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FRANCE KENDO

Highlights of World Championships in Paris. Ogawa (Japan) wins.

1. Kendo sign

2. GV, arena

3. VS, two semifinals

4. VS, final

5. Trophy being awarded to Ogawa

In the final Ogawa is the one with the white ribbon, Koda the fighter with the red one. In the semifinals Ogawa of Japan beat Kim of South Korea, and Koda of Japan defeated the South Korean, Park.

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SHOTLIST:

Bristol Docks - CU of sign "City Road". Dockland Settlement building. Various shots of the fornt door and sign in window. Docks - various shots of ships in dock, quaysides, cargo being unloaded, men at work, Guinness being unloaded. Interior of hall - kendo being performed. Mixed ages in class. Demonstration of moves by Kendo master. Master places scarf on head then Kendo helmet. Class exercise. Demonstration by two Kendo experts in traditional Kendo costume. Various shots of students performing Kendo moves.

The Japanese can do it, and the London Judo Society has a number of members learning to do it: Kendo, a ritual form of fencing in which the armour and accoutrements are as much part of the ritual as the actual sport itself. We were very honoured to witness a demonstration. By the way, although bamboos are used, the Kendo expert would use a sword.

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SHOTLIST:

Key scene. MS opponents bow to each other. MCU opponents put on armour. MS ditto. CU fighter puts on his face mask. CU another ditto. MS opponents put on rest of armour. MS same stand up. MCU two fighters. MS two fighters demonstrating strokes. MCU one bows. MS demonstration. MCU same. CU mask. MCU demonstration - man. CU hands holding stave. MS fight. CU man's hands holding stave. MS fight. MCU fighter.

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SHOTLIST:

CU Face covered in mask. Various shots of equipment being put on. Master demonstrating moves. Several Kendo fights taking place.

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SHOTLIST:

Japanese boys training with sticks. They run to each other. Mass shot of the clashes with same.

SHOTLIST

Music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music

AP Entertainment

Paris, 4 March 2009

1. Wide exterior tilt down to show's entrance

2. Wide interior guests arriving through front door

3. Cutaway guests waiting for video presentation

4. Shot of smoke filling in room

5. Close up smoke

6. Beginning of video presentation

7. Pan from video screen to audience watching show

8. Shot of projection screen with show's intro

9. Cutaway guest

10. Shot of projection screen showing model wearing cut leather top and floor-length pleated skirt

11. Pan from video screen to audience

12. More of video presentation

13. Medium cutaway women watching screen

14. Various shots of collection on screen

15. Cutaway audience

16. Various shots of collection on screen

17. Cutaway journalist writing

18. Various shots of collection on screen including the balloon-like coats and the nails covered dress/ coat

19. Cutaway

20. Various shots of collection on screen

21. Cutaway wide of audience

22. Various shots of collection on screen with closing shoot reading "Gareth Pugh A/W 09"

23. Set up shot of Hillary Alexander, Fashion Director for the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Alexander, Fashion Director, the Daily Telegraph:

"Well, it wasn't a show; it was the most amazing film. I think it's very inventive, very novel and a very, very good way for a designer to show a specific vision, and also it saves a lot of money and in these economically harder times."

25. Cutaway Medium of Alexander being interviewed

26. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Alexander, Fashion Director, The Daily Telegraph:

"I love the big wide, wide trousers, cause they are very similar to what the Japanese Kendo fighters wear, and also there's a kind of bristling coats, that you were talking about. It is actually like tiny nails and it is studded all over. So you do get a porcupine or sea urchin effect. I just think it's great. I think Gareth Pugh is really, very forward thinking, he is very different. And he is just completely following his own instincts."

27. Wide cocktail room

28. Medium guests by the bar

29. Wide pan of interior

30. Set up shot of Gareth Pugh, designer, being interviewed

31. SOUNDBITE (English) Gareth Pugh, designer on the inspiration for the collection:

"I saw from the top deck these six women, who, these gypsy ladies, who had obviously done very well for themselves. And I think from exactly the same shop, they bought these complete identical floor-length black leather masks. So they are walking down the street a little bit like "Reservoir Dogs". So they looked a little bit like mafia, so it was this whole gypsy mafia thing, so you know you have the layering and kind of the, the sort of femininity but quite hardness to these ladies."

32. Close up Gareth Pugh's boots, tilt up

33. SOUNDBITE (English) Gareth Pugh, designer on the inspiration for the collection:

"It's a lot more freeing for me because obviously with a catwalk show, you can't have all of those effects; you can't inflate the clothes. You know, you loose a lot about, because this collection especially was a lot about volumes so. If it was just a catwalk, then it's just a model walking up and down and you kind of miss it:' where is it?' It was kind of calling in for something a little different."

