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Ciudad de Guatemala, julio 2011

Fuente: Features TV / Restricciones: Ninguna

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SEGUN CIFRAS OFICIALES GUATEMALA ES MAS VIOLENTO QUE IRAK Y MEXICO. EN PROMEDIO HAY 18 ASESINATOS POR DIA Y LAS AUTORIDADES HAN INTRODUCIDO AUTOBUSES EXCLUSIVOS PARA MUJERES DEBIDO AL ALTO NUMERO DE ABUSOS SEXUALES QUE SE LLEVAN A CABO EN EL TRANSPORTE PUBLICO. EL TEMA DE LA VIOLENCIA SERA CLAVE EN LAS ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES DE NOVIEMBRE.

Guión sugerido:

En patrullaje con la policía de Ciudad de Guatemala – uno de los lugares más peligrosos del mundo.

Responden a una llamada de emergencia – un niño de 19 años ha sido baleado por dos asaltantes en una moto.

AUDIO 1 – Agente Gómez, Ciudad de Guatemala Policía (español, 17 segundos): “Hemos sido llamados aquí porque se nos informó que habían herido a una persona con arma de fuego. Al llegar verificamos que en realidad había una persona fallecida.”

La pobreza está generalizada en este país.

Las pandillas y carteles de la droga mandan en los barrios.

Hay 18 asesinatos al día en Guatemala – más que en Irak o México.

Y de acuerdo con Naciones Unidas, el 98% de ellos nunca se resuelven.

AUDIO 2 – Marielos Monzón, analista político (Inglés, 29 segundos):

“Guatemala es el paraíso para los asesinos. Vivimos en un país donde 200.000 personas murieron durante la guerra y no pasó nada. 50.000 desaparecieron y no pasa nada. El valor de la vida no significada nada en este país. No importa si violan a una mujer, no pasa nada “.

Y aquí las víctimas son generalmente las mujeres – especialmente en el transporte público.

María Luisa Tecún ha sido asaltada y abusada sexualmente en dos incidentes separados mientras iba al trabajo en el autobús.

AUDIO 3 – María Luisa Tecunchava, (español, 22 segundos): “No se puede hacer nada. Nada más tiene que ver uno como se defiende porque no hay seguridad. (Ando) con miedo, ya no quería ni salir a trabajar e ir a ningún lado sino quedarme encerrada y no salir a ningún lado.”

Debido a los frecuentes ataques a las mujeres en los autobuses, las autoridades han introducido transportes exclusivos para mujeres durante las horas pico en la capital.

AUDIO 4 – Zury Ríos, Miembro del Congreso (español, 16 segundos): “Tenemos casos que los medios de comunicación han publicado de violación de mujeres dentro de los buses. En algunos de los casos, muchas de ellas nos contaban cómo hombres con armas blancas o cuchillos las amenazan y les piden que los masturben en el momento que van usando el transporte”

El transporte exclusivo para mujeres sólo opera en dos rutas de la ciudad.

Y ha demostrado ser muy popular.

VOXPOP 1 – (mujer, 9 segundos): “Considero que el trans-urbano es un bus bastante cómodo y seguro. Lo único que siento es que no hay la suficiente cantidad.”

Y las rutas de estos autobuses no son de gran ayuda para María.

Ella continúa utilizando los servicios regulares.

AUDIO 5 – Maria Luisa Tecunchava, (español, 23 segundos): “Uno siempre va con miedo en la ‘camioneta’. Cuando subo a la camioneta no se quién va a la par mía o con quién me voy a sentar o si me encuentro con alguien en el camino, no se quien va ahí… si es delincuente.”

La violencia será un tema clave en la segunda vuelta presidencial el 6 de noviembre.

Pero dado que el problema aparentemente está tan profundamente arraigado en la sociedad guatemalteca, la búsqueda de soluciones no va a ser fácil.

