USA/GERMANY: EX-LEADERS KOHL, GORBACHEV AND BUSH MEET IN ATLANTA FOR BERLIN WALL REUNION.

Record ID: 960331

  • Title: USA/GERMANY: EX-LEADERS KOHL, GORBACHEV AND BUSH MEET IN ATLANTA FOR BERLIN WALL REUNION.
  • Date: 4th October 2003
  • Summary: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 3, 2003) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: FORMER GERMAN CHANCELLOR HELMUT KOHL, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE H. BUSH, FORMER SOVIET PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV POSE FOR JOURNALISTS 0.03 2. MV/PAN: KOHL, GORBACHEV, BUSH WALK INTO ROOM (2 SHOTS) 0.27 3. MV: CROWD CLAPPING IN AUDITORIUM 0.29 4. GV: KOHL, GORBACHEV AND BUSH WALK ON TO STAGE 0.40 5. LV: KOHL SPEAKING ON STAGE 0.45 6. (SOUNDBITE) (German) KOHL SAYING "We are finally free and we are united in one Germany. And ladies and gentleman, we are united in Germany without having to wage a war for it- without one single shot being fired. It was a process an evolutionary process of peaceful coexistence. And the two gentleman over here made a decisive contribution to this global peace." 1.21 7. LV/ZOOM IN/GV: GORBACHEV SPEAKING ON STAGE 1.27 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) GORBACHEV SAYING "And when we saw how after the fall of the wall, the German people expressed themselves not in favour of a confederation not in some kind of monetary union but in favour of one country. We understood that this is the will of the people. That no one can ignore it. That we can not ignore it." 1.49 9. GV/TILT: BUSH SPEAKING ON STAGE 1.55 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUSH SAYING "Times may change, but if I could speak to the German people once again, the message would be the same: the United States is proud to have built with you- the German people- the foundations of your freedom and proud as well to have been a steady partner in the quest for one Germany whole and free." 2.18 11. MV: GORBACHEV AND KOHL LISTENING 2.23 BERLIN, GERMANY (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 12. VARIOUS: FILE OF BERLIN WALL BEING DISMANTLED (15 SHOTS) 3.35 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES AND BERLIN, GERMANY
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  • Country: USA United States East Germany Germany
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