34. Wide cocktail room

STORYLINE

PUGH SWAPS THE CATWALK FOR GIANT VIDEO SCREEN

British designer Gareth Pugh presented his fall/winter 2009-2010 collection not on a catwalk but on a video screen Wednesday (04 MAR09) in Paris.

The 27 years-old Pugh said it was out of perfectionism, not budget restrictions that he chose to bypass the traditional runway.

"It's a lot more freeing for me because obviously with a catwalk show, you can't have all of those effects; you can't inflate the clothes. You loose a lot." Pugh said.

Guests were seated on wooden benches in front of a giant black cloth. Smoke filled the ground before the video started.

The Daily Telegraph's Fashion Director Hillary Alexander praised the designer for being "very forward thinking" and "completely following his own instincts." "It was the most amazing film", she said

Pugh's floor-length pleated pant-skirt was a favourite of Alexander: "I love the big wide, wide trousers, because they are very similar to what the Japanese Kendo fighters wear."

Pugh's collection conveyed a feeling of combativeness and roughness using black leather and nubby metal spikes over garments.

This harshness was somewhat counter-balanced with balloon-like jackets which are one of the designer's trademarks.

A darling of fashion editors ever since his first show in London for fall 2006, Pugh said he was inspired by a group of gypsy women he saw in London: "They looked a little bit like mafia, so it was this whole gypsy mafia thing, so you know you have the layering and kind of the, the sort of femininity but quite hardness to these ladies."

The creation of the first autonomous Basque police force in Spain

1. interior lecture theatre, new Basque police officers seated in auditorium, pan to instructor at desk, SOUND UP: (Spanish) addressing police officers

2. cu Basque flag, pan to ls instructor

3. cu policeman listening, pull back to ms police officers

4. cu red beret on desk, tilt up to officers in class room, studying a book

5. ms lecturer, SOUND UP: (Spanish) at blackboard

6. cu police officer

7. pan across classroom

8. various shots police officers instructed in mouth to mouth rescucitation, training on dummy

9. wide pan across sports hall, police in judo Gis, practicing martial arts

10. exterior, various shots, police learning Kendo with sticks

Film: Rev - Sound: Mag/SOF - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN101453 - Available in HD

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SHOTLIST:

Shots of Kendo being performed (with swords and sticks). Judo also.

T/I: 10:34:48

STORY: TRADE

LOCATION: GENEVA

DATE: 26 JUNE 1995

DURATION: 2.00

Negotiations go on into night

US trade representative Mickey Kantor was preparing for late-night

negotiations with his Japanese counterpart in Geneva on Monday

(26/6) in a bid to resolve the growing auto trade dispute.

Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto declined to comment when

he arrived Monday evening for the talks. Hashimoto was sent to

Switzerland by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and other Cabinet

ministers with a renewed public resolve to stand firm in the face

of the US sanctions threat. He and Kantor are trying to resolve

the dispute before a Wednesday night deadline set by Washington

for imposing punitive trade sanctions on Japanese luxury cars. The

two trade chiefs were set to begin their talks at 8.30pm Geneva

time (1830gmt), and sources close to the talks have predicted they

will have to work right up to the deadline if they are to strike a

deal. Hashimoto said it would be "difficult" to reach an accord

before the June 28 date for threatened US sanctions against

Japanese cars, measures involving nearly $6 billion. Kantor said

on his arrival late Monday that nothing less than a complete deal

would satisfy the United States.

SHOWS:

(GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26/6) US Trade Representative,

Mickey Kantor and Japan's Trade Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto out of

US Trade Mission. Kantor giving Hashimoto a kendo stick as a

gift. Kantor SOT: "Kendo signifies courage, honesty, integrity and

patience. You represent all of this, so I want you to have it (the

kendo stick)." Hashimoto, after receiving the kendo stick, SOT: "I

hope wecan carry on our conversations politely." CU kendo stick.

Hashimoto holding stick to Kantor's neck. Kantor SOT, laughing

Hashimoto replying to statement (in Japanese) SOT: "The American

deadline has nothing to do with us. We are not going to negotiate

under the American law. We'd like to pursue talks within the

context of international rules and WTO rules. That;s why I am

saying this is going to be a very difficult negotiation." Kantor

SOT (as he and Hashimoto turn away to go inside) "The28th, the

28th..." Two men go inside.

T/I: 11:15:49

US trade representative Mickey Kantor was preparing for

late-night negotiations in Geneva Monday (26/6) with his Japanese

counterpart in a bid to resolve a trade dispute over autos and

auto parts.

SHOWS:

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26/6

00:00 US Trade Representative, Mickey Kantor and Japan's Trade

Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto out of US Trade Mission

00:05 Kantor giving Hashimoto a kendo stick as a gift

Kantor SOT: "Kendo signifies courage, honesty, integrity

and patience. You represent all of this, so I want you to

have it (the kendo stick)."

00:37 Hashimoto, after receiving the kendo stick, SOT: "I hope we

can carry on our conversations politely."

