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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ANNUAL ICE BATHING
Russian/Nat
The Soviet Union has disintegrated and the Russian Empire came and went -- but there's one tradition in Russia that continues to endure.
Every winter, hundreds of Russian bathers break the ice to take a dip in the Moskva ...
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Ecologists release 'Uchi', a sea lion injured by falling rocks
1. Ecologists carrying "Uchi" the rescued sea lion to boat
2. Medium shot "Uchi" inside cage
3. Wide shot boat leaving Port of Callao (on outskirts of Lima)
4. Cage on the boat with "Uchi" inside
5. Close-up ID tag on "Uchi" and area...
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Conference starts, Japan, Oz, NZ and Greenpeace reax
1. Exterior of venue for meeting of International Whaling Commission (IWC)
2. Mid of security
3. Various exterior of entrance
4. Wide of podium at opening session
5. Wide of delegates
6. Japanese delegation headed by Japanese Vice...
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Demo outside Australian embassy over whaling stance
1. Various of protesters holding Japanese flags and banner, chanting: (Japanese) "No for whaling ban but stop killing kangaroos."
2. Tilt down from Japanese flag to Australian Embassy
3. Entrance to embassy
4. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)...
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WRAP Iceland resumes whaling, vessel leaves harbour
Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland near Reykjavik - 17 August 2003
1. Wide of "Elding Whale Watching" boat at sea
2. Tourists looking out for whales
3. Minke whale in ocean
4. Sun reflected in the sea
5. Vignir...
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Conference to discuss commercial whaling ban opens in London
London - July 23, 2001
1. Various of Greenpeace protesters pretending to be whale watchers outside meeting
2. Various of people with giant eye masks looking through giant binoculars
3. Pan across start of IWC meeting
4. Japanese...
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Sea Lion rescued from river gives birth in Buenos Aires zoo
1. Pan from Karina Buono, sea lion trainer, to sea lion mother with cub
2. Mid of sea lion mother with cub
3. Pull out from sea lion cub to sea lion pool
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Karina Buono, Buenos Aires zoo sea lion trainer:
"The...
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RUSSIA: ALL SEASONS SWIMMERS
Russian/Nat
Living in Russia means putting up with nearly half a year of bitter cold, snow and ice.
It's a time for hibernating as much as possible.
Warm sunny days and swimming suits belong to a distant dream.
But there are some...
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A marine facility in the Florida Keys is offering college students a unique opportunity to help aging animals. The 36-week program is the only one in the U.S. that teaches hands-on training and care of marine mammals. (Dec. 18)
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NATSOT: Kelly Jayne Rodriguez/Trainer
"I'm going to ask her to come! Good. I'm still talking to her so she knows where I'm at."
Nats: Trainer - "that gives her a clue to open her eyes, which...
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Producers of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade preview new floats
Thanksgiving is a little more than a week away and producers of the 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade showed off five new floats and balloons on Tuesday (19 NOV. 2013)
Cirque du Soliel has a float this year in the form of a...
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JAPAN: ANIMAL BAND REHEARSES (V)
Voice and effects
The big stars of Japan's aqua amusement park are busy putting the last touches to a unique event..
Yokohama Hakkei Jima's Sea Paradise's super stars, a group of walruses and white dolphins, are going to start performing...
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CUTS 17/9/80 AMERICAN MARINE BIOLOGIST SYLVIA EARLES SWIMMING WITH WHALES AT WALKER BAY
American marine biologist Dr Sylvia Earle, accompanied by local divers and scientists, has made a dive off Walker Bay to approach the rare "Southern Right" whales. The cows have entered the sheltered bay in order to calve in the...
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Gray whales arrive off Baja California on yearly migration
1. View from boat heading to site where the Gray Whale mates and spawns at "Ojo de Liebre" lagoon
2. Mid of boat skipper talking to another man
3. Close up of skipper''s hand on steering wheel
4. Close up of dolphin swimming alongside...
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USA: PROTEST AGAINST JAPANESE WHALING
Washington DC, USA - 17 August 2000
1. Wide shot inflated whale with banner reading: "Japan Killing Whales Will Kill Trade"
2. Pan from close-up of face of the inflated whale to wide shot of protesters with banners
3. Zoom into man with...
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Seal sanctuary in Cornwall takes care of sick and injured seals
1. Grey seals relaxing next to pool
2. Exterior entrance to National Seal Sanctuary
3. Sign reading "National Seal Sanctuary
4. Various of seals performing
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Glen Boyle, Curator, National Seal Sanctuary :
"The...
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Crowds watch annual humpback whale arrivals
1. Tourists waiting for whale-watching boat to arrive
2. Boat patrons pushing boat
3. Tourist whale watching
4. Various of whales jumping at opened sea
5. Tourists on boat
6. More of whales swimming showing their fins
Ecuador's...
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JAPAN: ANIMAL BAND REHEARSES
Japanese/Nat
Two big stars of Japan's aqua amusement park are busy putting the last touch on practicing what is believed to be a world first.
Yokohama Hakkei Jima's Sea Paradise's super stars, which is made up of walruses and white...
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Dinosaur remains go on sale at auction house
1. Wide shot two men attach jaw of Tyrannosaurus bataar (name of genus)
2. Close up Tyrannosaurus teeth
3. Man reattaches tooth to Tyrannosaurus
4. Humpback whale skeleton
5. Woolly Mammoth skeleton
6. Close up Mammoth head
7. Close up...
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Animals at Belgrade zoo get extra pampering as freezing weather hits
Belgrade, Serbia
1. Mid of white tiger peeking from cave in enclosure
2. Wide of white tiger strolling around snow covered enclosure
3. Close up of white tiger enjoying snow
4. Wide of seals swimming in pool
5. Close up of seal in...
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Anti-whaling activists protest outside Japanese embassy
1. Wide exterior of Japan embassy in Moscow
2. Japanese flag
3. Greenpeace activists walking outside embassy holding signs
4. Embassy security and Russian police
5. Greenpeace activists holding signs
6. Man with video camera
7....
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PHILIPPINES: PAMILACAN ISLAND: RESIDENTS HUNT WHALESHARKS
Tagalog/Eng/Nat
For generations, the people on the small island of Pamilacan in the southern Philippines have relied on whaling to earn their living.
But, following an international whale ban, the residents have shifted to...
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UKRAINE: SEVASTAPOL: DOLPHINS HAVE NEW MISSION TO PERFORM
Russian/Nat
Dolphins once trained by the Soviets as a strategic weapon in the cold war with the West have a new mission in life helping sick children.
For 30 years, research workers at the Sevastopol oceanarium in the Ukraine were ...
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Iraq War (C)
24.3.03 - Baghdad
Top wide shot pans across to damaged buildings
By March 25, British troops deemed the town of Umm Qasr secure. Desperate Iraqis were able to come forward to claim food and water from the first aid shipments to enter...
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Group of dolphins stranded off Long Island
1. Wide pan from rescue boats in Northwest Creek to dolphins
2. Close-up dolphin swimming and surfacing to breathe
3. Close-up dolphins swimming and surfacing to breathe
4. Mid of rescuers lifting dead dolphin's body into boat in...