TAPE_NUMBER: EN9936 IN_TIME: 10:18:43 LENGTH: 03:02 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: SCRIPT: xfa TWO YEARS ON VERDICT FAILS TO SETTLE DIANA DEATH Story: Princess Diana Location: London/Paris Date: 3 September 1999 + file The twoyear investigation into the crash which killed PRINCESS DIANA and DODI FAYED has finally ended and charges against all nine photographers have been dropped. Driver HENRI PAUL, who also died in the crash, is blamed for driving while drunk at excessive speed. APTN has learned that MOHAMED AL FAYED will now launch an appeal against the verdict. It was the crash which shocked the world. Diana and Dodi died in the wreckage of their Mercedes in Paris on August 31st 1997. Mohamed al Fayed Dodi's father and owner of London's world famous store, Harrods, will now launch an appeal against the verdict, which clears nine photographers. Investigating judge HERVE STEPHAN followed recommendations by the state prosecutor to drop charges of manslaughter and failing to assist persons in danger against the photographers and press motorcyclist. Investigative reporter and author MARTYN GREGORY has followed every detail of the crash investigation since it started. Initial suspicion fell on the photographers who were involved in a highspeed chase of Diana in hopes of getting a valuable shot of the princess and her beau. But speed and alcohol have long been identified as the major causes of the crash. TREVOR REESJONES, seen here with his lawyer, has already filed a legal complaint against the Paris Ritz Hotel, claiming they endangered his life by allowing Henri Paul to take the wheel of the Mercedes, against his wishes. This is the last time Diana and Dodi were captured together on film. For many, two years after her death memories of the Princess remain as strong as ever. SHOTLIST: FILE: PAN FROM CRASH SCENE TO WRECKED MERCEDES (AUG 31 1997); CLOSE UP CAR (AUG 31 1997); CAR TOWED AWAY (AUG 31 1997); HENRI PAUL ON RITZ HOTEL VIDEO IN LOBBY (RITZ HOTEL AUG 31 1997); HENRI PAUL ON HOTEL VIDEO THROUGH REVOLVING DOOR (RITZ HOTEL AUG 31 1997); STILL OF HENRI PAUL; MOHAMED AL FAYED POSING AT HARRODS SHRINE TO DIANA AND DODI (AUG 31 1999); CLOSE UP CHAMPAGNE GLASS AND RING (AUG 31 1999);LONDON, 2 SEPTEMBER 1999: SET UP SHOTS MARTYN GREGORY STUDYING PROSECUTOR'S RECOMMENDATION REPORT; SOT: MARTYN GREGORY, AUTHOR, DIANA THE LAST DAYS FILE: TREVOR REES JONES AND LAWYER (AUG 2 1998); REES JONES CLOSE UP SCARRED FACE (AUG 2 1998) LONDON, 2 SEPTEMBER 1999; EXT HARRODS DEPARTEMENT STORE (2ND SEP) ; C.U. HARRODS SIGN ; SET UP SHOT OF LAURIE MAYER, SPOKESMAN FOR MOHAMED ALFAYED. SOT LAURIE MAYER, SPOKESMAN FOR MOHAMED ALFAYED; VS FLOWERS OUTSIDE KENSINGTON PALACE (2ND SEPTEMBER '99)?

MEDIUM ANGLE OF CAR CHASE BELOW OVERPASS ON TOW LANE ROAD. SEE FRONT OF GREEN BMW DRIVE THROUGH TRAFFIC AND CROSS OPPOSITE SIDE OF STREET TO RIGHT. GREEN BMW FOLLOWED BY BLUE CAR WITH SIREN FLASHING ON TOP. BLUE CAR CRASHES INTO PARKING METER ON RIGHT NEXT TO ROAD. NEG CUT.

