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the west never changes ~ 1999

Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:20 am

...to some of us masses this is
the world as the west creates it
portrays it
the west as the west creates it
portrays it.
never changes
will never change
unless
some of us masses...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is 1999

KOSOVO


10:01:05
Young boy crying - dead bodies on ground following massacre of ethnic Albanians
Young woman sitting alone
Houses covered in snow
Separatist guerrilla gunmen running in snow
Man firing automatic weapon
Another man firing continuously
Armoured personnel carrier/tank
smoke rising over houses in distance
People walking along road, some on tractors and other farm vehicles
woman with baby
people standing around

10:02:03
woman crying
Missile being fired - nights shots of NATO forces on ship
Fighter plane landing on deck, GV's of traffic speeding along on bridge before attack, people running in street: Clinton's voice heard over all the shots: "The dangers of acting now are clearly outweighed by the risks of failing to act."
Clinton speaking:
In words: "May innocent people -
Out words: " - destabilise neighbouring nations."
Night scenes of attack - flares against red sky, buildings burning
GV Countryside at day time
long line of civilian refugees through fields

10:03:00
Fighter planes along and interior controls showing laser-guided weapons attack sequence on monitors
NATO commander speaking:
In words: "If you were -
Out words: " -concentrate right there."
Wrecked train, various shots of debris
Wounded with bloodied face and bandage on head in hospital
GV Wrecked houses and burning village - bodies lying by roadside, wounded being taken away

10:04:07
Man sitting in debris and crying
Other distressed people crying
boy crying sitting on cart piled with belongings
Milosevic speaking:
In words: "Before 24th of March -
Out words: " - everybody knows it."
Refugees - women and children along in field
Red cross shelters and vast crowd of refugees
Supply planes overhead
NATO peacekeeping troops arriving by air
Huge troops presence on ground
APC along

10:05:03
Convoy of jeeps
Night scenes - people cheering troops through street
Russian troops along
Crowd cheering

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:29 am

United States of America

10:05:28
Hilary Clinton in visual effect talking about guns over shots of school shoot out
GV Capitol Hill
Senate interior - session in progress to decide on Clinton trial
Senate spokesman at microphones
Clinton and Monica Lewinsky embracing
Clinton speaking (denial):
In words: "I did not have -
Out words: " - Miss Lewinsky."
Ken Starr out of building
Piles of papers being removed from van
CU Newspaper headlines
Clinton speaking:
In words: "My opinion is that -
Out words: " - I intend to do."

10:06:28
GV Interior senators gathered in chamber to listen to Lewinsky evidence
Monica Lewinsky speaking:
In words: "I wanted to get out -
Out words: " - I'd enjoy doing."
GV Senate chamber and speaker at microphones with results of vote
Announcement of Clinton "not guilty"
Clinton along with dog
Monica Lewinsky along at London Heathrow airport
Monica Lewinsky book launch and Lewinsky sitting down to sign copies

10:07:26
Clinton and Hilary out of church
Hilary on walkabout and chatting to people
Supporters holding up pro-Hilary banner
Hilary Clinton speaking:
In words: "We have to do more -
Out words: " - hands of animals."
People coming out of building with hands over head after shootout at high school in Colorado
People crying and comforting one another
GV crowd gathered at memorial service

10:08:17
Manson speaking:
In words: "I'm sure to some people -
Out words: " - harm someone else."
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow
Monica Lewinsky arriving
Warren Beatty
GV Building "Trump Tower"
Donald Trump speaking
In words: "January or February -
Out words: "a decision in either January or February."

