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CHINA: REJUVENATION OF SHANGHAI MUSEUM AS ECONOMY BOOMS
Mandarin/Nat
Shanghai is emerging from the cultural darkness of the communist years.
Once known world-wide as the "Paris of the Far East" for its unique cross-roads of cultures, Shanghai went into decline after the communist take-over...
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Mexico celebrates Artist Frida Kahlo's death Aniversary
1. Pan from Diego Rivera´s house (in red) to Frida Kahlo´s smaller
house (in blue)
2. Medium shot of window of Kahlo´s former studio
3. Close up Tequila bottle and two antique glasses
4. Close up cigarettes (Frida Kahlo´s brand)
5....
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Islamic treasures go on show in Berlin
Berlin, March 16th 2010
1. Medium shot of plate with lion - 16th century
2. Pan plate with lion -16th century
3. Pan plate with lion -16th century
4. Medium shot interior of the exhibit
5. Man looking at exhibits
6. Medium shot "Three...
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More on 10 million dollar drawing discovered in back room
1. Pan left, exterior, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
2. Wideshot, zoom in, Michelangelo drawing
3. Closeup, tilt down, Michelangelo drawing
4. Wideshot, Drue Heinz Study Center for Drawings and Prints where drawing was...
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Hitler's album of stolen artworks donated to US National Archives
Adolf Hitler's last known album of stolen artworks was donated to the US National Archives on Thursday.
The leather-bound "Hitler Album" joins dozens of others recovered by the US Army to identify and return stolen art.
The album being...
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Opening of exhibition "Teotihuacan City of Kings"
1. Wide exterior Museum of Anthropology
2. Mid of sign for Teotihuacan exhibit
3. Interior pan of exhibit
4. Various of stone sculpture
5. Mid of two small stone figurines
6. Mid of jewellery on display
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miguel...
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Largest private collection of archaeological artifacts on display
1. Wide exterior archaeological museum at the Xochicalco archaeological site
2. Wide museum interior, cameraman filming archaeological pieces from Milton Leoff collection on display
3. Tilt down large stone sculpture with remnants of...
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Johhny Depp and Angelina Jolie give press conference for 'The Tourist'
AP Television
Madrid, Spain, 16 December 2010
1. Wide pan photo call Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Director Florin Henckel von Donnersmark and Producer Graham King
2. Mid Angelina at photo call
3. Mid Johnny Depp
4. Mid Depp, director von...
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Restoring Napoleon's home in exile
AP Television
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
1. Tilt up painting of Napoleon
Saint Helena island - 23 February, 2012
2. Wide pan left of St Helena Island
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
3. Wide of Longwood House
4. Wide...
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English Christmases through the ages
London - 25th November 2008
1. Tilt up Geffrye Museum exterior
2. Midshot statue of Sir Robert Geffrye, founder of museum building
3. Mid 'Christmas Past' sign
4. Pan across Victorian Christmas living room (Mute)
5. Close up doll
6....
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MEXICO: ANCIENT MAYAN CIVILISATION EXHIBITION OPENS
Spanish/Nat
A unique art exhibition of work from the ancient Mayan civilisation has opened in the Mexican capital, Mexico City.
Over 300 pre-hispanic pieces of work have been gathered together for the first time from museums throughout...
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USA: WASHINGTON: GOLDEN AGE OF CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBIT
English/Nat
A new exhibit of recent archaeological discoveries has changed the way many scholars looked at the way Chinese civilization began.
The conventional wisdom was that Chinese civilization sprung up along the Yellow River which...
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Interior minister announces security measures
1. Pan on Louvre museum and Pyramid
2. Medium of Louvre, tourists and fountain
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brigitte Holden, tourist from Frankfurt:
"There are signs everywhere, there are announcements in the tube, in the metro, and they...
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Tiny apartments with big ideas
AP Television News
New York - January 15, 2013
1. Wide, women moving cushions off couch in a micro apartment at The Museum of the City of New York
2. Wide, women lowering a bed in a micro apartment
3. Wide, flat screen being pushed...
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A 'Mona Lisa' copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the original, museum officials said on Wednesday.
HEADLINE: 'Mona Lisa' copy done hand in hand with da Vinci
CAPTION: A 'Mona Lisa' copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MONUMENTS TO APARTHEID STILL STAND
English/Nat
The monuments to apartheid are still standing across South Africa, a year after the country's first multi-racial government came to power.
But a sense of political correctness is spreading in Nelson Mandela's new South...
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NEWS FEATURE Museum hopes to display independence documents
February 2008
1. Tilt down from flags to "Independence house," now housing a museum
2. Close of flags
3. Exterior of "Independence house" museum entrance
4. Tilt up from insignia on floor to an empty glazed table, where Kosovo's...
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Art exhibit has "sleeping beauties" waiting for kiss - and marriage
Fairytales have come true in Ukraine - with an art exhibition offering real-life "sleeping beauties" the chance to marry their "Prince Charming".
Five women have been taking turns sleeping on display at the National Art Museum in Kiev...
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Art economy expected to bounce back at influential art and antiques fair
AP Television News
Maastricht, Netherlands, 12 March 2010
1. Close up of Botticelli''s Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John (1493-50), Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1444/5 - 1510), Tempera on panel, Formerly in the collection of...
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Julia Roberts and George Clooney - co-chairs of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fashion gala - were among dozens of A-list celebrities and designers to turn out for the affair. (May 6)
HEADLINE: Roberts, Clooney lead celeb parade at Met gala
CAPTION: Julia Roberts and George Clooney - co-chairs of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fashion gala - were among dozens of A-list celebrities and designers to turn...
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NYC exhibit showcases costumes and clothing from Katharine Hepburn's personal collection
AP Entertainment
New York City, 16 October 2012
1. Wide of Katharine Hepburn exhibit
2. Pan from picture of Hepburn to outfit worn by her
3. Pan up of an outfit worn by Hepburn
4. Mid of Jean Druesedow, director of the Kent State...
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Museum devoted to espionage to open
1. Shot of replica Aston Martin car from James Bond-Goldfinger-Movie on display in the International Spy Museum
2. Shot of Aston Martin replica displaying tricks from Goldfinger movie
3. Shot of spying device in museum
4. Shot of...
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Museum dedicated to whisky opens in Buenos Aires
The first of its kind in Latin America and featuring the second largest collection of malt whiskies in the world, according to its founder, the newly launched Museum of Whisky is causing a stir in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
The...
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Items from George Harrison's childhood and music career go on display at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles
With his widow's blessing and help from some powerful forces in music and movies, the most private of the Beatles has been getting a lot of public attention lately.
George Harrison's life was the focus of an HBO documentary, "Living In...