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Newly-acquired American classics go on show
Washington DC's National Gallery of Art has acquired over 6-thousand works from a collection of famed American classics.
A small selection of the works are now going on show to gallery visitors, giving a taste of what's to come.
The...
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Giant, brightly coloured sculptures paraded on streets of Mexican capital
1. Wide of Mexican folk art sculptures known as Alebrijes on parade
2. Mid of marching band with various Alebrijes in background
3. Mid of various Alebrijes on parade
4. Close of Alebrije that resembles spider
5. Zoom out from Alebrije...
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WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS OFFENSIVE IMAGES. The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia opening in Michigan this month will have thousands of racist objects on display, not to shock, but to teach tolerance.
HEADLINE: Jim Crow Museum aims to teach tolerance
CAPTION: WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS OFFENSIVE IMAGES. The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia opening in Michigan this month will have thousands of racist objects on display, not to shock,...
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One of world's largest private collections of Barbie dolls go to auction
London, UK - 10 August 2006
1. Interior Hamleys toy shop, various of Barbie counter
2. Customers looking at Barbie range
3. Close up Christie's (auction house) sign, tilt down to Barbie dolls on display
4. Close up Barbie doll, pull...
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Researcher says key to mysteries of Mona Lisa in her eyes
1. Wide shot Mona Lisa painting displayed on computer screen
2. Close-up pan right of Mona Lisa's eyes
3. Close-up Mona Lisa's detail, bridge with number 72 highlighted with increased contrast
4. Wide shot of Researcher of the national...
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Museum of pre-Colombian art is opened
1. Various of Pre-Columbian art pieces in new museum
2. Wide of Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru and guests
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru:
"Tonight we revive Peru's antique art and I would like to...
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Thousands of Argentines ride in on horseback to celebrate gaucho culture in annual festival
Thousands of Argentines gathered to celebrate the annual day of Gaucho in the town of San Antonio de Areco, on Sunday.
Horseback Gauchos paraded through the streets of San Antonio, some 115 kilometres (71 miles) north-east of Buenos...
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PERU: LIMA: SAN FRANCISCO CATACOMBS OPEN AS A MUSEUM
Spanish/Nat
A new museum has opened in the Peruvian capital, Lima, which will enable visitors to take a trip back through the centuries.
Located in the San Francisco convent - one of the jewels in Peru's religious architectural...
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President John F. Kennedy's only surviving child celebrated what would have been his 95th birthday this month by honoring three Iowa judges who were ousted after the court unanimously decided to legalize same-sex marriages
HEADLINE: JFK awards for ousted Iowa justices, US diplomat
CAPTION: President John F. Kennedy's only surviving child celebrated what would have been his 95th birthday this month by honoring three Iowa judges who were ousted after the...
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Museum undergoing troubled restoration to briefly open its doors
The Picasso museum in Paris is reopening for two days this weekend after being closed for five years of renovation and expansion that have been fraught with setbacks and dismissals.
The 37 rooms of Musee Picasso, inside the Marais...
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Mammoth sale of pre-historic fossils and skeletons
1. Tilt up on mammoth skeleton from Siberia - Late Pleistocene period
2. Close-up skull and tusks
3. Set up of Sotheby's expert Eric Mickeler walking toward and then viewing mammoth skeleton
4. Tilt up from Mickeler to mammoth...
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Art review of 2011
AP Television
Hong Kong - May 25, 2011
1. Mid of artwork of heads nodding, "Fermentation of Nose", 2011, by Heri Dono
2. Various of 2 paintings of Chairman Mao by Andy Warhol, Mao, 1973
3. Various of visitors to the Hong Kong Art...
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Russia - Artistic 'Spoils Of War' Unveiled
Moscow, Russia Eng Comm Duration: 1.16
Russia has unveiled an exhibition of more than 60 priceless paintings seized by Soviet forces from Nazi Germany at the end of World War Two.
The masterpieces, which were...
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Tips for visiting Paris on a budget
Paris, France, July 4th, 2008:
1. Wide shot of The Eiffel Tower
2. Wide shot of the Eiffel Tower grounds
3. Close up of the Eiffel Tower Tourist information board, showing prices
4. Mid Shot of tourists waiting in the line to go...
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City wide art installation lights up Amsterdam
Amsterdam, June 5, 2008
1. Illuminated Music Pavilion - Vandel Park Amsterdam
2. Illuminated Square -Van Gogh Museum
3. Illuminated water basins Culture Park
4. Green park at the Java Island- a tall light tower
5. Various of the...
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Cold War cooking at East German themed restaurant
AP Television
Berlin, Germany - 21 January 2012
1. Various of people dining in DDR restaurant
2. Close of mural
3. Close of mural, pull out to people dining
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Ulrich Mittenzwei, Tourist from former East German state...