--SUPERS--
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Jim Bittermann 
Paris 

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Chloe Bachelor
Mourner

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Sandee Natt
Mourner

1:01
Rhandir Natt
Mourner

1:06
Jim Bittermann 
Paris 

 --LEAD IN--
MOURNERS PAID TRIBUTE TO PRINCESS DIANA BY GATHERING AT THE SITE OF THE CAR CRASH THAT CLAIMED HER LIFE ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY.
THE 36-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS DIED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF AUGUST 31, 1997, WHEN HER CAR, WHICH WAS BEING CHASED BY PAPARAZZI, CRASHED INTO A PILLAR IN THE ALMA TUNNEL. 
DIANA"S BOYFRIEND, DODI FAYED, AND THEIR DRIVER, HENRI PAUL, ALSO DIED IN THE INCIDENT.
CNN"S JIM BITTERMANN IS AT THE MEMORIAL SITE. 
 --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
IC: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GATHERING... 
OC:...JIM BITTERMANN, PARIS 
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FRANCE PARIS UK PRINCESS DIANA ANNIVERSARY



An anonymous UFO enthusiast talking. Aerial view of a deserted area near Roswell. Slate reads "Mufon 1992 International UFO Symposium Proceedings UFOs: The ultimate mystery of the millennia". Anthropomorphic dummies mistaken as alien remains. Photographs of dummies used on high altitude experiments by the USAF. A Crash Test Dummies "Dummy Cam" PSA commercial by the United States Department of Transport and the Ad Council from the 80s-90s. A pair of crash test dummies inside a car. Vince the Crash Test Dummy adjusts his "Dummy Cam". Car crashes into different places from crash test dummy's perspective. Scientists prepare a crash test dummy in the 1950s. Two USAF personnel poses with an anthropomorphic test device (ATD). An ATD is released from a high altitude. A dummy is ejected from a fighter. An ATD descent with a parachute. A large high-altitude balloon is inflated and ascends. White balloon with dummies climbs upwards. A dummy is released from balloon. Camera attached to dummy shows its POV during descent. A dummy with a parachute land in a desert. USAF Test Pilot Captain Joseph William Kittinger II before a test flight. A high-altitude balloon ascends, carrying a module containing Captain Kittinger. A high-altitude balloon floats in the sky. A man opens a December 1960 National Geographic magazine. A page reads "The Long Lonely Leap" featuring Kittinger. LIFE, Collier's, and TIME magazines covers feature Kittinger. Movie poster of 1956 drama "On the Threshold of Space". Air Force personnel, aircraft, and other equipment are featured on film. A sign at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Deflated high altitude balloons in the desert. A diagram depicts the size comparison of a balloon and a DC-9 airliner. High-altitude balloons carry scientific devices from the Holloman Air Force Base. A man prepares a payload attached to a high-altitude balloon. Space probes from NASA. A large container labeled "Viking Project Langley Research Center". USAF