Descripción de las imágenes:

- Varios de patrullaje con Policía Nacional Civil en Ciudad de Guatemala

- AUDIO 1

- Planos de la ciudad, barrio La Limonada en Ciudad de Guatemala

- Varios de carteles de personas desaparecidos

- Planos generales de la calle

- AUDIO 2

- Varios de Maria Luisa Tecún

- AUDIO 3

- Varios interior de los buses exclusivos para mujeres

- AUDIO 4

- Tomas exteriores de los buses exclusivos para mujeres

- VOXPOP

- Más de María Luisa Tecún

- AUDIO 5

- Propaganda política de las elecciones presidenciales

- Planos de la Ciudad de Guatemala

Tomas extra:

- Varios de patrulla de la policía y escena del crimen de un asesinato

- Varios de María Luisa Tecún entrando a su casa

- Varios autobuses exclusivo para mujeres


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Roma, Italia, 9 de junio de 2011

Fuente: FeaturesTV / Restricciones: Ninguna

Duración: 1’43”

¿SERÁ POSIBLE REDUCIR NUESTRA HUELLA DE CARBONO MIENTRAS AYUDAMOS A COMBATIR LA OBESIDAD? UNA ESCUELA EN ITALIA HA CREADO UN INGENIOSO PROGRAMA DE EJERCICIOS QUE AL MISMO TIEMPO GENERA ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA PARA EL SALÓN DE CLASES.

Guión sugerido:

Esto puede parecer un gimnasio, pero en realidad se trata de un salón de clases.

Los alumnos de esta escuela en Roma producen electricidad … pedaleando.

AUDIO 1 Oscar Santilli, profesor (Italiano, 19 segundos): “Digamos que la clase tiene que ver un video de media hora. El proyector utiliza 400 vatios por hora, así que se necesitamos 200 vatios. El profesor les preguntará a los alumnos: ¿Ustedes tienen los 200 vatios que se necesitan? Luego, los estudiantes ofrecen los vatios que han venido acumulado en su tarjeta de la energía “.

Cuanto más se pedalee, más puntos en la tarjeta… lo que resulta en más vatios para la escuela.

El esquema ha demostrado ser muy popular – pero todavía no está a punto de convertirse en la única fuente de electricidad para la escuela.

AUDIO 2 Massimo Di Segni, profesora (Italiano, 19 segundos):

“El objetivo de esta idea es mostrar lo que conlleva el uso y producción de energía. Esperamos que aquellos que vienen aquí a pedalear prestan más atención al medio ambiente, e incluso consideren la energía renovable como una alternativa. ”

Y parece que funciona.

No sólo los estudiantes se ejercitan sino también se concientizan sobre el medio ambiente.

AUDIO 3 Luca, ex-alumno (Italiano, 13 segundos):

“Este proyecto me enseñó el valor de un vatio! Así que en casa, y fuera de ella, trato de ser cuidadoso. Trato de evitar coger el coche, por ejemplo y usar el transporte público “.

Cada bicicleta es capaz de producir un centenar de vatios por hora.

No mucho quizás, pero es un comienzo.

Y en un país donde el 94% de la población votó en contra de la energía nuclear en un nuevo referéndum nacional en junio, hay un considerable interés en la búsqueda de fuentes alternativas de energía.

Descripción de las imágenes:

-Varios de los estudiantes produciendo electricidad en las bicicletas

- AUDIO 1

-Diferentes de la “carta de energía”

- AUDIO 2

-Varios de los estudiantes y las bicicletas

- AUDIO 3

-Varios de los estudiantes y las bicicletas

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London, 15th October 2011

Source: Features TV / Restrictions: None

Duration: 3´59″

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JULIAN ASSANGE OF WIKILEAKS ADDRESSES THE DEMONSTRATION AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, HELD IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTEST IN NEW YORK.

SOUNDBITE 1, Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder (English, 56 secs): “It is now impossible for people to move in an anonymous way, myself included. I will speak if I can to this protest, this financial protest, about our attacks on the banks, and the banks´ attacks on us. But that anonymous movement to get me here today was not possible because under a new section used people cannot wear masks in London, they cannot wear facial coverings in London and basic anonymity is denied. I say, I say.. that sometimes it may be legitimate to deny that anonymity but we should not accept it until Swiss bank accounts and offshore bank accounts are also denied of their anonymity.”

