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NAME: US DEM PREVIEW 20080822I TAPE: EF08/0853 IN_TIME: 10:20:48:16 DURATION: 00:04:03:03 SOURCES: AP/VARIOUS DATELINE: Various - 19 Aug 2008/FILE RESTRICTIONS: See Script SHOTLIST AP Television Denver, Colorado - 19 August 2008 1. Close-up of sign outside convention centre reading: (English) "Democratic National Convention 2008 Denver" 2. Wide interior of convention centre 3. Close-up of builders carrying wood planks across convention centre floor 4. Close-up of convention centre lights turning on POOL Boston, Massachusetts - 28 July 2004 5. Various of then-Democratic Senate candidate Barack Obama walking on stage at a convention 6. Close-up of supporters waving Obama signs 7. Wide of Obama approaching podium 8. Supporters waving Obama signs at convention 9. Various of Obama on stage AP Television St Paul, Minnesota - 3 June 2008 10. Barack Obama and wife Michelle walking onstage at Minnesota victory rally 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, Democratic presidential hopeful: "I will be the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America." UPSOUND: Cheering AP Television Chicago, Illinois - 5 February 2008 12. Zoom in to Barack and Michelle Obama on stage waving to crowd on Super Tuesday evening AP Television Washington, DC - 15 August 2008 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Allan Lichtman, Presidential Historian: ++PART OVERLAYED WITH PICTURES OF OBAMA AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 2008++ "This address is a milestone in all of American history. The nomination of an African American is an enormous breakthrough in this country. I think there will be attention on this speech perhaps comparable to that of John F. Kennedy's 1960s speech when he represented the arrival of the new generation, or Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 speech." AP Photos - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile Los Angeles, California - 9 July 1960 14. Still of Senator John F. Kennedy walking through a crowd as he arrives for the Democratic Convention AP Television Denver, Colorado - 19 August 2008 15. Pan exterior of Invesco Field stadium where Obama will give his acceptance address ABC - No Access N America/Internet FILE: Los Angeles, California - 14 July 1960 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John F. Kennedy, then-Democratic Presidential Nominee: "Then we shall not be weary. Then we shall prevail." UPSOUND: Crowd applauding at Kennedy waves AP Television Washington, DC - 15 August 2008 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Allan Lichtman, Presidential Historian: "They're definitely hoping to evoke memories of John F. Kennedy. He doesn't want to just be the next John F. Kennedy. Obviously he wants to establish his own role and his own place in politics, but certainly, evoking the Kennedy magic will help, not hurt." King Estate (Copyright Permission Granted by Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta, Georgia, as manager of the King Estate - Must Courtesy King Estate. Not for Library or archives. Copyright holder requires the following statement as on screen mention or included in voice track: "Further Dr. King's legacy by making community service a way of life. Please visit the King Center's website to find a service opportunity in your neighbourhood: www.thekingcenter.org") FILE: Washington, DC - August 28, 1963 18. Various of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his "I have a dream" speech in Washington 19. UPSOUND: (English) Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream..." 20. Wide of King giving speech AP Television Manchester, New Hampshire - 8 January 2008 21. Barack Obama shaking hands with supporters as he walks into rally following New Hampshire primary AP Television Denver, Colorado - 20 August 2008 22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Damon Jones, Democratic Convention Spokesperson: "The real success of this convention next Friday is measured in the message that people take away about Senator Obama, about the Democratic party and about our vision moving forward. So we welcome the contrast with the Republican party and John McCain and we think that contrast will speak for itself." AP Television Concord, New Hampshire - 8 January 2008 23. Pan of Democrats holding signs chanting: (English) "We want change!" 24. Close-up of Democrats holding signs ABC - No Access N America/Internet Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland - 15 August 2008 25. President George W. Bush walking up stairs and into Air Force One AP Television Baghdad, Iraq - Recent 26. Ambulances driving through street with sirens on 27. People yelling and helping injured after bombing AP Television Stockton, California - Recent 28. Various quick shots of home for sale signs 29. Real Estate Auction sign signalling home in foreclosure AP Television Washington, DC - 15 August 2008 30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Allan Lichtman, Presidential Historian: "Democrats are enthused because they smell victory. They smell victory not only in the presidential contest, but in contests for the House and Senate." AP Television Unity, New Hampshire - 27 June 2008 