10:09:15
Trump away down steps
Bill Bradley campaigning
Supporters cheering and waving
Al Gore campaign and handshakes
George W Bush in crowd of supporters
Bush with black schoolchildren in classroom
Robert Downy outside courthouse
GV air view of drug laden speedboat along and being shot at by US coastguard helicopter

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:30 am

BURMA

10:10:28
Opium plant and poppies in field
GV Fields and people
Heroin packets burning in crates
Troops sitting by roadside stall

THAILAND

10:10:52
Man being treated by healer
Man slicing herbs
Various traditional herbs and remedies
Doctor digging plans claimed to contain breast-enlarging properties
CU Poster promoting cream made from the plant
Doctor in talks with Japanese businessmen

JAPAN

10:11:16
Woman in traditional Geisha costume
Geisha girls down street
beauty therapist applying product on customer
Kimono being modelled
Silk production process - material being dried in snowy landscape
Japan Labour Day march and demo - vast crowd
Woman examining world's first portable video phone and demonstrating
CU Computer screen - pan to model applying make-up and lounging around while camera catches all to show on website, including model stepping into the shower

SOUTH KOREA

10:12:43
Buckets lying and ground and women putting buckets on their head
Piano playing and women singing with buckets over their heads
GV Night scenes of street and neon signs
Former President Kim Yun Sung into building and handshakes
Red paint being thrown on his face and him being led away

NORTH KOREA

10:13:32
People waving red flags and singing
Workers nearby rebuilding dam
Singers cheering them along through snowfall
Family in small shelter - child sleeping on ground
Woman with bowl of cabbage and corn stalks
Children in school
Doctor speaking:
In words: "This stunting -
Out words: " - but mentally."
Young children looking thin and weak sitting on bed
Woman with crying baby in her arms
North Korean warship at sea
South Korean patrol boats and sea battle

INDONESIA

10:14:55
GV Parliament chamber
President Habibi announcing East Timor referendum
East Timor separatist gunmen along in forest area
Protesters chanting after referendum announcement
Clashes in street between different groups
Huts burning
Old woman crying
UN observers panel
Troops along

10:16:01
UN Spokesman:
In words: I don't accept -
Out words: " - favour pro-independence people."
Voters in queue
Defence Minister Wiranto singing at party
Habibi listening
Indonesian troops in street fighting
Smoke rising in the distance
People jumping over walls to get into UN compound for safety
Children fleeing
Plane landing and forces out
Australian troops along
Woman shouting in street as Aussie troops go by
Children in shelter
GV aerials of devastated East Timor area
Presidential candidate Xanana Gusmao amid tribal dancers
Supporters applauding

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:32 am

MALAYSIA

10:18:02
Protesters throwing stones after Ibrahim arrest
Riot police lined up
Cannon being fired from vehicle
Anwar Ibrahim at microphones
Ibrahim away after arrest - freeze on picture

CAMBODIA

10:18:29
Body of Cambodian singer Piseth Peaklica and mourners around

PHILIPPINES

10:18:45
CU Feet in red shoes - tilt up to show Imelda Marcos
Various shoes on display
Imelda Marcos speaking:
In words: "You know people and friends -
Out words: " - another museum."
GV Traffic jam
Woman singing inside car on microphone with music from karaoke machine
Taxi driver who offers karaoke facility in his cab

CHINA

10:19:31
Chinese leader President Jiang inspecting parade at 50th anniversary celebrations
GV Parade and celebrations in Beijing
Military hardware on display
Red flag being unfurled
More military hardware
Top shot - marchpast with red flags and cheer leaders
Jiang waving
balloons being released and people running forward
People lined up to practise Falun Gong meditation
CU Computer screen with message from leader

TIBET

10:20:44
GV Hilltop monastery
Monks in courtyard
Monks in prayer and chanting
GV Tibet settlement project
Chinese poor in countryside who are to be resettled in Tibet
Dalai Lama along in India
Dalai Lama speaking to supporters
GV Air view of crowd
President Jiang waving
Anti-Jiang protesters in Europe

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:33 am

CHINA

10:21:52
Jiang into room amid press and photographers
Chinese people in English class learning "crazy English"
Teacher of revolutionary method speaking:
In words: "I think my method -
Out words: " - which produce language."
Men teaching troops crazy English