SOUNDBITE 2, Naomi Colvin, Protest Organiser (English, 19 secs): “The aims of the occupation are first of all international solidarity with the other occupations that are happening, not just in the US, though that is astonishing. But in solidarity with southern Europe and the Middle East and actually today in East Asia as well.”

SOUNDBITE 3, voxpop (female, English, 13 secs): “I´m here coz I want to be part of the 99% of people. I´m not the 1% so I wanna be with my mates.”

SOUNDBITE 4, voxpop (female, English, 6 secs): “I´m sick and tired of being dominated by a tiny percent that owns 40% of the world´s wealth.”

- Cutaways of crowd as Julian Assange speaks at the protest

- VAR of Julian Assange at the protest

- VAR of protest at the London Stock Exchange / St Paul´s Cathedral with crowds and police

 

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Rome, Italy, 9th June 2011

Source: FeaturesTV / Restrictions: None

Duration:1’43’’

IS IT POSSIBLE TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND HELP FIGHT OBESITY AT THE SAME TIME? A SCHOOL IN ITALY HAS CREATED A CLEVER EXERCISE PROGRAMME THAT ALSO HAPPENS TO GENERATE POWER FOR THE CLASSROOM.

Sugested script:

This may look like a gym, but in actual fact it’s a classroom.

Pupils at this school in Rome produce electricity… by pedaling.

SOUNDBITE 1 Oscar Santilli, teacher (Italian, 19 secs) :

“Let’s say that a class needs to watch a video for half-an-hour. The projector uses 400 watts per hour so will need 200 watts. The teacher will ask the students: Do you have the 200 watts you need? The students will then offer the watts they have accumulated on their energy card.”

The more you pedal, the more points on your card… the more watts you have to use in school.

The scheme is proving popular – but it’s not about to become the building’s only source of electricity.

SOUNDBITE 2 Massimo Di Segni,teacher (Italian, 19 secs) :

“The aim of this idea is to show what using and producing energy entails. We hope that those who come here to pedal end up leaving with an impression that they must pay more attention to the environment, and that they might consider renewable energy as an alternative.”

And it seems to be working.

Not only are students getting more exercise – they’re also much more environmentally aware.

SOUNDBITE 3 Luca, former student (Italian, 13 secs) :

“This project really taught me the value of a watt! So at home, and outside, I try to be careful. I try to avoid taking the car, for example, and use public transport instead.”

Each bike is capable of producing a hundred watts an hour.

Not very much perhaps, but it’s a start.

And in a country where 94% voted against nuclear energy in a national referendum back in June, there’s considerable interest in finding alternative energy sources.

Shotlist:

-various of students producing electricity on bikes

- SOUNDBITE 1

-various of the “energy card”

- SOUNDBITE 2

-various of students and bikes

- SOUNDBITE 3

-various of students and bikes

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Antalya, September 28th 2011

Source: FTV / Restrictions: None

Duration: .50″

WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL UTERUS TRANSPLANT OFFERS HOPE TO MILLIONS OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE.

Suggested script:

This young Turkish woman was born without a uterus.

It’s a congenital deformity with no risk to her health, but women without this organ are unable to have children.

Two months ago, Derya had a transplant carried out by a team of doctors in Antalya.

She says she never thought twice about undergoing the risky procedure.

SOUNDBITE 1 – Dalia Sert, (Turkish, 7 sec) :
“I was never scared of having the operation. I never thought of the pain or suffering that it could have given me.”

This isn’t the first uterus transplant – in 2002 doctors perfomed the same operation in Saudi Arabia, but the recipient rejected the organ.

Dalia is doing well, but medics remain cautious

SOUNDBITE 2 – Dr Ömer Ozkan, surgeon (Turkish, 8 sec) :
“We can only say this is a success when she has a child. But for now, we are happy as the organ is functioning properly.”

It’s still early days, but the work of these Turkish doctors could give hope to the millions of women without a uterus worldwide

Shotlist:

-various of Dalia Sirt in hospital

-SOUNDBITE 1

-various of the operation (Source: Akdeniz Universitesi)

-SOUNDBITE 2

-more of Dalia in hospital bed

 

 

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Kabul, Afghanistan, October 2011

Source: NATO / Restrictions: None

Duration: 2’51″

YOUNG AFGHANS DEFY THREATS OF VIOLENCE AS KABUL HOSTS ITS FIRST MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.

