THE TOP TWENTY COLLECTION Beatles, Hitler, Berlin Wall, Atom Bomb, WTC, Mandela release, Iran Embassy siege, Challenger explode, Derby Olympics, Vietnam, Hindenburg, Martin Luther King, JFK, Man on moon

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  • Title: THE TOP TWENTY COLLECTION Beatles, Hitler, Berlin Wall, Atom Bomb, WTC, Mandela release, Iran Embassy siege, Challenger explode, Derby Olympics, Vietnam, Hindenburg, Martin Luther King, JFK, Man on moon
  • Date: 15th January 2004
  • Summary: THE TOP TWENTY COLLECTION Beatles, Hitler, Berlin Wall, Atom Bomb, WTC, Mandela release, Iran Embassy siege, Challenger explode, Derby Olympics, Vietnam, Hindenburg, Martin Luther King, JFK, Man on moon
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  • Story Text:THE TOP TWENTY COLLECTION G-ITN246 S30110301.htm Excerpts from ITN Archive's Top Twenty stories
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    PLEASE REFER TO ORIGINAL SHOTLISTS NUMBER 20: THE BEATLES IN THE USA: 1964
    00.00.00 Excerpts from British Pathe 3157.03: 1.1.64: 'Beatlemania Grips Gotham: arrival in New York; airport; press conference and fans
    00.01.00 Excerpts from British Pathe 1749.27: 13.2.64: 'Beatles Conquer America' plane arrival; fans; press conference
    00.02.41 Excerpts from Reuters 1480/64: 1.2.64: Press conference in Washington with very straight-laced reporter, including comments about haircuts'85

    NUMBER 19: PEACE IN OUR TIME: 1938
    00.04.01 Excerpts from Reuters GB 12670: 3.10.38: Neville Chamberlain returning home after talks with Adolf Hitler in Munich; waves paper agreement saying there will 'peace in our time'

    NUMBER 18: SPACE SHUTTLE 'CHALLENGER' DISASTER: 1986
    00.06.37 Excerpts from ITN 134482: 28.1.86: Crew before boarding shuttle; take-off and explosion (all NASA material)

    NUMBER 17: NELSON MANDELA RELEASED: 1990
    00.09.59 Excerpts from ITN T11029003: 11.2.90: Mandela walking from prison with wife; motorcade and speech (all POOL material)

    NUMBER 16: THE ATOM BOMB: HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI: 1945
    00.12.23 Excerpts from ITN S04020301: 'The Nuclear Warfare Collection' - various dates: Manhatten project town; atomic bomb explosions; damage to Hiroshima & Nagasaki; injured treated (all REUTERS material)

    NUMBER 15: THE BERLIN WALL FALLS: 1989
    00.16.44 Excerpts from ITN Tx 11.11.89: West Germans beginning to pull down wall (includes Neely into camera)
    00.18.53 Excerpts from ITN Tx 31.12.89: Revellers on wall; people squeezing through

    NUMBER 14: THE SUFFRAGETTE DERBY: 1913
    00.19.46 Excerpts from Reuters GR 18078: The 1913 Derby horse race when Emily Davison fung herself to her death in front of the King's horse: arrivals for race; the race and incident itself; race won by Aboyeur

    NUMBER 13: HITLER COMES TO POWER: 1933
    00.22.51 Excerpts from 'The Germany Collection' S18090101: Hitler watches paarde in 1933; Vice-Chancellor Von Papen statement; Hitler with von Papen after becoming Chancellor; Nazi parade; President Hindenburg; more parade watched by Hitler giving salute (all REUTERS material)

    NUMBER 12: THE JESSE OWENS BERLIN OLYMPICS: 1936
    00.25.33 Excerpts from British Pathe 873.39: 6.8.36: Owens wins 100m
    00.25.52 Excerpts from Reuters GB 8403: 6.8.36: Owens wins 100m
    00.26.09 Excerpts from Reuters GB 8417: 10.8.36: Owens wins Long Jump and 200m

    NUMBER 11: KIM FUC: VIETNAM: 1972:
    00.26.52 Excerpts from ITN Tx 9.6.72: Planes bomb village of Gin Loc; Kim Fuc (or Kim Phuc), naked and burnt, running from village

    NUMBER 10: MUNICH OLYMPIC MASSACRE: 1972
    00.28.37 Excerpts from ITN T07097203: 7.9.72: police andd negotiators around flats in Olympic Village; burnt-out helicopters after failed rescue attempt; press conference afterward

    NUMBER 9: THE HINDENBERG AIRSHIP DISASTER: 1937
    00.33.34 Excerpts from Reuters P6233: 20.5.37: Airship docking and suddenly engulfed in flames

    NUMBER 8: MARGARET THATCHER RESIGNS: 1990
    00.36.43 Excerpts from ITN Tx 22.11.90: Thatcher leaving No. 10 to proffer resignation to Queen; Tory Party Chairman Kenneth Baker statement; arrival back at No. 10
    00.37.58 Excerpts from ITN Tx 28.11.90: Thatcher leaves No. 10 for the last time: statemnt and nearly breaks down as gets into car to leave; Thatcher arrival at her house in Dulwich

    NUMBER 7: MARTIN LUTHER KING: 1963 (No sound coverage of the 'I Have a Dream' speech here)
    00.40.04 Excerpts from British Pathe 2673.01: 1.1.63: Civil Rights march on Washington:; many arrivals; people gather in Washington Memorial Park; Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders walking down Constitution Avenue; march; speeches being made including King (unheard)

    NUMBER 6: THE IRAN EMBASSY SIEGE: 1980
    00.44.59 Excerpts from ITN Tx 5.5.80: including edited story of SAS taking over the Embassy to finish siege and newsflash coverage

    NUMBER 5: ENGLAND WIN WORLD CUP: 1966
    00.55.48 British Pathe 2003.01: 31.7.66: England win the Soccer World Cup Final in 1966: the full Pathe story featuring match and celebrations

    NUMBER 4: PRINCESS DIANA'S FUNERAL: 1997
    01.05.47 Extensive excerpts of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales taken from ITN Tx 31.9.87: includes courtege to Westminster Abbey and hearse departure from it, but does not include shots of the service itself (for copyright reasons)

    NUMBER 3: SEPTEMBER 11th TERRRORIST ATTACKS: 2001
    01.19.06 Material compiled from Reuters stories on 'the Terrorism Collection' S12090101, of the World Trade Center on fire and both buildings collapsing, the Pentagon on fire and the damage afterward.

    NUMBER 2: PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION: 1963 (No coverage of the shooting itself)
    01.25.48 British Pathe 1780.13: 28.11.63: 'President Assainated': Kennedy arrival in Dallas and motorcade; aftermath of shooting; President Johnson speech on taking office; coffin lying-in-state and funeral

    NUMBER 1: MAN ON THE MOON: 1969
    01.32.14 British Pathe 1351.05: Excerpt from special 'One Giant Leap' (dated 1.1.69): Apollo 11 takeoff; astronauts on baord; landing; Armstrong 'one giant leap' sound; Armstrong & Aldrin on the moon (all NASA material)

    BETA SP (ITN/Reuters/British Pathe/Pool/NASA) 95mins 48secs
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