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TAPE_NUMBER: EF01/0162 IN_TIME: 13:00:44 // 16:00:44 - 18:13:33 // 19:37:54 LENGTH: 02:24 SOURCES: NIPPON TV (shots 1-10 = Amateur Video) RESTRICTIONS: STRICTLY NO ACCESS JAPAN FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: Natural Sound XFA Amateur video has been released of the Japanese students boarding the boat which on Friday collided with a U-S nuclear submarine off the coast of Hawaii. Exactly one month ago 13 high school students and two teachers from Uwajima Fisheries High School in the Ehime Prefecture of Japan waved joyously to friends and family seeing them off on their journey. The 499-ton ship left on January 10th to hunt for tuna, swordfish and shark. Twenty other people were also on board. When the U-S sub struck the fishing vessel 26 of those aboard were rescued. Missing were four students, two teachers and three crew members. Four of the rescued were receiving treatment at a hospital. A total of 12 suffered light injuries. In the town of Uwajima, town officials said they were trying to coordinate a response to the accident. Family and friends gathered at the high school trying to find out more information. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) "There was this flash on television about the training ship. I called the school straight away but there was confusion." SUPER CAPTION: Relative Uwajima is about 675 kilometers (420 miles) southwest of Tokyo. The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshiro Mori, has said the United States has apologized. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said the apology came from Franklin Kramer, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, and that Washington admitted responsibility for the accident. A spokesman for the U-S Embassy in Tokyo said the United States was making "every effort" to find the missing. SHOTLIST: Ehime Prefecture, Japan -- January 10 & February 20, 2001 Amateur Video (sound incoming as mute) January 10, 2001 1. Wide shot of Japan ship Ehime Maru about to leave port 2. Pan of students on board ship waving goodbye 3. Ship crew waving goodbye 4. Relatives at port waving 5. Crew waving goodbye 6. Wide shot of Ehime Maru leaving 7. Wide shot of students waving and sign: Uwajima Fishery high school 8. Wide shot of Ehime Maru 9. Panning shot of people at port 10. Wide shot of students waving then zoom out as Ehime Maru sails out to sea 10 February 2001 11. Exterior of school 12. Close-up of sign: Uwajima fishery high school 13. Woman talking on phone crying 14. Woman comforting crying woman 15. Various of relatives arriving 16. Relatives watching 17. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Relative 18. Wide shot of school 19. People watching television 20. Woman on phone 21. Woman crying ?