Suggested script:

It may be something that much of the world takes for granted, but it’s something Afghanistan hasn’t seen in over three decades – a rock festival.

Young Afghan rock bands shared the stage at the Sound Central festival with bands from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Australia in this celebration of music from Central Asia and beyond.

SOUNDBITE1, Voxpop (male, Dari) : “These bands can introduce Afghanistan to the world. Our music is alive, our heart is alive. As long as we’re alive we can play and sing until everyone around the world loves our music.”

SOUNDBITE2, Voxpop (male, Dari) : “Sure, there’s always a security issue in Afghanistan – it’s Afghanistan. But, we are really interested in music, so that’s why I came here.”

Under the Taliban regime, all non-Islamic music was banned and there’s still a prevalent attitude that western music, especially rock, is a negative influence in Afghanistan.

District Unknown, the only Afghan metal band in the country, used to wear masks onstage for their safety, but now they feel the time’s come to be themselves doing what they love.

SOUNDBITE3, Qasem, bassist, District Unknown (English): “I don’t like calling it pioneers, but somehow being that kind of person in front, is risky, is fun and it’s really a great job.”

The festival was the culmination of two weeks of workshops with Afghan and international musicians, sharing performance and writing tips in rock master classes.

For security, the location, date and time of the festival was only announced the morning of the event. That led to a small, but dedicated group of fans, dancing and cheering to their new Afghan rock idols.

SOUNDBITE4, Hojat, guitarist, White Page (ENGLISH): “It was awesome because it was the first time in Afghanistan. The audience, they were very cool and they were ready for the rock concert and they gave us power for playing and, without them, we wouldn’t have been able to play.”

And there were a number of female rock fans in the crowd too, happy to have their chance to listen to live music.

SOUNDBITE5, Voxpop (female, Dari): “I’m really happy because events like this have never happened here before. Rock music is all over the world, so it should be here too in Afghanistan.”

SOUNDBITE6, Voxpop (female, Dari): “I’m really interested in rock music and when I heard about this festival, I was really excited and I thought I must come.”

With breaks for prayers and only soft drinks for sale, the festival maintained a local flavour throughout, rocking until nightfall. It may have only been a small affair, but it was a historical day for Afghan rock.

SOUNDBITE7, Pedrow, drummer, District Unknown (English):  “I’m really sure that it’s going to be much bigger very soon in Afghanistan. I’ve seen that there’s a lot of potential in Afghan musicians.”

Despite all odds, it seems that Kabul will keep on Rockin’.

Shot List:

-Various of bands and crowd

SOUNDBITE1

SOUNDBITE2

-Various of bands playing and crowds

SOUNDBITE3

- Band practice

- Exterior of the venue

- People entering the venue

SOUNDBITE4

- People listening to music

SOUNDBITE5

SOUNDBITE6

- Kabul city

- Various of people playing and enjoying music

SOUNDBITE7

- Band practice

- Kabul city

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Kampala, October 2011

Source: FTV / Restrictions: None

Duration: 02’29”

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THE LATEST CRAZE SWEEPING UGANDA: THE SILENT DISCO. RATHER THAN USING A SPEAKER SYSTEM, MUSIC IS BROADCASDT VIA AN FM-TRANSMITTER WITH THE SIGNAL BEING PICKED UP BY WIRELESS HEADPHONE RECEIVERS.

- SOUNDBITE 1, Paul, a reveller (English): “It’s a whole new idea, it’s great. The fact that you can dance and you are the only one listening … is amazing.”

-SOUNDBITE 2, Faisal Kiwewa, event organizer (English): “Actually it has been a growing trend since we started the headphones disco three years ago. People have been so enthusiastic and every time we announce it, we see people lining up waiting to attend the headphones disco. So it is a great thing and I think it is something other people should adopt.”

- A man receives a pair of headsets as he enters the disco hall

- Various of people dancing

- The deejays playing the music

- More shots of people dancing

Background:

Silent disco was introduced by the Bayimba Cultural Foundation three years ago and it’s proving to be very popular with the Uganda youth. Revellers can choose from two channels of music, meaning there’s more choice than at regular discos.