00.56 CU kendo stick

01.05 Hashimoto holding stick to Kantor's neck

01:11 Kantor SOT, laughing

01:14 Hashimoto replying to statement (in Japanese) SOT: "The

American deadline has nothing to do with us. We are not

going to negotiate under the American law. We'd like to

pursue talks within the context of international rules and

WTO rules. That;s why I am saying this is going to be a

very difficult negotiation."

01:56 Kantor SOT (as he and Hashimoto turn away to go inside) "The

28th, the 28th..." and two men go inside

02:01 ENDS

Jap/Eng/Nat

The two top negotiators in the US-Japan auto feud squared off Monday in a final push to avoid punitive tariffs that would price luxury Japanese cars out of the American market.

US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor made no predictions on the outcome of the Geneva talks.

But Japan's Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said it would be "difficult" to reach an accord before the Wednesday deadline for threatened US sanctions against Japanese cars worth nearly six (b) billion dollars.

US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said on his arrival in Geneva Sunday that nothing less than a complete resolution to the auto dispute before Wednesday's midnight deadline could stop the sanctions on Japanese luxury cars.

But his opposite number, Ryutaro Hashimoto, was sent to Geneva by Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and other cabinet ministers who publicly declared Japan's intention to stand firm against the US sanctions threat.

Both sides are playing a high-stakes game.

Both governments have domestic political problems and risk losing face if they make

compromises.

And both said they were holding firm.

At the Noga Hilton hotel, the two negotiators made it clear to reporters that their meeting, though amicable, would be hard.

Kantor presented his counterpart with a particularly relevant gift - a traditional Japanese Kendo sword.

SOUNDBITE:

"Now I bought this especially for you, now in Kendo and I want everyone to know the minister is a great practitioner, in Kendo the standards are courage and honesty sand integrity and patience and you represent all of this and I want you to have this."

SUPER CAPTION: US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor

SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)

"Let me make a comment before I receive the gift, without doubt talks with Mr. Kantor requires patience. I very much hope we can carry on our conversations politely."

SUPER CAPTION: Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

Hashimoto's response hinted at the bargaining in store .

SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)

"Well it is going to cost me a lot."

SUPER CAPTION: Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

But the Japanese minister made it clear before leaving for more talks that the Japanese stance remained the same - they would not allow the Americans to force them into concessions they might regret.

SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)

"I am sorry to say that the American deadline has nothing to do with us, we are not going to negotiate under the American law, we would like to pursue talks within the context of international rules and WTO (World Trade Organisation) rules and we would like to be convincing to the world public as well, that is why |I am telling you this is going to be a very difficult negotiation."

SUPER CAPTION: Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

The United States insists that Japan open its auto market to foreign cars and car parts or be hit with tariffs that would virtually price almost six (b) billion US dollars worth of Japanese luxury cars beyond US consumers' pocketbooks.

Tokyo says the sanctions are illegal because they are unilateral and violate international trade rules.

Japan especially objects to "numerical targets" and says it cannot force Japanese companies to buy American.

Sources close to the talks have predicted negotiators will have to work right up to the deadline if they are to strike a deal.

Geneva, 26 June 1995

1. Arrivals sign

2. Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto arriving in crowd of press

3. Hashimoto and Kantor emerging from talks

4. Kantor presenting Hashimoto with Kendo sword

5. Soundbite Hashimoto and Kantor

6. Soundbite Hashimoto

7. Cut away of press

SHOTLIST:

++MUTE++

1. Vehicle with Britain's Prince of Wales, Charles and Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, arriving at Imperial Palace, Prince Charles and Camilla getting out of car, walking towards palace, greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

2. Mid of royal couples shaking hands, talking

3. Mid of media

4. Wide of Prince Charles and Camilla standing with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, posing for photographs, zoom in on Camilla and Emperor Akihito talking, pan to Prince Charles and Empress Michiko

5. Wide of royal couples talking

6. Camilla talking to Emperor Akihito

7. Pan from Prince Charles to Empress Michiko, pull out to royals entering palace

8. Wide of Prince of Wales being received by school children waving UK flags outside the Miraikan Museum

9. Tilt up from union jack flag to Charles talking to children

10. Interior of Asimo, Honda's humanoid robot running

11. Tilt up of robot

12. Prince Charles chatting to officials at museum

13. Wide of robot dancing for the Prince, push in to robot then pans to Prince watching

14. Wide of Prince speaking at the museum

15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prince Charles, Britain's Prince of Wales:

"The credit crunch is rightly a preoccupation of vast significance and importance, but ladies and gentlemen we take our eye off the climate crunch at our peril. While we hope and pray that the underlying strengths of the global economy will once again enable it to bounce back the effects of climate change will be far, far from temporary and will indeed be irreversible."

