Curated Video
GIANT TORTOISE ISLAND A HIT WITH TOURISTS
Hundreds of giant tortoises roaming freely on an uninhabited tropical island are pulling in day-trippers and tourists in the Seychelles.
The giant reptiles have the rule of the roost on this remote island - in fact tourists even have to...
Curated Video
Caviar, truffle oil and snails - the ultimate luxury ATM
AP Television
BeverIy HiIIs - 25 January 2013
1. Various close up of caviar
Century City - 25 January 2013
2. Caviar vending machine in shopping mall
3. Contents of caviar machine, tilt down
4. Wide of people eating in mall
5. Wide of...
Curated Video
Famous palace hosts flower and vintage car show
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England - 23 June 2013
1. Various of Lilies on display at Blenheim Palace flower show
2. Various of Richard Hide, Lily grower from Berkshire, England, arranging the flowers
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Hide,...
Curated Video
SIMPLE TECHNIQUE HELPS TROPICISLAND BIRDS SURVIVE
Bird Island provides an exclusive getaway destination for tourists, but it's also home to hundreds of thousands of birds.
Only 50 people can live here at one time, and thanks to the dedication of one of them, the island's population of...
Curated Video
Conservationists hope to spread India's lions
The Asiatic lion lives on in the dry forest in India's Gujarat state.
Rescued from near extinction by a hunting ban at the turn of the 20th century, there are now more than 400 lions at the Gir sanctuary. But conservationists say some of...
Curated Video
More and more older people are turning to marijuana for medicinal purposes and urging legislators to legalize pot use for patients. In North Carolina, a bill to do just that is working its way through the General Assembly.
HEADLINE: Older patients turn to marijuana for relief
CAPTION: More and more older people are turning to marijuana for medicinal purposes and urging legislators to legalize pot use for patients. In North Carolina, a bill to do just that...
Curated Video
The wildlife nightmare that everyone has feared for weeks along the Gulf Coast is fast becoming a reality. Saturday, a group of biologists and fish and wildlife agents were out on the water trying to rescue oil-covered birds
HEADLINE: Rescuers try to help oil-covered birds
CAPTION: The wildlife nightmare that everyone has feared for weeks along the Gulf Coast is fast becoming a reality. Saturday, a group of biologists and fish and wildlife agents were out...
Curated Video
Insects promoted as a good food source
Chiang Mai, 19 February 2008
1. Close of fried salted water bugs
2. Close fried grasshoppers
3. Close of bamboo worms, change focus to silk worms in the foreground
4. Pan of trays full of edible insects
5. Mid of trays full of fried...
Curated Video
Development in Mexico threatens ancient Seri tribe
1. Wide shot of a boat on a beach by the Gulf of California
2. Wide shot of boats in the water with a strong wind
3. Wide shot of a ritual structure of the Seri Tribe
4. Wide shot of Guillermo Palma Walking with his daughter near his...
Curated Video
Hunters in north India are searching for a man-eating tiger that has killed nine people. The animal is terrorizing villagers in Maniawala, who have started traveling to work in groups and carrying homemade guns into the sugar fields. (Feb. 14)
SOUNDBITE (English) Sanjay Singh, hunter:
"She's not touching any animal because the man she killed was along with cattle. She never goes for the cattle, she's only going for humans."
SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Vijay Pal Singh, village resident...
Curated Video
Germany - Fossils Discovered In Mining Area
A former coal mining area which industrialists wanted to turn into a chemical waste dump has proved a valuable source of fossils, following its rescue by environmentalists. The Pit Messel, which has yielded many fossils of scientific...