 

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Santa Ana, August 2011

Source: FTV / Restrictions: None

Duration: 2’35″

A WHOLE NEW GENERATION IS BEING ENGULFED BY GANG WARFARE IN EL SALVADOR. RIVAL GROUPS ARE USING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 9 TO COMMIT MURDER AS AUTHORITIES STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH THE NUMBER OF MURDERS IN THE COUNTRY.

Suggested script:

The picturesque highlands of El Salvador.

But these hills hide a dark secret.

In this region of Santa Ana alone, authorities estimate there could be up to 500 unmarked mass graves.

Israel Tikas is the country’s only criminologist.

Working for the state prosecution service, he’s the government’s most important tool in the search for missing murder victims.

He’s recovered hundreds of bodies at excavation sites like these – the vast majority of them under 18.

SOUNDBITE1, Israel Tikas, Criminologist (Spanish, 14 secs): “I see human beings in need of an identity, of justice and honour, and not just bodies that have been forgotten and left in a ditch or a field.”

Most of those missing are victims of gang-related murder.

Many bodies are never found, so for their families, excavation sites like these offer a glimmer of hope.

Teresa Caballo’s 17-year-old-grandson went to a party a year ago. He never came back

SOUNDBITE 2, Teresa Caballo (Spanish, 13 secs) : “I come to these places asking God that he turns up somewhere alive instead of being buried But I always come to these places.”

There are an estimated 25,000 warring gang members in El Salvador, a country of just 6 million.

Rival groups compete for turf to carry out their extortion rackets and drug dealing.

And their networks are widening.

The murder rate here is one of the highest in the world.

And police say the gangs are now recruiting children to carry out these murders.

SOUNDBITE 3, Luis Enrique Amaya, Consultant to the UN on gangs (Spanish, 9 secs): “They use children for 2 reasons. One is for social reasons, they are less threatening. And the other is for legal reasons. A captured child will serve a smaller sentence than an adult.”

At this juvenile detention centre just outside the capital, each inmate tells a tale of being forced to kill or face being beaten or even murdered themselves.

This boy is just 14. He committed his first murder when he was 9 years old.

SOUNDBITE 4, anonymous 14 year old prisoner (Spanish, 12 secs): “Within a week of being in the gang I went to kill with them. They ordered me to kill. If I didn’t kill with them they would hit me so I did it.”

As the perpetrators get younger, so too, do the victims – a whole new generation, engulfed by gang warfare.

The boy found at this site was not Teresa’s grandson.

For her and her family – and countless others like them – the agony continues.

Shotlist:

-hills of El Salvador

-various of excavation site in Santa Ana

-various of Israel Tikas

-SOUNDBITE 1

-various of excavation site

-various of Teresa Caballo

-SOUNDBITE 2

-various of police Patrol in central San Salvador

-SOUNDBITE 3

-various of youth detention centre in Tonacatepeque

-SOUNDBITE 4

-more of excavation site with Israel Tikas and Teresa Caballo

 Extra rushes:

-various of Israel Tikas at excavation site

-excavation site

-pan-up to Teresa Caballo at excavation site

-various of Israel Tikas excavating bones

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Misrata, 21 September 2011

Source: MSF / Restrictions: None

Duration:5’55

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THE LIBYAN UPRISING MAY HAVE OUSTED GADDAFI FROM POWER, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUPPORTERS THAT WERE ONCE LOYAL TO HIM HAVE BECOME PRISONERS OF WAR. IN MISRATA A SCHOOL HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A MAKESHIFT PRISON AND ONE CHARITY IS WORKING TO DEAL WITH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS BEING SUFFERED BY MANY OF ITS INMATES.

