White House and Congress...
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Elderly war veterans presented with France's highest decoration
Thirty-four US World War II veterans were on Friday decorated as knights of France's Legion of Honour in a ceremony leading up to the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings that began June 6, 1944.
The Consul General of France to New...
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Actor gets restraining order against Iraq veteran
AP Entertainment
Paris, France, 25 October 2007
1. Various Tom Cruise on red carpet
AP Entertainment
Westwood, California, 11 August 2008
2. Wide of Tropic Thunder' cast on red carpet with Tom Cruise
3. Pan of 'Tropic Thunder' cast...
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France bestowed its highest honor Thursday upon 23 men who fought World War II's most epic battles and liberated concentration camps, its latest effort to recognize the dwindling number of surviving veterans of their era.
HEADLINE: Fla. Veterans receive France's highest honor
CAPTION: France bestowed its highest honor Thursday upon 23 men who fought World War II's most epic battles and liberated concentration camps, its latest effort to recognize the...
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ZIMBABWE: SITUATION UPDATE: INTIMIDATION
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Threats of more violence and demands by squatters for the white-owned farmland dampened hope Thursday for a quick end to months of farm occupations in Zimbabwe.
A tour by farmers' leaders and the head of a liberation war...
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RUSSIA: VETERANS ATTEND AFGHAN WAR MEMORIAL
Russian/Nat
Monday marks the tenth anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and the end of a bitter guerilla war.
More than a million Afghans lost their lives and 15-thousand Soviet troops were killed in the...
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Obama cites Boston in salute to wounded warriors
1. Zoom in on US President Barack Obama speaking at Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride event
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"We obviously meet at a time when our thoughts and prayers are with the people of...
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Falklanders and Argentine veterans mark 30 year anniversary of war
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
1. Various of Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) current members and veterans parading through street
2. Mid spectators waving Falkland Islands and British flags
3. Close-up of Falklands war monument...
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SYND 24/3/71 A TELEVISION STATEMENT BY WILLIAM ROGERS
United States Secretary of State, William P Rogers, speaks about listening to the views of Vietnam veterans.
1. MS of Rogers on the podium
2. MS of the audience
3. WS with zoom of Rogers speaking
Film: Pos - Sound: OPT SOF - Colour -...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENT YELTSIN ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Natural Sound
Russia is ready for "a historic compromise" to end the war in Chechnya, according to President Boris Yeltsin.
Speaking during a trip to the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, Yeltsin said he was willing to grant maximum...
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BELGIUM/UK: LARGEST GATHERING OF PEOPLE AGED 100 YEARS OLD OR MORE
Eng/Dutch/Nat
Some 80 centenarians flew from Belgium to London on Friday in what organisers say is the largest ever gathering of people aged 100 years old or more.
Ranging from 100 to 107, they came from Belgium, the Netherlands,...
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VOICER Veterans of Korean War hold service ahead of armistice anniversary
00 00 Veterans march through gate of national cemetery
00 11 South Korean soldier saluting
00 14 Plaque
00 17 Wide shot of veterans salute
00 23 Statue
00 25 Veteran saluting
00 28 SOUNDBITE: (English) Neil Townsend, British Korean War...
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Rolling Thunder, annual motorcycle rally and tribute to veterans for Memorial day
1. Wide of motorcycles crossing bridge, Arlington National Cemetery in background
2. Close of passing motorcycles
3. Medium of bikers touching outstretched hands of crowd
4. Close up of bikers
5. Medium of spectators, with two boys...
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Hundreds of South Koreans attend memorial at city park
1. Various woman doing dance to help souls find their resting place
2. Large crowd watching
3. Woman dancing
4. Elderly men sitting with heads bowed
5. Close-up of old man praying
6. Girls praying, then raising heads
7. Back view...
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Brothers reunited after separation lasting almost 60 years
1. Pull-out from bullet train to 86-year-old Minoru Ohye standing on platform and taking photograph of passing train
2. Close-up of Ohye
3. Close-up of Ohye's hands holding camera
4. Close-up of Ohye looking out the window of bullet...
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Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was on his fourth war zone deployment when he was accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians. AP's Sagar Meghani reports on the potential stresses of spending so much time in combat.
HEADLINE:Bales case could highlight multiple deployments
CAPTION: Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was on his fourth war zone deployment when he was accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians. AP's Sagar Meghani reports on the potential...
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Children of those held at WW2 camp for Roma plan a memorial at the site
Montreuil-Bellay, 9 September 2010
1. Wide of field where French Gypsy internment camp was, memorial plaque in foreground
2. Wide of cows grazing, remains of camp in foreground
3. Close-up on plaque reading (French) "In this place was...
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Amateur video of crash at US air show
1. Various of planes flying overhead
2. Plane crashes, dust cloud UPSOUND: "Did you see that? Did you see that? He crashed."
3. Wide of crash scene, pan of debris field UPSOUND: Announcer urges people to leave
4. Emergency vehicles drive...
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Anti-North Korea rally on second anniversary of island attack
1. Anti-North Korea activist spraying a message denouncing pro-North Korea activists in South Korea on a North Korean flag
2. Activist setting fire to the flag
3. Close-up of the activist burning a sign
4. Close-up of a North Korean...