10:22:39
Classical Chinese garden for sale to USA
Car being unveiled
General Motors spokesman:
In words: "To build cars -
Out words: " - in China."
Various shots of brand new All-Chinese car
Aftermath bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Chinese Ambassador
GV Exterior Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
Protests in China outside US Embassy in Beijing
US report released on Chinese espionage activities
GV File footage showing details of designs Chinese have copied

10:24:07
US Spokesman:
In words: "The PRS has also -
Out words: " - not yet deployed."
Chinese at press conference and spokesman in Chinese
GV Press conference

INDIA

10:24:39
aircraft
Indian missile on display
Pakistanis chanting after nuclear test
GV Kashmir
gunmen firing and artillery being fired
Indian flag on hilltop
Pakistani flags being laid on ground to claim territory
Gunmen along in mountains
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Army leader Parvez Musharaff
Night scenes after military take over in Pakistan, army vehicles along
Musharaff on national TV - people watching in café

BHUTAN

10:26:18
GV area and TV tower
First TV pictures and applause - logo BBS TV
Bhutan Queen Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck inaugurating speech
Satellite dishes on rooftops and outside small houses
TV transmission tower

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:34 am

WORLD RECORDS

10:26:57
GV Mount Everest
George Mallory's belongings being shown at press conference
Spokesman for expedition:
In words: "We think we can -
Out words: " - out best shot."
GV Mount Everest area
Balloon up and along and over terrain
Balloon over desert area
Brian Jones and Picquard being applauded after record set
25 people piling into Mini car and record being set
Man down steps on hand only (Handwalking)
Man approaching finishing line and applause
Man spinning around
Israel - kissing contest and winners kissing

MIDDLE EAST

10:29:13
Supporters chanting
Ehud Barak
Netanyahu at microphones
Barak along with wife and flowers at Rabin's memorial
Arafat and Barak signing accord
Buses along as Palestinian prisoners released
Women wailing
Clashes at unauthorised Jewish settlement in West Bank
Israeli troops forcing settlers out
Man ebing pushed over and clashes

10:30:44
Woman settler speaking:
In words: "What happened today -
Outwords: " - we are not going to let him."
Sunset and silhouette of troops dragging men away
Crowd gathered in Jerusalem with Israeli flags
Barak speaking in Hebrew
People at wailing wall
Barak at wall
Israeli planes in air over Lebanon border area - smoke rising from attack
Syrian troops dancing and celebrating
GV Pro-Assad rally
Syrian President Assad with supporters after winning election

10:32:15
King Hussein of Jordan out of plane with wife Noor
Convoy along with coffin of Hussein
Mourners
Clinton at funeral for other former US presidents including, Bush and Carter
Crown Prince Abdullah
Iran - people around painting
CU Painting by Hitler
Iranians around painting
CU details on painting
Air view of vast crowd of pilgrims at Mecca and the stoning of the devil ceremony
GV Pilgrims and prayers
Buses along with pilgrims on busy highway

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:35 am

KURDS

10:34:00

Plane landing and Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan with blindfold
Kurdish gunmen firing automatic weapons and other gunmen along
Kurdish refugees
Gunmen setting up firing position
Smoke rising and gunfire heard
CU Ocalan
Demonstrators in Europe including aftermath of woman setting fire to herself
Police and cameramen and crowd
Ocalan into courtroom and sitting in glass booth
Kurdish spokesman
GV Kurdish gunmen in mountains

EARTHQUAKES

10:35:20
Wreckage after massive Turkish earthquake
badly damaged buildings
Boy in bed with ceiling collapsed over him
People and debris
Injured being pulled out of debris
rescue workers drilling through debris
workers in wreckage
Survivor looking on from under piled up wreckage
Survivor being taken away on stretcher

10:36:26
GV area where earthquake hit
Bodies covered and men digging graves
Scenes of damage to entire street
Woman pulled out from under debris in night scenes
Bunting and decorations for Taiwanese New Year celebrations
Man on ladder of knife blades - CU feet on knife blades
Children looking
Bell being rung in temple
Aftermath earthquake
Woman stuck in wreckage
another woman being helped out of wreckage
People in wreckage and others being rescued
Rescue workers and crane