16. Wide of Prince walking away from podium

17. Mid of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, walking, waving to crowd

18. Wide crash zoom in to Charles and Camilla approaching cheering crowd

19. Charles and Camilla greeting well-wishers

20. Mid of Japanese students looking at royal couple

21. Wide interior zoom in to students performing a traditional kabuki theatre piece

22. Mid of Charles and Camilla watching

23. Wide pan right from royal couple and entourage to men fighting a kendo martial arts bout

24. Prince Charles holding kendo stick, zoom in to Charles examining stick

25. Camilla standing next to kabuki actress

STORYLINE:

Britain's Prince Charles said on Tuesday that the current financial crisis should not distract the world from the larger issue of global warming.

"The credit crunch is rightly a preoccupation of vast significance and importance. But we take our eye off the climate crunch at our peril," he said in a speech at a science museum in Tokyo.

The heir to the British throne is visiting the world's second-largest economy for the first time since 1970.

His arrival coincides with plunging global markets and recession fears.

The prince has made saving the environment the theme of his trip, and spoke on Tuesday after viewing exhibits related to global warming at Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.

He called on advanced nations to cut carbon emissions by 70 to 80 percent by the year 2050.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial palace.

Earlier on Tuesday Prince Charles received a warm welcome in front of the Tokyo museum, as dozens of schoolchildren waving British flags greeted his motorcade.

He sprinkled some local dialect in his speech, beginning with "Ladies and gentlemen, konnichi wa," using the Japanese phrase for "good afternoon".

He also emphasised the business ties between Britain and Japan, and praised the country for its role in the adoption by many countries of the Kyoto Protocol, while emphasising that further progress was necessary to stave off global warming.

The prince has increasingly used his publicity to highlight environmental problems.

He has made efforts to cut his overall annual carbon dioxide production, including converting his 38-year old Aston Martin to run on bioethanol from surplus wine, while his Jaguars, Audi and Range Rover now take biodiesel made from used cooking oil.

The prince is in the midst of a four-day jaunt through the country with his wife, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Britain and Japan.

Earlier the royal couple visited Tokyo's prestigious Keio University. There they were treated to a display of traditional kabuki theatre and a demonstration of kendo, a Japanese martial art using sticks.

They are also due to visit a solar panel lab, meet ecology students and tour a sustainable forest site, before continuing on to Brunei and Indonesia.

Keyword royalty

SHOTLIST:

1. Mid of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, walking, waving to crowd

2. Wide crash zoom in to Charles and Camilla approaching cheering crowd

3. Charles and Camilla greeting well-wishers

4. Mid of Japanese students looking at royal couple

5. Wide interior zoom in to students performing a traditional kabuki theatre piece

6. Mid of Charles and Camilla watching

7. Wide pan right from royal couple and entourage to men fighting a kendo martial arts bout

8. Prince Charles holding kendo stick, zoom in to Charles examining stick

9. Camilla standing next to kabuki actress

STORYLINE:

Britain's Prince Charles visited Tokyo's prestigious Keio University with his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles on Tuesday on the second day of their visit to Japan.

It was Prince Charles' first visit to Japan in 18 years.

At the university the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall watched a display of traditional kabuki theatre and a demonstration of kendo, a Japanese martial art using sticks.

Later in the day the royal couple were scheduled to have dinner with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

The royal visit to Japan was timed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the two countries' signing a trade and friendship treaty.

During the visit the royal couple are also scheduled to visit the city of Nara to see the restoration work at the Shosoin treasure house in the Todai temple, as well as the Afan Woodland in Nagano Prefecture where British author and active environmentalist C.W. Nicol is undertaking forest regeneration work.

Prince Charles last visited Japan in 1990 with his late wife Princess Diana, when he represented Queen Elizabeth II at the crowning of Emperor Akihito.

His second wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, is on her first official visit to Japan.

They were due to meet Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Keyword royalty

T/I: 10:09:26

US Trade Representative, Mickey Kantor, and Japanese Trade

Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, met on Tuesday (27/6) for another

round of talks in Geneva aimed at settling their trade dispute

over car products.

SHOWS:

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26/6

Hashimoto and Kantor out of US Trade Mission

Kantor giving Hashimoto a kendo stick as a gift

Hashimoto SOT about significance of Shinai, kendo stick

Hashimoto explaining to Kantor how to use kendo stick

Kantor putting stick to Hashimoto's neck

Kantor making statement

Hashimoto replying to statement. The deadline has nothing to do,

we...us...our talks are not under the American law..."

WS reporters, Kantor and Hashimoto

Kantor SOT: "We have covered areas of major interest and have

exchanged our personal views on all of those areas tonight. We

found more work was needed and will continue to work at various

levels tomorrow."

Hashimoto SOT (in Japananese (via translator): "There is still a

distance to be covered between us, but we will do maximum effort

in order to be able to achieve a resolution to the problems."

