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Collection of imperial jewellery on public display for first time.
August 29 2001
1. Exterior of National Museum where the jewels are on display
2. Mid shot of security
3. Security at gate
4. Police with sniffer dog at National Museum
August 27 2001
5. Armed security guards at the entrance of hall where...
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Record prices for impressionist art in New York
1. Various of auction room at Christie's auction house, Manhattan
2. Various of sale of Giorgio de Chirico's "Il grande metafisico"
3. Various of sale of Maurice de Vlaminck's "Voiles a Chatou"
4. Various of sale of Odilon Redon's "Vase...
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The National Gallery of Art is selecting over six thousand works of art from the Corcoran collection to include in the nation's art gallery. Two sculptures and 29 paintings are in an exhibit titled "Masterworks from the Corcoran.". (Feb. 5)
SOUNDBITE: Earl Powell, Director National Gallery of Art:
"It is a transformative acquisition for the national gallery of art, or a group of acquisitions. it is a museum collection of great distinction that is being melded with and...
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Exhibition on medieval Spain
1. Wide shot of Museum of Anthropology
2. Wide of exhibit advertisement
3. Wide of people waiting in line to enter museum
4. Interior of museum hall
5. Wide of painting
6. Close shot of painting
7. Pan to public
8. Close up of metal art...
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Museum of love keeps romance alive beyond the grave.
Alappuzha, Kerala - 10 February 2009
1. Pan left to right of exterior of Revi Karuna Karan memorial museum
2. Medium of statues at museum entrance
3. Close of memorial stone dedicated to Revi Karuna Karan
4. Wide of museum door opening...
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Many fewer treasures looted than first thought
1. Various exteriors of Iraqi National Museum
2. US soldiers on guard outside museum
3. Various of items inside museum (Not the items from the secret vault)
4. Various of US soldiers and others walking over pile of rubbish in corridor
5....
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Phil Collins, Billy Joel, more at Songwriters Hall of Fame event
Video contains flash photography
AP Television
New York, 17 June 2010
1. Wide shot of Shubert Alley with limousine in foreground
2. Medium of people on the street
3. Taylor Swift posing for photographers and walking red carpet
4....
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Peru, Japan to build museum for pre-Incan Chavin culture
Lima - 8 November, 2006
1. Wide of Peru's Foreign Ministry
2. Close up Peruvian flags
3. Japanese Ambassador to Peru, Hitohiro Ishida and Peruvian Foreign Minister, Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde as they sit down
4. Pan from people...
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RUSSIA: CONTROVERSIAL ART EXHIBITION
Eng/Russian/Natsot
Seventy-four paintings on display at Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg are at the centre of a bitter cultural dispute between Russia and Germany.
It's the first time the works - which include...
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Bond creator, Ian Fleming's wartime career celebrated at new exhibition
AP Television
London, United Kingdom - 16 April, 2008
1. Exterior shot of museum
2. Wide interior of people standing in front of map
3. Pullout of map
4. Mid shot bomb
5. Close-up bomb
6. Close-up handgun
7. Close-up golden gun
8....
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VIETNAM: HANOI: 7TH ANNUAL FRANCOPHONE SUMMIT ENDS
Eng/French/Nat
Sunday marked the end of the 7th Francophone Summit in Hanoi - the largest public event ever held in Vietnam.
As delegates headed for home, they gave their assessment of the performance of Hanoi as an international...
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Crews removed a time capsule dating back to 1795 on Thursday from the granite cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse, where historians believe it was originally placed by Revolutionary War luminaries Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. (Dec. 11)
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Crews removed a time capsule dating back to 1795 on Thursday from the granite cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse, where historians believe it was originally placed by Revolutionary...
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ARGENTINA: SILVERSMITHS CARRY ON OLD FASHIONED TRADITIONS
Spanish/Nat
One of the oldest and most respected family of silversmiths in Argentina is still carrying on the old-fashioned tradition of making everything by hand.
The Pallarols family brought their trade from Spain to Argentina in the...
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Exhibition marks 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix death
AP Television
London, 24 August 2010
1. Wide of exterior of flat
2. Pan down of exterior
3. Wide of Hendrix guitar in casing
4. Pan up of Hendrix guitar in casing
5. Wide of framed doodling by Hendrix
6. Close of framed doodling by...
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USA: ENOLA GAY EXHIBIT SCRAPPED
English/Nat
The Smithsonian museum in Washington has scrapped plans for a controversial exhibit featuring the American bomber that dropped the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
American veterans had complained that the...
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Jardin Majorelle opens permanent Berber exhibition
AP Television
Morocco, Marrakesh, 4th December 2011
1. Various of Jacques Majorelle's former studio in the Jardin Majorelle which houses the new Berber Museum
2. Various Berber jewellery displayed in the museum
3. Wide of Pierre...
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50th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum
May 15, 2009 New York City
1. Wide shot exterior of Guggenheim Museum
2. Tight shot exterior of Guggenheim Museum
3. Wide shot interior of Guggenheim Museum
4. Tight shot of woman
5. SOUNDBITE: (English): David Van Der Leer,...
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RUSSIA: FINANCIAL CRISIS MEANS MORE CLOSURES OF CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS
Russian/Eng/German/Nat
Russia's most coveted cultural attractions have shut their doors in yet another casualty of the country's massive financial crisis.
From Moscow's famous Lenin Library to the world-renowned Hermitage museum in St....
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Christmas rush for nativity scene workshops
AP Television
Bethlehem, West Bank - November 19, 2011
1. Close of the infant Jesus from a Nativity scene from the Italian region of Veneto
2. Pan left of Nativity scene from French region of Provence
3. Close of mother of pearl Nativity...
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Frogs star of the show in New York
June 4, 2009 New York City
1. Tight shot of Amazon Milk frog native to French Guiana, Brazil and Ecuador
2. Tight shot of green and black poison frog native to Nicaragua and Columbia
3. Mid shot of Frogs display
4. Tight shot of vials...
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USA - Exhibition of Versace clothing
A sumptuous retrospective of clothing created by slain Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace opens this week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibition at the Met's Costume Institute, which begins Thursday and runs...
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Scientists are still digging for Ice Age fossils in the heart of Los Angeles after a century of discoveries. So much has been uncovered from the La Brea Tar Pits that crews have a backlog of bones to clean and sort through. (Oct. 28)
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SOUNDBITE (English): John Harris, Chief Curator, Page Museum "The sabre toothed cats, the dire wolves, the giant jaguars, and the short-faced bears..."
NATSOUND Harris grunts as he pulls...
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USA - Chinese art goes on display in Washington DC
Chinese art from across the ages has gone on display in Washington DC. The Splendors of Imperial China exhibition opened at the National Gallery of Art in the American capital, the last stop on a four-city American tour.
EXT National...
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Modern art collection opens at Guggenheim
1. Wide exterior of Guggenheim
2. Wide tilt down inside Guggenheim
3. Wide of museum director unveiling mural "Alicia", by Spanish artist Joan Miro
4. Close up pan across mural "Alicia"
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Dennison, Guggenheim...