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National Museum of China reopens after renovation
1. Interior of National Museum of China with people walking in exhibition halls
2. People looking at sculpture, pan to exhibition hall
3. Various of sculptures
4. Various of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lu Zhangshen, Curator...
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POLAND: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II ELECTION
Eng/Polish/Nat
This Friday (October 16) marks the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul the Second's election by his fellow cardinals.
Although no longer the robust, energetic man that the world knew in the late seventies and eighties,...
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Bones of world's biggest dinosaur found in China exhibited in Japan
1. Mid of worker controlling crane
2. Section of skeleton replica of the Mamenchisaurus being hoisted by a crane
3. Close up of worker giving directions
4. A worker joining parts of skeleton replica
5. Wide shot of skeleton replica
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A time capsule that was sealed inside the Massachusetts state house in 1795 was opened on Tuesday. It contained newspapers, a medal depicting George Washington, coins, a silver plaque and a Commonwealth of Massachusetts seal. (Jan. 7)
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Early residents of Boston valued a robust press as much as their history and currency if the contents of a time capsule dating back to the years just after the Revolutionary War are any...
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USA: NEW WAX SCULPTURE OF GEORGE W BUSH
English/Mute
Newly inaugurated U-S President George W. Bush has gone on show again, but this time it was a dummy rather than the real thing.
The public got its first glimpse of the new wax sculpture of the 43rd president at Madame...
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Mahmoud Darwish museum celebrates Palestine's national poet
As the sixth anniversary of the death of poet and author Mahmoud Darwish approaches, visitors have been flocking to a museum in Ramallah built to remember the man known as Palestine's 'national poet.'
A video of Mahmoud Darwish dominates...
Bloomberg
Most Important for LVMH Is to Give Back: Arnault
Oct. 20 -- Hes the CEO of the worlds largest luxury company. Today, hes with French President Hollande inaugurating his very own private museum ""the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. In a rare interview, Bernard Arnault tells...
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Interactive museum for fun and learning
AP Television
Santiago, Chile - March 25, 2011
1. Various of girls playing with visual effects exhibit
2. Close of animation effect with faces
3. Various of boy playing with visual effect exhibition
4. Various of 3D animation of Mirador...
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Rock carvings that graced a sacred American Indian site in California's Sierra Nevada for thousands of years have been stolen. At least four petroglyphs were hacked from lava cliffs in the Eastern Sierra, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
HEADLINE: Ancient rock carvings stolen in Sierra Nevada
CAPTION: Rock carvings that graced a sacred American Indian site in California's Sierra Nevada for thousands of years have been stolen. At least four petroglyphs were hacked...
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PHILIPPINES: MUMMY RETURNED TO ORIGINAL RESTING PLACE
Natural Sound
The 500-year-old mummified remains of a tribal folk hero will soon be on a trip back to their original burial cave.
The National Museum in Manila has formally turned over the mummy of Apo Annu to the governor of northern...
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+4:3 Preview to 50th anniversary of treaty between Germany and France
Kehl, Germany - 19 January, 2013
1. Various of statue of two men hugging
2. Pan of bridge on river Rhine, the German border between Kehl and Strasbourg in France
3. Traffic on cross border bridge
4. Various of German museum curator...
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Paris pays homage to screen legend with her own square
1. Exterior wide shot of 'Place Marlene Dietrich'
2. Mid shot Dietrich's grandson Peter Riva
3. Set-up shot of Bertrand Delanoe, Mayor of Paris
4. Push in Bertrand Delanoe, Mayor of Paris and Peter Riva to plaque
5. Tilt up to sign...
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1,000 years of Germany Poland relations
AP Television
Museum Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany - September 21, 2011
1. Tilt up "Ciborium with crown", from the dowry of Anna Katharina Konstanze Vasa, before 1642
2. Close of portrait of "Duchess Hedwig", Polish princess,...
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Spending the night at a museum
Berlin, November 23th 2010
1. Zoom out sign "Hamburger Bahnhof" to exhibition
2. Close up title of exhibition "Soma"
3. Medium shot of exhibition
4. Wide shot of exhibition
5. Close up bed
6. Set up shot medium shot Carsten Hoeller
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Italian Pres Napolitano returns piece of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
1. Wide of Italian and Greek flags
2. Medium of object in exhibition of antiquities returned to Italy from various museums
3. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Giorgio Napolitano, Italian president:
"The region of Sicily generously agreed to...
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Yoko Ono newser at opening of John Lennon: New York Years exhibit
music/video/performance rights must be cleared
AP Television
New York, 11 May 2009
1. Close up of exhibition banner showing 'John Lennon: The New York City Years,' pull out wide to show Rock and Rock Hall of Fame New York Annex
2. Wide...
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Aix en Provence reflects on its most popular artist Cezanne ahead of art sale
1. Various of town centre
2. Various of statue of Paul Cezanne
6. Pan of Musee (Museum) Grenet
7. Various of exhibition on Cezanne life and work
8. SOUNDBITE : (French) Denis Coutagne, curator Musee Grenet :
"Why there aren't...
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Security tight in Brussels as Belgium on alert
Armed soldiers continued to stand guard on Sunday outside Belgian national institutions that authorities believe could be possible targets for extremist groups.
There was a military presence outside the Jewish Museum of Belgium in the...
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Group claims Da Vinci painted early Mona Lisa work
A Switzerland-based foundation presented Thursday a painting they believe to be an earlier version of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci - the world-famous work that hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The Mona Lisa Foundation, which...
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Van Gogh painting valued at US$50 million stolen
1. Pan right, exterior of the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo
2. Various exteriors
3. Statue at the museum entrance
4. Close of design above the door
5. Close of sign reading (English and Arabic) "Mr & Mrs Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil...
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Country stars Vince Gill and Keith Urban host their annual benefit show to raise funds for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and performer Carrie Underwood talks about her chances of being inducted someday. (May 6)
Nashville, Tenn. 11 Nov. 2013
1. Zoom out on signage
Nashville, Tenn. 5 May 2014
2. Medium of Keith Urban playing around on drums behind Vince Gill
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Vince Gill, recording artist, on the new renovations to the County...
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Tourists start to return to Egypt's museums and historical sites
1. Wide of Egyptian Museum in Cairo
2. Mid of tourists arriving at the museum
3. Tilt down to tourists queuing outside the museum
4. Various interiors of tour guides showing groups of tourists the exhibits
5. Various of artefacts
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Futuristic box against Berlin's traditional skyline
AP Television
Berlin, Germany - August 12, 2011
1. Wide of Humboldt Box in central Berlin
2. Close of sign on wall reading: (English) "Humboldt Box"
3. People standing on terrace of box
4. Wide of people walking towards box
5. Close of...
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Traditional and modern stained glass windows
Romont, Fribourg - July 2008
1. Wide shot of village
2. Mid shot of village
3. Various shots of village centre
4. Tilt down of church
5. Various shot of church
6. Set up shot of Stefan Trumpler, local historian and museum director
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