Curated Video
Bird flu spreads to Azerbaijan
1. Wide shot of border check-point
2. Van crossing border, border-guard standing nearby
3. Sanitary worker spraying truck
4. Close up of fumigator hose
5. Sanitary worker spraying truck wheels
6. Wide shot of truck passing sprinkling...
Curated Video
WRAP Protests against Myanmar in Hong Kong, Berlin, Cologne, Brussels, Paris
Hong Kong
1. Wide of protesters holding banners and chanting slogans in support of the democratic movement in Myanmar
2. Close-up of protesters holding banner of Amnesty International
3. Pan from Chinese national emblem to protesters...
Curated Video
VOICER Farmers react to govt crackdown on poppy growing
0000 Mid shot Afghan farmer attending poppy crop
0006 Close shot poppy flower
0009 Close shot poppy head
0013 Various poppy fields
0024 Farmers standing next to field
0028 Farmer digging in poppy field
0034 SOUNDBITE: (Pashtun) Badamgul,...
Curated Video
Aftermath as windstorm in US Northwest leaves 12 dead
1. Various of fallen trees on houses
2. Various of damaged houses
3. Generator
4. Closed Subway sandwich shop
5. Note in window saying closed due to power cut
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deborah and Rob Schwind, Redmond residents:
Rob: "We...
Curated Video
Tigers and lions looked after following a life in the circus
1. Injured circus lion limping in cage
2. Pan over Rescue Centre
3. Rescue Centre staff entering shelter building
4. Staff member spraying water on the cages
5. Various of lioness charging towards camera
6. Various of lioness inside...
Curated Video
JAPAN: SCIENTISTS INTERFACE HUMANOID ROBOT HADALY 2 WITH CHIMP
Tokyo, 1 November 1997
1. Close-up of Hadaly 2, humanoid robot
2. Medium shot of chimp
3. Wide shot of robot and chimp
4. Various of monkey and robot
5. Pan from audience to chimp and robot
6. Medium shot of chimp
7. Wide of robot and...
Curated Video
US long distance swimmer to attempt swim from Havana to Florida Keys, briefing
American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad on Saturday was about to begin her third attempt in less than a year to traverse the 103 miles (165 km) of sea between Cuba and the US state of Florida.
Nyad spoke at a news conference in Havana...
Curated Video
New York Historical Society presents newly discovered Audubon art
1. Wide of building, New York Historical Society
2. Mid shot of building, New York Historical Society
3. Wide of gallery
4. Wide of woman looking at display case
5. Close-up of picture by John James Audubon, titled "Stilt Sandpiper"
6....
Curated Video
Gunmen steal lioness from zoo leaving behind lonely lion cub
1. Remaining lion cub called Sakher looking through cage bars
2. Sakher lying down alone
3. Zoo keeper playing with Sakher
4. Sakher crouching and running to play
5. Sakher playing with nylon sheet
6. Soud al-Shawaa, Director of the Gaza...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: MOSCOW: RED SQUARE: CIRCUS SETS UP OPEN AIR BIG TOP TENT
Red Square, Moscow, October 5th 1996
1. WS Kremlin wall and Red Square
2. MS circus festival tents in the distance on Red Square
3. MS children waiting for clowns to arrive
4. MS clown in car making noise and honking horn
5. CU acrobat...
Curated Video
Puerto Rico cracks down on wild monkeys
AP Television
Parguera, Puerto Rico, Dec. 16, 2008
1. Wide shot of the Lajas Valley from above
2. Medium shot of valley, palm tree in foreground
AP Television
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico Cambalache Forest, Dec. 16, 2008
3. Wide shot of...
Curated Video
CUBA: HAVANA: TRAUMATISED DOLPHIN MENIQUE RETURNS HOME
Spanish/Nat
Cubans have welcomed home a performing dolphin traumatised by its two year stay in Chile.
The dolphin, called Menique, is recovering in Havana's National Aquarium where it will hopefully be performing again in the near...
Curated Video
More protests are planned in New York over a Post cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police.
HEADLINE: Protest outside NY Post over cartoon
CAPTION: Some 200 demonstrators marched in front of the New York Post Thursday to protest a newspaper cartoon that critics say compares President Barack Obama to the chimpanzee that was...