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SYND 06/01/1974 CABINET AT TRADITIONAL EPIPHANY DAY BLESSINGS
Epiphany is celebrated by the Greek cabinet in Athens.
1. vs of the religious parade marching past
2. vs of the service in the open air
3. vs of the priest casting a crucifix into the harbour
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REPLAY Australian fugitive leaves prison ahead of extradition
1. Wide of Korydallos prison
2. Close-up of prison sign seen through barbed wire
3. Guard tower
4. Police car and officer outside prison
5. Close-up of security officer walking past van
6. Close-up of barbed wire
7. Australian fugitive,...
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Athens braces for possible ninth day of unrest after overnight violence
1. Wide top shot of Syntagma Square, pan to Parliament House
2. Mid of policemen standing near parliament
3. Wide of cleaner using hose
4. Wide of burnt out garbage containers at the National Technical University of Athens
5. Wide of...
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WRAP Scuffles and arrests on fringes of ongoing demo
1. Tracking shot of protesters scuffling with riot police, man falls to ground
2. Mid rear view of riot police holding on to protesters
3. High-angle of protesters holding banners marching down street
4. Bank windows and interior being...
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Strike by workers at state-run companies over austerity plans
Athens - 9 June 2011
1. Wide of people waiting for metro station to open after work stoppage
2. Close-up of people waiting at closed metro gate
3. Close-up of metro sign
4. Wide of metro station entrance with protest banners seen...
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Riot police, protesters clash outside parliament during general strike
1. Wide of scene showing police officers on motorcycle crashing to ground, as fireworks go off in background, one officer is struck by a demonstrator while the other is then hit with a Molotov cocktail (or petrol bomb) setting him on...
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SYND 31 12 75 WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR HELMUT SCHMIDT IN ATHENS
West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt lays wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier with Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis in Athens
1. gv Schmidt greeted by dignitaries and walks across square
2. gv spectators
3. ms, top...
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SYND 14 4 78 DEMONSTRATION AGAINST ANTI-TERRORIST LAWS
People demonstrate in Athens against the Greek government's decision to introduce new anti-terrorist legislation. Nearly 20,000 people take part.
1. ws demonstrators with banners 2. ms people chanting 3. ms and pan policemen lined up 4....
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SYND25-03-72 ATHENS PARADE FOR ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE
Greek Premier George Papadopoulos presides at parade commemmorating 151st anniversary of Greek Independence
*This story also available on Library Digi SP Beta Tape GEN0664*
1. ws tanks past
2. mcu Papadopoulos
3. ms tanks and...
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UPITN 19 11 77 VOTING PREPARATIONS FOR FORTHCOMING ELECTION IN GREECE
Posters adorn the streets of Athens for the forthcoming Greek election. Prime Minister, Constantine Karamanlis posters are prevalent.
1. ws line of buses
2. ls Acropolis, pull out to bus park
3. ms poster Karmanlis on bus
4. ms...
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SYND 2 10 76 GERMAN GUERILLA POHLE AFTER COURT VERDICT
West German urban guerilla Rolf Pohle left Athens under heavy police escort Friday (October 1 '76) for West Germany, where he is wanted to complete a six-year prison term. Pohle was among five terrorists freed by West Germany last year...
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SYND 16 11 74 STUDENTS DEMONSTRATIONS IN ATHENS
Students demonstrating in Athens on the first anniversary of the student rebellion at the Athens Polytechnic which was crushed by tanks and troops with eighteen killed and hundreds injured.
1. cu banner
2. various of students chanting...
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UPITN 1 4 80 OLYMPIC AWARD CEREMONY
Guests present at award ceremony held in Athens. Guests include Greek President Constantine Karamanlis and an award is given to ex British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan
1. ms, ex British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and women...
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WRAP Best of the day's clashes, violence and arrests
1. Club-wielding youth throwing projectiles, rubbish bins on fire
2. Rioters running away as riot police fire tear gas at them on street corner
3. Top shot of rioters pushing full waste containers on fire into middle of road
4. Riot...
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SYND 6 7 68 ICMS ATHLETICS CONTEST BEGINS IN ATHENS
An athletic meeting of the International Confederation of Military Sports opens in Athens.
1. ws sign CISM with crowd below
2. vs band two teams march past
3. ms deputy premier Stylianos Pattakos and chief of staff seated
4. ws...
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Protesters riot after march to mark sixth anniversary of fatal police shooting of unarmed teenager
Protesters in Athens threw molotov cocktails and damaged store fronts on Saturday.
The violence occurred amid demonstrations marking the sixth anniversary of the fatal police shooting of an unarmed teenager.
No casualties were...
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SYND 25-3-74 ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN ATHENS
The annual parade in Athens marking the anniversary of Greece's War of Independence.
1. gv motorcycles parading
2. gv Jeeps with guns parading
3. gv crowd watching
4. various of tanks parading
5. gv crowd and police
6. ms personnel...
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GREECE: COUNTRY HIT BY HEATWAVE
Natural Sound
A heatwave has hit southern Europe leaving at least 23 people dead and sparking hundreds of fires.
In Greece, the thermometer climbed to 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit).
The heatwave has been caused by an...
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UPITN 1 6 80 AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR BRUNO KRIESKY VISITS ATHENS
Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky arrives in Athens to be welcomed by the Greek Prime Minister Konstantin Karamanlis and Felipe Gonzalez leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He gives a press conference in which he talks about...
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Clashes break out at anti-austerity demonstration
1. Clashes between riot police and masked youth at Syntagma square; flames, black smoke rising, masked youth throw rocks and molotov cocktails at police, pan right to tear gas and white smoke rising on the side of the protesters, who...
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Violence erupts on anniversary of police shooting that sparked riots
1. Wide of demonstrators marching; objects being thrown towards riot police; riot police charging demonstrators
2. Long shot of riot police and demonstrators; smoke filling air UPSOUND tear gas shots being fired
3. Long shot of...
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Greece - Firefighters battle against fires
Firefighters in Greece on Sunday (05/07) continued fighting fires north of Athens which were still threatening houses. The authorities appeared optimistic that they would manage to control the fires but they remained vigilant in case...
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Bomb explodes outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens
A bomb exploded outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens before dawn on Thursday, causing some damage but no injuries.
The blast came hours before Greece was to return to the international bond markets for the first time in...
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CAN198 THOUSANDS TAKE PART IN PEACE MARCH
Scenes of a huge protest march from Marathon to Athens, attended by thousands protesting for world peace. Prime minister George Papandreou denounced it as Communist led.
1. ms torch bearer
2. mcu road signboard 'Tomb of Marathon...