high-altitude balloons carrying various NASA equipment (resembling "flying saucers"). Roswell Industrial Air Center. A "flying saucer"-like device lands in a desert. Payloads after landing in desert west of Roswell. Scientists read data from a large computer. Sign reads "Welcome to Holloman Air Development Center". Recovery personnel hands over a permit. Photographs of United States Air Force trucks and recovery crews working on the ground and on aircraft. A bomber approaching a balloon. Photographs of USAF Balloon branch personnel with locals. Balloon branch personnel use tractors and pack mules. A dummy attached to a high-altitude balloon in flight. Crowds gather to watch descent of payload. Deflated high-altitude balloon hang on a grove of trees. A high-altitude balloon in flight over Phoenix, Arizona on June 13, 1985. The high-altitude balloon after landing on the Gila River Indian Community. A box attached to the parachute lands on the desert. A man inspects a scientific payload. USAF personnel arrive to the scene. Air Force personnel talks about the scientific payload. Low altitude tethered balloons launched from Holloman Air Force Base in flight. Men inspect a balloon on the runway of Holloman Air Force Base. A UFO book by Donald R. Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle. A drawing of a crashed "spaceship". Comparison between the drawing and a photograph of an experimental tethered balloon. Airman uncovers the aluminum foil cover of a module (Project Man High June 2, 1957). Captain Kittinger waving. A photograph of Colonel Kittinger with President Eisenhower. Captain Kittinger performs a record-breaking parachute jump from Excelsior III (August 16, 1960). Captain Kittinger jumps from a gondola. Captain Kittinger climbs on an aircraft. Kittinger puts on an aviation headset. A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in flight. An indicator locating target in flight during the Vietnam War. Target hits a Vietnamese fighter, exploding in flight. "Triple Nickel Phantom II" logo. Colonel Kittinger returns to the United States from Vietnam. Colonel Kittinger gives a speech after his return from captivity. Colonel Kittinger on his solo crossing of the Atlantic by balloon. Pallbearers hold the United States flag over a coffin during a full honors funeral. A Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter towing another aircraft in flight. A Report of AF Aircraft Accident. Walker Air Force Base entrance near Roswell. USAF Hospital inside Walker Air Force Base. Project Excelsior backup pilots in gondola. Photograph of Captain Dan B. Fulgham, a survivor of a 1959 balloon accident near Roswell. A United States Air Force Chase Helicopter transporting patients to Walker Air Force Base. Sign reads "Warning Restricted Area". Captain Kittinger speaks to instructor pilot at night. Captain Fulgham with head wrap due to injuries. Clinical record cover sheet for Captain Fulgham. Captain Fulgham in spacesuit. Captain Fulgham holding a ladder leaning on an aircraft. Location: United States USA. Date: March 31, 1997.

