(31 Oct 2009)
AGENCY POOL
Berlin, Germany - October 31, 2009
1. Wide of stage and audience, applause
2. Mid shot of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, zoom out
3. Cutaway of audience
4. Wide of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, former US president George Bush senior and Helmut Kohl at desk, zoom into Bush and Kohl shaking hands
7. Close of Gorbachev, zoom out
8. Mid of German Chancellor Merkel and other guests passing the stage
9. Various of German president Horst Koehler shaking hands with guests
10. German president Horst Koehler arriving at podium
11. Cutaway audience
12. Wide of Horst Koehler at podium, pan to left over audience
13. Cutaway of Bush senior, Helmut Kohl and Mikhail Gorbachev seated in audience
14. SOUNDBITE (German) Horst Koehler, German president (CDU):
"These three men we are honouring today are exemplary for the learning route of their peoples. They all experienced the second world war and its disastrous consequences, but the war did not indurate or paralyse them, instead he sharpened their senses for the challenge to protect peace and to strive for freedom and justice."
15. Cutaways of Bush senior, Helmut Kohl and Mikhail Gorbachev in audience
16. Wide of concert on stage.
17. Close of musicians
18. Cutaways of Bush senior, Helmut Kohl and Mikhail Gorbachev in the audience
19. Close of Gorbachev listening
20. Mid shot of German Chancellor Merkel in the audience
21. Close of Helmut Kohl
22. Cutaway of concert.
23. Close of Bush senior listening
24. Wide of concert stage
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FILE: Berlin, Germany - November 9, 1989
25. Wide of piece of wall being lifted by mechanical digger
26. Chunk of wall coming down
27. Man sawing wall
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FILE: Berlin, Germany - November 9, 1989
28. Various of people climbing over wall and Trabant cars ("Trabis") driving through crossing point, UPSOUND: Music
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FILE: Berlin, Germany - November 9, 1989
29. Pull out to wide of Checkpoint Charlie
30. Pan of East German border guards
31. Border guard, pan to people crossing
32. Mid people crossing, couple hug
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FILE: Berlin, Germany - November, 1989
33. Mid of sign reading "Attention! You are now leaving West Berlin!", graffiti on top reading: "How?"
34. Various of people walking across and West Germans giving them things
STORYLINE
Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to the collapse of communism in Europe gathered Saturday in Germany's capital to reflect on the changes they helped usher in 20 years ago.
Former US President George H.W. Bush; the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev; and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl were honoured at a ceremony in Berlin.
It recalled how the three leaders carried the hope that had built on East Germany's streets and turned it into a political reality - the end to more than 40 years of animosity and division reflected in the concrete barrier that snaked across Berlin.
German president Horst Koehler said Kohl, Bush and Gorbachev were "exemplary for the learning route of their peoples".
"They all experienced the second world war and its disastrous consequences, but the war did not indurate or paralyse them, instead he sharpened their senses for the challenge to protect peace and to strive for freedom and justice," he said.
The event was hosted by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, associated with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's and Kohl's party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Merkel attended the event, but was not scheduled to speak.
He said he had nothing to be more proud of than German reunification.
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