WEATHER DISASTERS

10:37:46
China - houses submerged in water
Red Cross worker along in temporary shelter
People on boats on swelling river

10:38:06
India - bullock being led through water
Rising water and man wheeling scooter along
people crying
Men wading through water with bicycles in hand

10:38:22
Brazil - Forest fires
helicopter overhead
Fires burning
Shacks or poor amid blazing fires

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:36 am

RUSSIA

10:38:44
Moscow - hot summer - woman along past fountain, others seated eating ices
GV Fountain in park
Birds in dry grassland in Russian countryside and effects of drought
Men in dry fields
Locusts on crop
Plagues of locusts in field
Farmer speaking in Russian
Russian winter scenes and reindeer hunt - herds of reindeer being chased by hunters
Men skinning reindeer after killing

10:39:54
Small aircraft along in air and ballet dancers on top
Ballerina on tarmac and plane over her head

10:40:11
MIR space station and scenes of last spacewalk
Cosmonauts into capsule
Cosmonauts coming in to land on earth and landing

10:40:48
GV Moscow street scene and people buying newspapers
Bank building
Interiors of bank
Spokesman:
In words: "Russia today is a
Out words: "- criminal state."

10:41:08
GV Kremlin exterior
Interiors - various rooms
Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana
Yeltsin sipping champagne
Prime Minister Primakov into room
New Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin
Vladimir Putin arriving
Yeltsin and Putin
Putin chatting

10:40:15
Mourners and Gorbachev at Raisa funeral
Raisa Gorbachev in coffin
Putin at coffin
Gorbachev, Putin and other mourners at funeral
Wrecked buildings, troops in street after bombings
Various shots of bomb damaged buildings
People with flowers at coffin of victim
Russian forces engaged in attacks on Chechnya
Men running
Russians firing heavy artillery
Chechen guerrillas firing back
Chechen civilians fleeing the area and stranded at border with razor wire fencing
GV Refugee camp with tents

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:37 am

EUROPE

10:42:45
Celebrations, champagne, balloons at launch of single European currency
CU coins
Unveiling of currency exchange rate board

BRITAIN

10:44:08
Queen along in carriage at Ascot
Ladies in hats - various outrageous hats
Horses running in races
Naked man hanging from lamp-post and naked woman on ground arguing with police
Naked protester talking:
In words: All of us all the time -
Out words: " - connected with it at all."
Country cottage on wheels - man driving along

10:44:53
Prince Charles with Camilla Parker Bowles, out of building and camera flashes and crowds cheering
Prince Edward with Sophie Rhys Jones after announcement of engagement
Prince Edwards speaking:
In words: "I managed to -
Out words: " - it was coming."
Newspaper headlines and photograph of Sophie topless

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:38 am

SHOWBIZ

10:45:22
Mick Jagger along and being cheered by fans
Jerry Hall along in evening dress
Brazilian dancer Luciana on stage with naked pregnant tummy on show
Actress Julia Roberts out of car
Hugh Grant with Liz Hurley
Julia Roberts being asked about kissing Hugh Grant - says he's very English
Diana Ross at Heathrow airport surrounded by police after assaulting security officer
Ross speaking:
In words: "A woman puts her hand -
Out words: " she did not!"

FRANCE - BRITISH BEEF
10:46:23
Cow out of pen
Cattle auction
Cattle in field
Demonstrators in Paris against British beef - various placards in French
British members demo
Cattle in shelters and feeding

GERMANY

10:47:01
Gay Pride celebrations in Berlin
Israeli Prime Minister Barak with German Chancellor Schroeder paying tribute to victims of Nazi holocaust at site of former concentration camp
Barak laying wreath