LOS ANGELES POLICE ACTIVITY AND FIRES

Unusual Chase. Police chasing pick up truck. and while trying to avoid police the truck drives into path of 18 wheeler . Huge Collision on camera. People in smaller truck killed.

Police spot a robbery suspect... try to stop his truck... and a dangerous chase through the streets and higways of Northeast Columbus begins. Police had to force Chris Williams him off the road to end the chase and keep him from hurting anyone. After being forced off the road a foot chase began and promtly ended when Williams tried to jump a fence but impaled himself on it. Williams is suspected of ripping-off a small southside gas station early this morning and a carryout in Gahanna yesterday. He may be suspect in some other rip-offs in Licking County as well. An now he'll be forcing quite a few more charges. He's being treated for a puncture wound to the stomach from the fence but amazingly no one else was seriously hurt.

TRACKING SHOT OF TWO SUBWAY TRAINS MOVING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ACROSS SCREEN. SECOND TRAIN RAMS FIRST TRAIN. PASSENGERS VISIBLE ON TRAIN IN FRONT. CAMERA AND BOOM BRIEFLY VISIBLE. COULD BE RUNAWAY TRAIN OR CHASE. ACCIDENTS. DISASTERS.

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/0982 IN_TIME: 18:54:58 LENGTH: 01:29 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa VOICED BY: RICHARD VAUGHAN French judges ruled on Friday, a drunk chauffeur, under the influence of prescription drugs and driving at high speed, was to blame for the car accident which killed Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana's boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and chauffeur Henri Paul also died when their vehicle struck a pillar in an underpass on August 31st, 1997. Although the findings of France's most exhaustive probe yet into a car crash were unequivocal, the saga is set to drag on. Dodi's father, Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, today vowed to take the decision to the French Court of Appeal, although the judges did not find his son to blame. VOICE-OVER: 0.02: The crash which shocked the world. 0.06: Diana and Dodi died in Paris on August 31st 1997. 0.11: Initial suspicion fell on the photographers involved in a high-speed chase of Diana. 0.17: Now, two years later, a judge ruled that the crash was caused by the drunken driving of Henri Paul, the couple's chauffeur. 0.25: SOUNDBITE: (English) "Since the beginning it was clear that there was a high level of alcohol in the blood of the driver, Mr Henri Paul. It was clear that Nicolas Arsov and the other photographers should benefit very quickly of a complete dismissal of the charges." SUPER CAPTION: William Bourdon, Nicolas Arsov's lawyer 0.45: But the grief felt by Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry will be extended. 0.51: The tragedy is sure to remain in the headlines through the start of lengthy civil actions which follow the publication of Friday's report. 1.00: Through his spokesman, Dodi's father - Harrods' boss Mohamed Al Fayed said he sticks to his conspiracy theory. 1.06: SOUNDBITE: (English) "He believes firmly still that there was a conspiracy and that in some way the presence of the paparazzi and the chase were used as a cover for what happened." SUPER CAPTION: Laurie Mayer, spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed 1.16: Two years on people continue to visit the underpass in Paris where Diana and Dodi died. The views of Dodi's father are shared by others. The debate over the cause of the crash will continue for many years to come. 1.29: VISION ENDS SHOTLIST: Paris, France, 3 September 1999, London, Suffolk, UK, 2, 3 September 1999 and File File - Paris, France 31 August 1997 0.00 - Pan from crash scene to wrecked Mercedes 0.07 - Close up car 0.12 - Photographers in police van Paris, France, 3 September 1999 0.21 - Plaque of William Bourdon's office 0.24 - Set up Bourdon 0.25 - SOUNDBITE: (English) William Bourdon, Nicolas Arsov's lawyer RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, UK - September 3, 1999 0.45 - Jeep arrives and Princes William and Harry get out and walk out of shot London, UK - 3 September 1999 1.00 - Laurie Mayer walking 1.04 - Set up Mayer 1.06 - SOUNDBITE: (English) Laurie Mayer, spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed Paris, France - 3 September 1999 1.16 - Wide shot of statue of flame that's become a shrine to Diana with Eiffel Tower in background 1.18 - Mid shot woman at shrine 1.23 - Graffiti reading 'It was not an accident' 1.26 - Mid shot shrine 1.29 - VISION ENDS?

Princess Diana Death: Police Investigation; Day: (camera in car) Road into tunnel TRACK around bend (where Diana died) ???: William Bourdon (Defence Lawyer) intvwd - The driver appears to have repsonsible for the accident / The fact that he was drunk and the crazy speed at which he was travelling The Ritz Hotel Black Mercedes car (similar to the one Princess Diana was killed in) outside Hotel PAN R-L ???: Bernard Dartevelle (Al Fayed Family Lawyer) speaking to press - The fact that the driver had been drinking changes nothing / The photographers are to blame for chasing the Princess Dartevelle exits ENGLAND, London, GIR Michael Cole (Fayed Family spokesman) intvwd - Mr Al Fayed is mortified / He has lost his eldest son and the Princess was very dear to him

