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President George W. Bush helped to re-open the National Museum of American History after an $85 million facelift that took two years.
HEADLINE: Bush re-opens American history museum
CAPTION: President George W. Bush helped to re-open the National Museum of American History after an $85 million facelift that took two years. (Nov. 19)
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USA: WASHINGTON: ENOLA GAY EXHIBITION CAUSES PROTESTS
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Despite the shouting and praying of protestors, the highly controversial exhibition of the plane that dropped the world's first atomic bomb opened in Washington today (Wednesday).
Up to 50 demonstrators, many of whom were...
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Reconstruction of Enola Gay unveiled
Dulles Airport, Virginia - 18 August 2003
1. Restored B-29 Bomber "Enola Gay" inside a hangar
2. View from the nose of the Enola Gay
3. Bomb sight window on the nose
4. Shot of crew list painted on the plane's nose
5. Tail of plane
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A nearly complete Tyrannosaurus Rex arrived in Washington for its new home at the Smithsonian dinosaur hall. Kathy and Tom Wankel first discovered a three-inch protrusion of the bone in 1988 that led to the discovery. (April 15)
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Washington - April 15, 2014
1. Wide of event with Kirk Johnson, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History director at podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirk Johnson, Smithsonian National Museum of...
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National Museum receives newly discovered animal/plant species
1. Top shot of Professor Philippe Bouchet from the French National Museum of Natural History holding specimen of newly discovered species
2. Close-up of new species
3. Various shots of specimens of newly discovered species on...
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USA: LAUREN PLEDGES 13 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESTORE US FLAG
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Fashion designer Ralph Lauren and the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation have paid a huge tribute to American history by pledging 13 (m) million U-S dollars to save the Star-Spangled Banner.
The flag which inspired Francis Scott...
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Miss Piggy joins Kermit in Smithsonian collection; Henson's daughter donates puppets
The family of Jim Henson, creator of children's television show, ''The Muppets" donated more than 20 puppets and props Tuesday to the National Museum of American History on Tuesday, her father's birthday.
Henson's daughter, Cheryl...
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USA: HIGH-TECH ROBOT GIVES TOURS AT SMITHSONIAN'S MUSEUM
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For the first time in history, visitors to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History are taking tours guided by a high-tech robot.
Minerva, an intelligent and mobile robot created by scientists at Carnegie Mellon...
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Federal workers take shutdown protest to McConnell
Dozens of furloughed federal workers visited the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make a personal appeal to end the partial government shutdown because of the financial hardship it's causing.
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Federal workers take shutdown protest to McConnell
Dozens of furloughed federal workers visited the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make a personal appeal to end the partial government shutdown because of the financial hardship it's causing.
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Federal workers take shutdown protest to McConnell
Dozens of furloughed federal workers visited the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make a personal appeal to end the partial government shutdown because of the financial hardship it's causing.
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Dutch collector presents D-Day flag to the US
A Dutch collector has presented the United States with an American flag flown on the stern of a boat during the World War II D-Day landing on Utah Beach.
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Dutch collector presents D-Day flag to the US
A Dutch collector has presented the United States with an American flag flown on the stern of a boat during the World War II D-Day landing on Utah Beach.
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CLEAN : Baby panda celebrates first birthday with fruitsicle cake at DC Zoo
Baby panda Xiao Qi Ji celebrates his first birthday by eating a fruitsicle cake with his mother Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, in front of delighted visitors (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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900,000 year old hominid skull fragment found
1. Exterior shot of National Museum of Kenya 2. Various shots of fragments of bone being displayed at press conference 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Richard Potts, Smithsonian Institute: "What we found was fragmentary, or a partial...
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GNS: Concorde arives at museum after journey on river barge
1. Concorde on barge as it pulls into New York Harbor
2. Concorde with other boats passing by it
3. Concorde with helicopter flying along-side
4. Concorde as she passes the statue of liberty
5. News crew doing live shot on boat
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An animated, accurate cast skeleton of a Triceratops, one of the last dinosaurs to roam Earth 65 million years ago.
SHOTLIST: Washington, DC 24 May 2001
Smithsonian Institution Animation
1. animation of Triceratops skeleton
2. animation morphs into dinosaur
3. animation of walking dinosaur skeleton
4. animation of femur bone of skeleton
5. ...
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Concorde arives at museum after journey on river barge
1. Wide of Concorde on barge as it pulls into New York Harbour
2. Concorde with other boats passing by it
3. Concorde with helicopter flying along-side
4. Concorde passing the Statue of Liberty
5. Concorde on barge
6. Concorde on barge...
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Controversy over the display of the Enola Gay
1. Exterior of Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum annex, Chantilly, Virginia
2. Interior of new museum's new annex, showing Enola Gay (R on tail fin)
3. Wide shot of podium with Jack Daily, museum director
4. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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+4:3 NASA announces new homes for retiring space shuttles
FILE: Cape Canaveral, Florida - date unknown
1. Various of one of the space shuttles taking off
AP Television
12 April 2011
2. AP Graphic showing the retirement locations for the 3 space shuttles as well as the Enterprise
Cape...
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DC's National Zoo, museums close due to shutdown
Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation's capital started closing Wednesday as the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on.
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National Zoo, museums close due to shutdown
Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation's capital started closing Wednesday as the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on.