Cautious US Marines looking toward ocean then laying on sand / men crouched over walking at shoreline / men in chest-deep water with guns over heads move behind protective supply barge / Marines with smoke beyond them, throws grenade /...

US Marines hunkered down in dugout fortified with palm tree trunks / cautious men in combat gear at steep sand emplacement with one throwing a grenade / long line of Marines walking past with devastated palm trees in the distance / pan...

Invasion barges, troop transports on water with cargo ships beyond / men, one with binoculars underneath crow's nest and American flag flying in stiff breeze / man (metal hook and three cables) aboard ship looking at barges, amphibious...

With smoke and palm trees behind, US Marines crouch and move left / triangular Japanese pillbox partially buried in sand / Marine at grounded Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero with wall of felled palm tree trunks / men approach hut topped...

Moving slowly forward over Coconut Palm forest on atoll

Old Manra settlement viewed from above

Moving over Coconut Palm trees with white birds flying about

High above Coconut Palm forest on Manra Atoll

English/Nat

The tiny island of Kiribati in the South Pacific will be the first nation on Earth to enter the new millennium - thanks to its proximity to the international...

Eng/French/Nat

Thanks to its proximity to the international dateline, the tiny island nation of Kiribati will be the first nation on Earth to enter the new...

English/Nat

Kiribati was the first country to witness the sunrise of the New Millennium - 22 minutes ahead of the Chatham Islands in New Zea
land.
The Dawn celebration was...

Two of the worlds most vulnerable low lying island nations Kiribati and Tuvalu say failure at upcoming climate talks in Paris is not an option as rising sea levels threaten their very existence

Voice and effects

VOICED BY: Louise
Bates
The tiny island of Kiribati in the South Pacific will be the first nation on Earth to enter the new millennium - thanks to its proximity to the...

Copenghagen - 11 December 2009

1. Various of Kirabati dancer Pelenise Alofa dancing at a presentation inside the conference venue organised by the Climate Action Network Australia and Pacific Calling...

(Duration: 9 mins 35 secs, sot 1 min 52 secs)

Thanks to a geographical quirk, the tiny island of Kiribati in the South Pacific will go into the record books as the first nation on earth to enter the third millennium. But of far...

CLEAN : Its about our survival insists Kiribati President

China praises the Pacific island of Kiribati for cutting ties with Taiwan saying it highly appreciates the decision (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

(14 August 1999)

1. Aerial view of coas
tline
2. Various
of beach
3. Various of fishermen, boats passi
ng, casting net
4. Wide of fish
ermen returning home
5. Various of locals on their traditional...

1. Aerial shot of island

2. Mid shot of
boat
3. Tree buried under water
in lagoon
4. Part of island submerged in water and
pull out to hut
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bwere Eritaia, Kiribati...

1. Wide of people in the Bella Venue atrium watching screen showing plenary session

2. Delegate leaving plenary area for a p
ause
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kunihiko Shimada, delegate from...

1. Various shots of British rower Roz Savage coming in to dock

2. Cutaway of
crowd
3. Savage jumping out of row boat before being carried on the shoulder of two ceremonially dres
sed locals
4. Savage being draped...

1. Various shots of British rower Roz Savage coming in to dock

2. People applau
ding
3. Savage jumping out of row boat before bein
g carried
4. Reverse shot of her
being carried
5. Savage being...

English/Nat

The President of Kiribati landed on Millennium Island on Thursday, as his people made final preparations to be among the first to usher in the third...

Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 18 September 19971. Flags waving2. Musicians playing - pan to wide shot of musicians3. John Howard being welcomed with flowers4. New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger being welcomed with...