Two men shaking hands

2:21

SHOTLIST:

1. Kendo practitioners line up for performance

2. Children from Ban Nam Khem refugee camp watching performance

3. Various of Kendo practitioners hit each other with sticks

4. Clown twisting balloons for refugee children

5. Close-up face of clown

6. Girls laughing

7. Clown finishes balloon and gets girl to wave to camera

8. Children in line to buy pastries with coupons

9. Close-up of cakes and pies

10. Little girl buying pastries

11. Children raising their hand to get water with their meals

12. Various of children eating

13. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Jantanee Boonprasatsingh, Tsunami refugee:

"I feel glad that I got help and aid, however I still feel bad because my house was destroyed."

14. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Komson Paokaew, Tsunami refugee:

"I like buying goodies by using coupons."

15. Giant cheque for 200,000 Thai Baht (about 5,000 USD) handed by Japanese ambassador to Thai official

16. Japanese in audience applauding

17. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Yumie Yoshitsugu, Phuket Japanese Association spokesperson:

"Since the tsunami happened our association has given some help. Now as six months have passed, we want to do something more. This is the second time we've arranged the festival. The money that we raise from selling food and other things in the booths, will be given to the tsunami children for scholarships."

18. Thai boy in Japanese costume getting picture taken with giant photo of Mt. Fuji in the background

19. Mid shot of boy posing

20. Photographer snapping

21. Wide shot of lanterns with drum underneath and children playing around there

22. Various of teacher Rae Johnson with children

23. Another angle of Rae with children

24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rae Johnson, volunteer teacher from New York

"A lot of kids stop by our house in the evenings and we play games with them, we do a lot of art work, they love painting and we have a couple of games to play."

25. Thai girls putting on karate demonstration

26. Refugee girls watching

27. More karate demonstration

STORYLINE:

As the six month anniversary of the Asian tsunami approaches, the Japanese community in the Thai resort of Phuket put on a special event on Saturday to raise money for victims of the disaster.

120 children from the refugee camp at Ban Nam Khem were invited to attend the second Japanese festival at the Royal Phuket hotel.

They were given meals, coupons to buy more goodies, and a wide variety of Japanese shows and activities to entertain them.

About half the children are estimated to be orphans.

They all lost their houses when the tsunami hit their village and they have lived in shacks near their old homes since then.

The Japanese government and chamber of commerce teamed up to bus the children into the largest hotel on the island and give them treats.

They managed to raised 200,000 Thai Baht, about 5,000 US dollars for scholarships for the children.

The Japanese community lost more than 30 citizens when the wave hit, and has been busy rebuilding the businesses they own in Phuket.

The festival is a way to bring attention to their value to the community and interest Thais in Japanese culture.

Accompanying the children from Ban Nam Khem were some volunteer teachers, who also live in the refugee camp.

New Yorker Rae Johnson and her family have been teaching the kids for two months, and plan to stay a whole year in Thailand.

More than 5,300 people died and 2,900 disappeared when the huge waves swept across Thailand's southwestern coastline on Dec. 26 last year.

English/Nat

XFA

Asian-Americans in California are expressing outrage over a Republican Assembly candidate's campaign website.

The website depicts his rival - who is of Japanese ancestry - in a martial arts robe holding a sword over his head.

Critics say that the implications of the picture clearly demonstrate the racism of the Republican candidate, Gerald Felando.

Felando claims his critics have missed the point.

The campaign website promoting Republican candidate Gerald Felando shows a photograph of 64-year-old Democrat George Nakano wearing a traditional robe for the martial art known as kendo.

Next to the photo reads: "Who is this man?"

Among the listed options: "A samurai warrior"; "A wannabe Samurai warrior"; or "Your current 53rd District assemblyman."

The man responsible for the website is Nakano's challenger, Gerald Felando.

He is adamant the site does not reflect racist overtones and he has no intention of changing it.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"Well I'm sorry that they feel that way but hardly anyone in this district feels that way and once again that's not the issue. Let's get beyond that okay, that is not the issue, the issue is receiving illegal campaign contributions from convicted criminals."

SUPER CAPTION: Gerald Felando, Republican challenger

SOUNDBITE: (English)

(Q: Is it racist?)

"Yes it is."

(Q: Why?)

"Because he is using ethnicity as an issue here and he is linking my ethnic background with issues that he is raising which are not substantiated."

SUPER CAPTION: George Nakano, Democratic incumbent

Officials with the California Republican Party are reviewing the site, state party spokesman Stuart DeVeaux said.

He said the Republican party has an "open-door policy" for people of all races.

Nakano was in fact interned in California during World War Two because of his ethnicity.

In 1966 he represented the United States in an international kendo competition.

Felando says a samurai warrior is a very honourable, ethical person and claims that the photo was posted on the site to help him out because he has so much bad luggage.