HIGH SPEED CHASE ENDS WITH SPORTS TRUCK IN THE HOUSE AND RESIDENT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/0980 IN_TIME: 09:00:44 LENGTH: 02:55 SOURCES: APTN/RITZ HOTEL RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat The two-year investigation into the crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed has finally ended - and charges against all nine photographers have been dropped. Driver Henri Paul, who also died in the crash, is blamed for driving while drunk at excessive speed. A-P-T-N has learned that Mohamed al Fayed will now launch an appeal against the verdict. The crash which shocked the world. Diana and Dodi died in the wreckage of their Mercedes in Paris on August 31st 1997. Mohamed al Fayed -- Dodi's father and owner of London's world famous store, Harrods, will now launch an appeal against the verdict, which clears nine photographers. Investigating judge Herve Stephan followed recommendations by the state prosecutor to drop charges of manslaughter and failing to assist persons in danger against the photographers and press motorcyclist. Investigative reporter and author Martyn Gregory has followed every detail of the crash investigation since it started. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I think this case will rumble on in criminal terms in France for some time. The initial appeal will probably be concluded by the end of the year. Assuming it's not successful, that can be appealed as well and that will probably conclude within a year. But whatever the result of the appeal and whatever the result of the case it cannot reflect well upon Mr Fayed or the Ritz Hotel. SUPER CAPTION: Martyn Gregory, Author, Diana The Last Days Initial suspicion fell on the photographers who were involved in a high-speed chase of Diana in hopes of getting a valuable shot of the princess and her beau. But speed and alcohol have long been identified as the major causes of the crash. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The evidence shows that the report - the prosecutor - was unable to establish that the photographers were anywhere near the car when it crashed. So therefore they were not charged with involuntary homicide. They are not effectively the murderers of the Princess of Wales." SUPER CAPTION: Martyn Gregory, Author, Diana The Last Days Trevor Rees Jones, seen here with his lawyer, has already filed a legal complaint against the Paris Ritz Hotel, claiming they endangered his life by allowing Henri Paul to take the wheel of the Mercedes, against his wishes. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I think the implications for Mohamed al Fayed are potentially quite serious in the sense that the Ritz Hotel is clearly in the frame. The report highlights failings in the Ritz Hotel, failure to stop Henri Paul driving and knowledge that he was drinking. And in the civil suit that might well follow the end of criminal proceedings, it could well be the Ritz itself is the subject of a charge specifically from Trevor Rees Jones, whose life was so badly disfigured and deformed by this accident." SUPER CAPTION: Martyn Gregory, Author Diana The Last Days This is the last time Diana and Dodi were captured together on film. For many, two years after her death -- memories of the Princess remain as strong as ever. SHOTLIST: xfa London, UK, 2 September 1999 and File File 1. Pan from crash scene to wrecked Mercedes (Aug 31 1997) 2. Close up car (Aug 31 1997) 3. Car towed away (Aug 31 1997) 4. Henri Paul on Ritz Hotel video in lobby (RITZ HOTEL Aug 31 1997) 5. Henri Paul on hotel video through revolving door (RITZ HOTEL Aug 31 1997) 6. Three stills of Henri Paul 7. Mohamed al Fayed posing at Harrods shrine to Diana and Dodi (Aug 31 1999) 8. Close up champagne glass and ring (Aug 31 1999) 9. Pan from al Fayed to shrine (Aug 31 1999) London, 2 September 1999 10. Set up shots Gregory and prosecutor's recommendation report 11. SOUNDBITE: Martyn Gregory, Author, Diana The Last Days File 12. Trevor Rees Jones and lawyer (Aug 2 1998) 13. Rees Jones close up scarred face (Aug 2 1998) London, 2 September 1999 14. SOUNDBITE: Martyn Gregory, Author, Diana The Last Days File 15. Photographers in police van (Aug 31 1997) London, 2 September 1999 16. SOUNDBITE: Martyn Gregory, Author, Diana The Last Days File 17. Diana and Dodi on Ritz Hotel video in corridor before leaving (RITZ HOTEL Aug 31 1997)?