AUSTRIA

10:47:34
Voters in Austria
Freedom party leader Jorge Haidar at press conference
Sounds of screaming and camera crews crowded in hallway
Anti-Nazi woman protester with banner and others with her
Haidar speaking:
In words: "I am no Fascist -
Out words: " - pure democrat."
Helicopter in snow
More rescue helicopters overhead
GV Aftermath of avalanche after heavy snow
GV Ski resort

SOUTH AFRICA

10:48:29
Ghadaffi off plane and greeting Nelson Mandela - both men embracing
Mandela and Ghadaffi at lunch
Ghadaffi waving to supporters
Mandela with wife onto podium
Mandela onto stage with successor Tabu Mbeki
Vast crowd cheering
Cannons being fired and air display

NIGERIA

10:49:06
Celebrations and dancers in Nigeria
People watching celebrations
Obasanjo in festive hat and robes
Obasanjo speaking:
In words: "They know -
Out words: " - trust me."
Painted face

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:39 am

ANGOLA

10:49:34
Jeep along
Wreckage of UN plane in countryside
People in makeshift shelter on railway platform, cooking etc
Woman and child camped under train
Train standing and people camped on platform
Makeshift homes under railway platform
Young children cooking

UGANDA

10:50:08
GV Countryside - mountain gorilla along
Lodge of tourists and belongings being carried through
Tourists in grounds
GV Mountain area and pan to mist rising

RWANDA

10:50:49
People in prison yard and cramped conditions inside prison with Hutu prisoners in Kigali prison
Roman Catholic bishop talking in French
Aftermath of attack on church and skulls on ground

CUBA

10:51:30
baseball game and US team arriving and parading
Castro arriving for game

ARGENTINA

10:51:56
Prince Charles walking along and at dinner and toast
Anti-British poster outside in street

COLOMBIA

10:52:13
Bodies in field
President Andres Pastrana speaking Spanish
President holding talks with revolutionaries in the open
people protesting
Riot policfe and TV images of fighting
Vast demo and people marching along

VENEZUELA

10:52:59
Marchers and riot police - clashes between Presidential supporters and opponents
Vehicle spraying demonstrators
President Chavez along in open car, waving to supporters
Parade of military hardware and air display
Chavez addressing crowd

BOLIVIA

10:53:35
Women prisoners on hunger strike bound to pillars, railings and others lying on beds with stitched up lips
CU lips being cut open

BRAZIL

10:53:52
Stockbrokers in casual clothes and various views of carnival costumes and dancers

PERU

10:54:13
Women in mini skirts
GV Civil service building and women entering in mini skirts
President Fujimore speaking about skirts

PANAMA

10:54:43
GV Vast crowd waving flags
GV Panama Canal
First female President Mireya Moscoso

MEXICO

10:55:03
Pope along in mobile with motorcade
Pope speaking
Stadium and vast crowd

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:39 am

THRESHOLD OF THE MILLENNIUM

10:55:28
CU hungry child - other children
Water bottles arriving and being fought over in West Bank
Woman filling up water bottle from tank
Irish singer Bono
Bono speaking:
In words: "We are talking about -
Out words: " - to be remembered for."
Field and greenery
People in field in Tanzania
Woman along
Weapons along
GV Air view of Chernobyl power plant in russia

10:56:40
Japanese workers being tested for radiation
GV Empty streets
Wind power for renewable energy - windmills turning in field
Chicken manure into furnace for electricity
CU Furnace burning
Colombia shuttle crew along including woman Eileen Collins
Shuttle lift off
US astronauts at space station
Graphics of small plane designed for Mars flight
Clock turning and chime
GV Night scene of Westminster and Houses of Parliament
Big Ben approaching midnight
Laser beams in Egypt
Sphinx pyramid illuminated
New Millennium sun rising over Pacific Island of Kiribati
Two children at beach at sunrise

10:58:59 END TITLES

10:59:20 END

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Post by Whitebird Sings » May 22nd, 2005, 8:42 am

Credit: http://www.aptnlibrary.com/IL_WNR1999_shotlist.htm

...not meant to be prose
descriptors of images
but the rhythm is there

and so we go round and round
unless....

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