That response didn't wash with Nakano or Asian-American groups.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"It links George Nakano who is an American of Japanese ancestry to a foreign nation or actually several foreign nations - Japan and China in this case - and to me that is an inherently racist attitude. For instance it tries to tie George Nakano to the Firestone controversy simply because Firestone has a Japanese parent corporation and there is no link there other than George Nakano also has Japanese ancestry and it is that link that is so dangerous."

SUPER CAPTION: Ted W. Lieu, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

In spite of Felando's attempts to bring ethnicity into the political race, he is likely to lose when Californians go to the polls on the 7th of November.

Los Angeles, USA - 11 October 2000

1. Various shots of offending website

2. Wide shot of Gerald Felando, Republican challenger in California State election, walking into campaign office

3. Close up of Felando

4. Wide shot of campaign signs

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerald Felando, Republican challenger in California State election

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Nakano, incumbent assemblyman

7. Wide shot of Nakano speaking to campaign staff

8. Close up of Nakano

9. Wide shot of website

10. Various of website links

11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ted W. Lieu, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

12. Various shots Felando

French/Nat

British Royal Marine commandoes in Congo continued preparing for the possible evacuation of British nationals from the Zairean capital.

If an evacuation is required, the commandoes will be using - for the first time - a new type of amphibious landing craft.

The hovercrafts are capable of break-neck speeds.

They've been training in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, for two weeks now, and these British marine commandoes say they're ready for the worst-case scenario.

Most of the force has been drawn from the four-two Royal Marines commando unit, which is usually based in the southern British port of Plymouth.

But they've also been joined by a small boat group from the marines' five-three-one assault squadron, who have arrived with their specially equipped speed boats.

The marines call them raiding craft.

They're here for the possible evacuation of British and Commonwealth nationals - in the face of what Zaireans across the river in Kinshasa call another "pillage".

In September 1991 and January 1993, Zairean troops - unpaid for months - spent several nights looting civilians in the country's urban centres.

In the second "pillage", non-Africans were singled out for special attention.

Now Kinshasans, watching rebels advance from the eastern hills to the western savannahs, wait for a third pillage.

This time, with President Mobutu's army facing a routing, and rumours of a coup persisting in the capital, foreigners are concerned that things could get bloody.

In such a situation, speed would be an advantage, so these marines have been given a new British-designed mode of transport.

These hovercraft run on a single diesel engine and an carry about 20 people - over water and land - at 45 to 50 knots.

They've been in service for four years, but this is the first time they could be used in active service.

About three-thousand American, French and Belgian troops are in the region with the British.

Some find the troops reassuring, others think their numbers might be provocative.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"The people of Zaire don't need that army. The people of Zaire need an election. We don't need the army to be there to do what? We don't a war."

SUPER CAPTION: Felicien Liamba Linkinda - Former Vice Minister of Energy in the Kendo government

There are about 260 British nationals now in Zaire - but the marines say they'll be ready to evacuate the citizens of any other foreign nation which makes a request for help.

Many foreigners have already left.

Brazzaville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire - April 14, 1997

Brazzaville - April 14, 1997

1. Royal Marine commando on Zaire River

2. Commandos on boats

3. Commando waving two boats through

4. Shoulder patch

5. Commando on boat

6. Boat sailing past camera

7. Boat

8. Commando

9. Hands on wheel

10. Boat in spray

11. Hovercraft

12. Marine in cockpit

13. Boat and hovercraft

14. Hovercraft landing

15. Hovercraft on beach

Kinshasa - April 14, 1997

19. SOUNDBITE: (French) Felicien Liamba Linkinda - former Vice Minister of Energy in the Kendo government

Brazzaville - April 14, 1997

20. British army soldiers walking

21. Soldiers walking and people in the street

Jap/Eng/Nat

The United States and Japan have averted a potentially catastrophic trade war with an eleventh hour agreement in Geneva.

U-S President Bill Clinton had threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on some 6 (b) billion dollars (US) worth of Japanese cars if agreement was not reached today Wednesday.

But the deal struck in Geneva by U-S trade representative Mickey Kantor and his Japanese counterpart Ryutaro Hashimoto brought sighs of relief all round.

Today was the day which could have seen the beginning of all out economic war between two trading giants, the U-S and Japan.

In trying to resolve a 20-year-old trade conflict, U-S President Bill Clinton had threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on 6 (b) billion dollars (US) worth of Japanese luxury cars.

In the agreement announced 12 hours before sanctions were to take effect, Tokyo gave in to key American demands and promised to open its market to U-S auto manufacturers and increase purchases of U-S car parts.

The new accord drawn up was the most sought after document of the day.

When the trade representatives Mickey Kantor and Ryutaro Hashimoto arrived it was smiles and praise all round.