31. Various of Obama and Hillary Clinton walking onto stage together waving to crowd 32. Cheering Democrats waving signs AP Television Denver, Colorado - 20 August 2008 33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Damon Jones, Democratic Convention Spokesperson: "I think what makes this convention unique and what makes Senator Obama unique is he's made it a hallmark of his campaign to bring new people into government and into the convention experience. So he's said that this is not his convention, this is America's convention." ABC - No Access N America/Internet North Dakota - 3 July 2008 34. Obama shaking hands with supporters after rally ABC - No Access N America/Internet Sedona, Arizona - 20 August 2008 35. John McCain walks up stairs of campaign plane wand walks in AP Television Denver, Colorado - 19 August 2008 36. Mid exterior of sign outside convention centre reading: (English) "Denver 2008" 37. Mid of American flag outside convention centre STORYLINE: With Denver, Colorado abuzz in convention preparations and Democrats just days away from nominating their ticket for the White House, it's almost hard to fathom the difference four years makes. When Barack Hussein Obama gave a Keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, few Americans knew who he was. A state senator from Illinois, Obama was running his first race for the US Senate and was still becoming known on the national stage. But despite a less than familiar face, that Boston speech blew his party away, and helped cement Obama's status as a rising Democratic star. What a rise it's been. When Obama addresses the Democratic Convention this time around, it will arguably be one of the most historic moments in modern American political history. On August 28th, Obama will become the first African American to accept his party's nomination for president and have a real - some might even say good - shot at becoming the nation's next leader. Historian Allan Lichtman called it "a milestone in all of American history." "The nomination of an African American is an enormous breakthrough in this country. I think there will be attention on this speech perhaps comparable to John F. Kennedy's 1960s speech when he represented the arrival of the new generation or Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 speech," Lichtman said. In fact, when Obama delivers his Thursday evening acceptance speech, he'll be taking a move out of the John F. Kennedy playbook. Obama will speak at Invesco Field, an open-air football stadium, before a crowd of 75-thousand people...not at the convention centre that will house the rest of the week's events. He'll be the first presidential candidate to do so since 1960, when Kennedy moved his convention speech to a Los Angeles coliseum to speak to a crowd of 100-thousand. "They're definitely hoping to evoke memories of John F. Kennedy. He doesn't want to just be the next John F. Kennedy, obviously he wants to establish his own role in politics, but certainly, evoking the Kennedy magic will help, not hurt," Lichtman said. Obama's speech will also coincide with another famed event in US history - the 45th anniversary of civil right's leader Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream Speech" in the nation's capital. While historic coincidences may draw attention, in the end, the true test of the convention's success will be Obama's ability to excite and inspire a generation, as JFK and Martin Luther King Jr did for theirs. "The real success of this convention will be measured in the message that people take away about Senator Obama about the Democratic party and about our vision moving forward. So we welcome the contrast with the Republican party and John McCain and we think that contrast will speak for itself," said Convention spokesman Damon Jones. To be sure, Democrats have been been rallying and participating in historic numbers for months. After eight years of President George W. Bush and a tenure that included an unpopular war in Iraq and an economic meltdown, Democrats are yearning and pushing for change. And they're feeling like this may just be their year. "Democrats are enthused because they smell victory. They smell victory not only in the presidential contest, but in contests for the House and Senate," as well, said Lichtman. And Democrats are still fresh from the most exciting primary contest in recent history between Obama and Hillary Clinton - a contest that broke down barriers to race and gender and helped inspire a new generation of voters to participate. Analysts say the challenge for Democrats this year is to keep that momentum growing, and ensure that the (m) millions of new participants during the primaries maintain their enthusiasm through the election in November. Convention spokesman Damon Jones said that mission is not lost on Senator Obama. "What makes this convention unique and Senator Obama unique is that he's made it a hallmark of his campaign to bring new people into government and into the convention experience. So he's said that this is not his convention, this is America's convention." And with polls showing a neck and neck race between Obama and John McCain, the Democrats' challenge is to convince America this is it's convention, too.