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JAPAN: TOKYO: 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMPEROR AKIHITO (3)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Japan has marked the 10th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's ascension to the throne with a massive street celebration outside the Royal Palace.
Thousands turned out in Tokyo on Friday to join...
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Qing dinasty vase sold for a record $9.5 million
1. Various of the Falangcai 'Double-Lotus' bowl from the Chinese Qing Kangxi period on display
2. Pan from media to Nicolas Chow (left), Sotheby's International Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, and successful bidder William...
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Preview of sale of Qianlong Chinese vases, one expected to fetch 15.4m dollars
Hong Kong, 7 September 2011
1. Mid of Tianqiuping, a rare famille-rose nine peaches vase from the Qianlong era
2. Tilt up of the vase
3. Various close shots of details of design on vase
4. Set up of Nicolas Chow, International Head of...
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TAIWAN: CHINESE TERRACOTTA WARRIOR STATUES (V)
Voice and effects
Seventeen of China's famed Qin dynasty terracotta warrior statues were unveiled in Taiwan on Tuesday in an unprecedented show of cultural exchange between the longtime rivals.
China had never allowed more than 10 of the...
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Auction house collection raises the curtain on life in Imperial and Soviet Russia
Families crowded by a riverside, waiting for a passing motor ship.
This painting by Vladimir Fedorovich Stozharov is just one of the many artworks now on show before auction at Sotheby's in London.
It's part of a collection of paintings...
Bloomberg
Foley: Japan Negative Rates May Have Been Mistake
Aug. 8 -- Rabobank Senior Currency Strategist Jane Foley discusses her outlook for the Japanese economy and Bank of Japan monetary policy. She speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Tokyo residents react as Japan's emperor hints at abdication
CLEAN : Tokyo residents react as Japan's emperor hints at abdication
Hearst Metrotone News
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie wears a robe and helmet.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie wears a robe and helmet.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : FILE: Private Napoleon III collection goes under the hammer
CLEAN : FILE: Private Napoleon III collection goes under the hammer
Hearst Metrotone News
Bombs fall to the ground, soldiers shoot cannons, and Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie leads troops while riding a white horse.
Bombs fall to the ground, soldiers shoot cannons, and Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie leads troops while riding a white horse.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : La lengua de los ultimos emperadores chinos en peligro
VOICED : La lengua de los ultimos emperadores chinos en peligro
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Italy island marks 200 years since Napoleon exile
CLEAN : Italy island marks 200 years since Napoleon exile
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Emperor Hirohito Visits Ancestral Mausoleum
View of Mount Fuji / entrance to Musashi Imperial Graveyard / close up of Shinto priests / Hirohito's motorcade arriving / Hirohito exits car and salutes / Hirohito posed in court uniform / view of dome at mausoleum / Shinto priests...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Louis XIV Napoleon diamond to be auctioned off in Geneva
A large pink diamond once set in the crowns of numerous French kings and emperors is on display at the Christie's auction house in London before it goes under the hammer in Geneva next month
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Putin seeks to be emperor for life: Kremlin critic Navalny
Barred from participating the Kremlin's top critic Alexei Navalny slams the March 18 presidential election as a sham meant to re appoint Vladimir Putin on his way to becoming emperor for life
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Japan celebrates Emporer Naruhito with imperial parade, Iran finds a new oil field and a man gets charged during a flight for abusive sexual conduct
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Rare Chinese vase found in a house full of cats to go under the hammer
A rare 18th-century Chinese porcelain vase discovered in a remote central European house is expected to fetch at least HK$70 million ($9 million) at Sotheby's in Hong Kong (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sky News
UK - Japanese Emperor State Visit - State Dinner
CLEAN: Shows exterior shots protesters demonstrating about Japanese Prisoner of WAr Camps from the Second World War outside the State Dinner for Emperor Akhito and Empress Michiko at the Victoria and Albert Museum during their State...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : En "visita de Estado", llega a Brasil el corazón de su primer emperador
El corazón de Pedro I, primer emperador de Brasil tras proclamar la separación de Portugal, llegó el lunes a Brasilia en una "visita de Estado" desde Oporto, en el marco de los festejos por el bicentenario de la independencia brasileña...
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US museum hosts China's terracotta warriors
Santa Ana, California -15 May 2008
1. Wide of terracotta warriors (archers) at Bowers museum exhibition
2. Close up of faces of statues
3. Crowd looks at exhibition
4. Close up of face of statue
5. Pan of statues
6. Wide of terra cotta...
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UK - Japanese Emperor receives cold welcome
A handful of former British prisoners of war turned their backs and booed as Japanese Emperor Akihito made a state visit to Wales Wednesday (27/5) to mark 25 years of Japanese investment in the principality. The small crowd of veterans...
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SYND 4 10 75 HIROHITO LAYS WREATH IN WASHINGTON
Emporer hirohito of Japan lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Washington.
1. ws of the car arriving2. ws of the tomb3. ms of the guard of honour4. ms of Hirohito 5. vs of Hirohito walking up the steps and laying the...
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A unique auction and exhibition at Sotheby's Hong Kong
Hong Kong 27/4/03
1. Pan to main entrance to exit venue
2. A group of 3 large Gilt-bronze figure of Amida Buddha, Ming Dynasty
3. A copper-red and under glaze-blue 'Dragon' Vase, Tianqiuping seal mark and period of Qianlong
4. Art...