SOUNDBITE:

I am pleased to announce that the United States of America and the government of Japan have reached an historic agreement today. Let me take this opportunity to thank my counterpart Ryutaro Hashimoto. When Minister Hashimoto and I first met on Monday evening, one of the many times we met over the last number of months, I presented him with a kendo stick. I said at that time, the sport of Kendo represents: courage, honesty, integrity and patience. After spending a great deal of time with my friend during the last several days, I can assure each and everyone of you that he represents all of those qualities and much more.

SUPER CAPTION: Mickey Kantor, U-S trade representative

SOUNDBITE:

He was so eloquent that I almost forgot what I was going to say.....So allow me first of all to explain to you what I have in my mind at this moment. I would first like to express my admiration for Ambassador Kantor, because the biggest reason for the successful conclusion of the agreement and thus having this joint conference of today is Ambassador Kantor's realistic approach and persistent efforts. I would like to say that this successful agreement between the two countries is the victory not just of the U-S and Japan, but also for the newly created W-T-O and its member countries.

SUPER CAPTION: Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese trade representative.

The new agreement was sealed with a handshake, and what could have been the beginning of an economic nightmare heralds a new dawn of bilateral trade relations.

Geneva, 28th June 1995

1. Establisher press conference

2. Cutaway press

3. Press handouts thrown into air

4. Arrival of Kantor and Hashimoto

5. Soundbite: Kantor

6. Soundbite: Hashimoto

7. Handshake between Kantor and Hashimoto

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SHOTLIST:

Yokohama - 14 November, 2007

1. Wide shot cutting virtual target (a rolled up Tatami mat) by wielding sword

2. Close up cut Tatami mat

3. Close up of hands, Yuta Kurosawa bringing out sword

4. Another shot of cutting virtual target (a rolled up Tatami mat)

5. Mid of displayed of armour in the training hall

6. Displayed calligraphy in the training hall

7. Window with barred lattice of bamboo in the training hall

8. Practitioner rolling up the Tatami mat

9. Various practitioners rolling up the Tatami mat

10. Pan down from an armour to the Master of Iaido, Yuta Kurosawa, giving a lecture to seated practitioners

11. Practitioners taking a bow

12. Yuta Kurosawa loading a sword

13. Practitioners being checked his performance by the Master

14. Close up of hands

15. Wide shot of training

16. Mid shot of a high school student, Shoji Yoshioka practicing

17. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shoji Yoshioka, High school student

"Iaido is the great mean of training mentality for myself. I feel wonderful by performing with the perfect formation. Practicing Iaido is a great fun."

18. Yuta Kurosawa, showing the complete performance

19. Hands movement of Kurosawa performance

20. Foot movement of Kurosawa

21. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yuta Kurosawa, Iaido master

" Flesh and Spirit become unified. Not only by theory, you can actually feel and embody it. The real thrill of practicing Iaido, on top of the cutting virtual target, is to feel that Flesh and Spirit, Flesh and Mind are unified. "

22. Various of demonstration by Kurosawa

LEAD IN :

There is a sport in Japan called kendo in which opponents, wearing padding that looks like a samurai coat of armour, square off with bamboo swords and compete for points which is more seen worldwide.

In Iaido, which is seeing a resurgence of popularity in Japan, swordsmen use the real thing.

STORYLINE:

As the smoke of incense hangs in the temple air, the sword cuts through the silence with a swish, then slices through a roll of matted tatami about as thick as a man's torso. Once, twice, three times.

The pieces plop down onto the wooden floor as the swordsman pulls back, draws his weapon to the side and swiftly returns it into its scabbard.

This isn't sport or self-defence.....it is the dying art of a samurai using a real sharp sword that cuts anything.

Practitioners do it simply for the beauty of it, and to put the art back into martial arts.

Yuta Kurosawa, is now a master of Iaido.

He took up the martial art in 1991 and established his 'dojo', the school of "Nihon Budokuin Shizan Iai-do".

What it is, is that the art in training the balance between body and spirit through swording techniques, which is not an easy thing to do.

Personal discipline of perfecting the performance is not a show.

Showing off the technique is not the objective of this art and it is actually thought to be a humiliating act.

Traditionally, a swordsman would practice cutting the tatami roll, a virtual target, alone to perfect its divine moment of "uniting with oneself."

The young master, Kurosawa, is young and yet strong with pride in the practice of swordsmanship.

Kurosawa quietly walks in the dojo wearing the traditional kimono for Iaido.

He steps forward quietly, swifts the sword, and silently steps back.

His students are practicing behind him using real swords, "katana", understanding the beauty of the art and working hard on perfecting their forms.

90 percent of Iaido schools do not let students practice on actual targets as they believe that the sole movements of the sword is art in itself.

However for Kurosawa cutting the target creates tension in the air, and that how students learn the authenticity of the art.

Kurosawa's movement of wielding the target and seeing the smooth surface of the cut tatami shows the potency of a sword.