SOUNDBITE 1, Maria Palha, Psychologist, Medecins Sans Frontiers (English): “At the moment, we are providing mental health support to the prisoners. We try to do individual consultations with those in need. Sometimes it is not possible because they are severely injured so we go to their beds and we try to talk with them a little bit and provide the health cares. We have anxiety disorders, sleeping disorders, nightmares, flashbacks, in general, stress reactions, the symptoms, yes, this is the majority. Some cases of post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depressions, but that’s not the bigger number of patients. ”

-WAR TORN STREETS IF MISRATA, CHARRED TANKS

-MILITARY PRISON, MISRATA, LIBYA

-STEPHANE PERINETTI, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, MSF ARRIVES AT PRISON IN MISRATA, A FORMER SCHOOL CONVERTED INTO A MILITARY PRISON WHERE PRISONERS OF WAR ARE DETAINED

- MARIA PALHA PSYCHOLOGIST, MSF, TALKING WITH PATIENT VIA TRANSLATOR

- MARIA PALHA PSYCHOLOGIST, MSF, IN CONSULATION WITH PATIENT + TRANSLATOR (NO SOUND)

- PATIENTS WITH EXTERNAL FIXATORS RECEIVE CARE IN NURSING STATION

- PATIENT HAS DRESSING CHANGED ON HIS LEG WITH EXTERNAL FIXATOR

- PATIENT HAS DRESSING CHANGED ON HIS WRIST WITH EXTERNAL FIXATOR

- CORRIDOR INSIDE PRISON

- SHOTS OF PRISONERS’ ROOMS, CONVERTED CLASSROOMS

- PATIENT WITH EXTERNAL FIXATOR + CRUTCHES PERCHED ON END OF BED WITH MEDICAL CONSULTATION GOING ON IN BACKGROUND

- STEPHANE PERINETTI, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, MSF EXPLAINS TO PATIENT WITH AMPUTATED LEG HOW TO DRESS HIS STUMP (TRANSLATOR ALSO PRESENT TO HELP EXPLAIN PROCEDURE)

- STEPHANE PERINETTI, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, MSF TAKING NOTES

- STEPHANE PERINETTI, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, MSF INTRODUCES CRUTCHES TO PATIENT WITH EXTERNAL FIXATOR

- STEPHANE PERINETTI, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, MSF PROVIDES PHYSIOTHERAPY CARE FOR SAME PATIENT

 

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London, 29th September 2011

Source: FTV / Restrictions: None

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TRANSPORT FOR LONDON SAYS IT WILL BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE VOLUME OF PASSENGERS EXPECTED FOR NEXT YEAR’S OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE CITY.

SOUNDBITE 1, Graham Stephens, Olympic Games coordinator for Transport for London (English, 13 secs):
“Making sure that basically all the spectators, the workforce etc. were going to actually use public transport to get to the games was a key mandate, which actually won us the games.”

SOUNDBITE 2, Graham Stevens, Olympic Games coordinator for Transport for London (English, 19 secs):
“Londoners are used to road closures and that sort of thing, because we have about four thousand events a year, primarily over weekends. But this is going to be a sustained operation over two weeks, so each day there’s going to be another major event, and what you need to do is understand what the major event is, and how you can actually adjust your travel to suit.”

SOUNDBITE 3, Garrett Emerson, Chief Operating officer for Surface Transport, Transport for London (English, 26 secs):
“Well, the biggest challenge come the Olympics is just going to be the pure scale of the games. We’re relatively used to managing large events in central London, and operating the traffic around it – we’re in the traffic control centre, which is the nerve centre of London’s streets. But the Olympics is over two weeks of continuous special events, multiple events, not only at the games at the olympic park and the other venues but in central London.”

SOUNDBITE 4, Garrett Emerson, Chief Operating officer for Surface Transport, Transport for London (English, 27 secs):
“Well my job is to keep the road network running through the games, not only for the games family, but also for everyday Londoners. So there are two objectives, they’re often potentially conflicting objectives. We have to balance those out and make sure that we can achieve both – we can get the games family where they need to be, we can achieve the journey times that we’re required to achieve for the IOC, but we can keep London moving. I think our measure of success at the end of the day will be how well we achieve both those objectives.”

-VAR Stratford International station, close to Olympic park

-High-speed train arriving at Stratford International

-Passengers inside train

-St Pancras station in central London, where trains will travel to and from Stratford International in 6 minutes

-VAR London underground station

-VAR Control room of Transport for London