The training room is a place of meditation and only the sharp sound of swish tightens the atmosphere of the room.

Shoji Yoshioka, a fifteen year old high school student says it learning Iaido provides good mental training and it good fun.

Kurosawa says "Flesh and Spirit become unified. Not only by theory, you can actually feel and embody it. The real thrill of practicing Iaido, on top of the cutting virtual target, is to feel that Flesh and Spirit, Flesh and Mind are unified."

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An old martial art which uses long sticks to disable an opponent is being revived in France.

The sport of combat canes, originally used as a means of self-defence against Parisian criminals, is once again growing in popularity in the French capital.

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Paris, "City of Light".

A landscape for artists, lovers and ..... combat cane enthusiasts.

Exponents of the sport have been turning heads in the French capital recently.

The Paris-based Combat Cane Sporting Association (A.S.C.A.) is doing everything possible to bring the martial art to the attention of the general public.

Frederic Morin is President of the A.S.C.A.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"The aesthetic element is really important. It's a very spectacular sport because it's not meant for self-defence, but rather for competition or pleasure. We emphasise the aesthetic nature of the movements to make them visually appealing, so that people feel they're doing something beautiful, maybe not effective, but certainly beautiful."

SUPER CAPTION: Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association President

The sport was originally taught as a means of self-defence.

In the 19th century there were several combat cane academies where people learnt how to protect themselves against the city's criminal element.

The academies are long gone now, and today it's estimated there are less that 2,000 combat cane enthusiasts, or "cannistes" as the combatants are called.

Morin and the A.S.C.A. are hoping to significantly boost those numbers.

Morin himself was introduced to the sport when, as a student, he wanted to start fencing but was discouraged by the cost of a sword.

The teacher suggested he tried combat canes instead, where the sticks are available very cheaply.

The canes are 96 centimetres in length.

Apart from the cane, the equipment includes a padded jacket, trousers and gloves that are specially designed for the sport.

The protective headgear is a modified fencing helmet.

Visually, the sport of combat canes has a certain similarity to kendo and fencing.

However, many "cannistes" say their sport is more fluid and uninhibited than others.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"I fenced for four years. In fencing everything happens along a straight line and you're limited by the wire you drag behind you. With the cane you have much more space to move around. There's a circle nine metres in diameter. Within that you move as much as you want, in all directions. You have more freedom to do what you want and I really like that."

SUPER CAPTION: Xavier Lejeune, combat cane enthusiast

Xavier Lejeune and others are honing their skills at classes run by Morin.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"I'd like it to become a really popular sport, especially amongst young people and children, because it's just a fantastic pastime and teaches you so much. I'd like more adults to take part as well because you can really get into this sport so quickly. You can practice with someone as soon as you grab a stick. In a word, I'd like the sport to become more popular than it is now."

SUPER CAPTION: Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association President

If Morin and his fellow "cannistes" succeed in their promotional battle, combat canes won't be France's secret sport for very much longer.

SHOTLIST: Paris, France - Recent

1. 00:00 Various scenic shots of Paris

2. 00:10 Two people facing each other before combat cane bout on the banks of the Seine

3. 00:12 Various of people in combat cane fight on banks of the Seine

4. 00:23 People watching combat cane fight

5. 00:26 Various of combat cane fight

6. 00:30 SOUNDBITE: (French) Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association (A.S.C.A.) President (some overlay of combat cane fighting over soundbite)

7. 00:49 Close-up of combat cane fight

8. 00:51 Combat cane fight, tilt-up to sky

9. 00:57 Tilt-down to cafe

10. 00:59 Close-up of Morin

11. 01:02 Various of Morin talking with other combat cane enthusiasts ("cannistes") in cafe

12. 01:17 Person walking towards camera wearing combat cane protective gear

13. 01:23 Pan from protective glove to headgear

14. 01:27 Various of combat cane fighters in protective gear

15. 01:34 Combat cane fighters start a bout

16. 01:41 Various of combat cane fight

17. 02:03 SOUNDBITE: (French) Xavier Lejeune, combat cane enthusiast (some overlay of combat cane fighting over soundbite)

18. 02:26 Fighter demonstrates scoring blow to the head

19. 02:32 Fighter demonstrates scoring blow to the chest

20. 02:36 Fighter demonstrates scoring blow to the leg

21. 02:41 Shot looking out at another combat cane fighter through protective mask

22. 02:44 Various of combat cane fighting

23. 03:02 Various street scenes of Paris

24. 03:09 Wide shot of people jogging inside gymnasium

25. 03:14 Combat cane fighter puts on protective headgear

26. 03:17 Two combat cane fighters practising

27. 03:22 Various of Morin coaching combat cane fighters

28. 03:32 SOUNDBITE: (French) Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association President (some overlay of combat cane fighting over soundbite)

29. 03:57 Sequence showing three combat cane fighters disappearing one-by-one from shot

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