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/0914 IN_TIME: 18:57:42 LENGTH: 01:54 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: Voice and effects VOICED BY: Philippa Meager Prosecutor's in France say they have no evidence to prove that photographers chasing Princess Diana were directly responsible for the 1997 car crash in which she died. A recommendation to dismiss charges against nine photographers and a motorcyclist will be passed to the investigating judge, Herve Stephan. 002 After the shock of the car crash in which Princess Diana died came the recriminations. A group of photographers who had persued her car through Paris were accused of playing a part in the crash. 016 They have waited nearly two years for the results of an investigation by the French state prosecution office on whether they committed manslaughter and failed to assist people in danger. 027 The "decisive cause" was found to be the driver's loss of control of the car. 033 SOUNDBITE: (French) "It is obvious that the photographers are waiting to be acquitted. If their behaviour is morally reprehensible, in the legal sense it is clear that it is not." SUPER CAPTION: Virginie Bardes, Defence lawyer 051 Prosecutor's are recommending a dismissal of charges. Only Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived the crash. His lawyer accuses prosecutors of being unwilling to pursue charges against anyone in connection with the crash - including the Ritz hotel which employed the driver, Henri Paul. 107 SOUNDBITE: (English) "It is not a surprise for me that the prosecution office requested to drop the charges, it is probably the result of certain amount of months of thought, and it explains why our complaint against the Ritz hotel and Etoile Limousine was not very much in favour of the prosecutions office. Indeed if they wanted to drop charges against anyone and if no trial was to be organised against anyone then of course they did not want a trial against the hotel alone. " SUPER CAPTION: Maitre Curtil, Lawyer representing Trevor Rees-Jones 140 The Ritz is owned by Mohamed Al Fayed - whose son Dodi was killed in the crash. The investigating judge will now make a final decision on whether anyone will be accountable for the deaths. 152 ends SHOTLIST: xfa Paris, France - 17 August 1999 and FILE Pont de l'Alma, Paris - FILE, August 31 1997 000 File of the crashed Mercedes 014 Police car with arrested photographers inside leaving the scene Paris - 17 August 1999 024 Exterior Palais de Justice 027 Set up of lawyer 033 SOUNDBITE: (French) Virginie Bardes, Lawyer Pont de l'Alma, Paris - FILE 051 Judges investigating the scene of the crash under Pont de l'Alma 058 Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones getting out at the Palais de Justice with lawyer Paris - 17 August 1999 107 SOUNDBITE: (English) Maitre Curtil, Lawyer representing Trevor Rees-Jones Paris - FILE 140 Mohamed Al Fayed outside Palais de Justice 147 Statue (flame) at the Pont de l'Alma 154 Ends ?

Princess Diana Death: Police Investigation; ITN 
FRANCE ???: 
Dr Frederic Maillez (Doctor who treid to help Diana) intvwd - The paparazzi were shooting the car continuously

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Lawyer representing the seven photographers along to visit clients whilst surrounded by press (making no comment)

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Lawyer (representing one of the photographers on mobile phone)

Lawyer (representing one of the photographers) speaks to press - There had been banter outside the Ritz

Pitie-Salpe-triere Hospital: 
CS of windows of hospital (where Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones is critically ill) PULL OUT

Police patrolling outside of hospital

Police HQ: 
GV of building ZOOM IN to surveillance camera

Various shots of survelliance cameras

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Man looking through eye glass (police have raided offices of photo agencies looking for pictures of Diana taken by paparazzi of the chase and the crash)

Printed photographs of Diana

Photo of Diana in hand

CMS Negatives of stills

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Various shots of cards dedicated to Diana
 The British Embassy 
People queing to sign Book of Condolence

Scene of Crash 
Union Jack flag attached to entrance of tunnel PULL OUT

Pitie-Salpe-triere Hospital 
Flowers layed at the entrance to hospital (where Diana died)

Police HQ 
Dark 
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A cross county chase through south Florida streets comes to an end. And tonight. One man is behind bars.Police in Sunrise say the chase started when they tried to stop a suspected carjacker.The suspect led police down the turnpike and I-95, then on to city streets. He eventually crashed into a parked car in Liberty City, got out, and tried to get away on foot.Police were able to catch up with him.Remarkably, no one was hurt.

A HIGH SPEED CHASE HAS A FIERY ENDING TODAY NEAR SAN DIEGO.. (VO) THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS A STOLEN CHEVROLET SUBURBAN...CRASHED AND BURST INTO FLAMES ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF SAN DIEGO. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED...FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED. THE BORDER PATROL WAS CHASING THE TRUCK...THEY ALSO TOOK NINE OTHER PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY. THE CHASE AND ACCIDENT HAPPENED ALONG INTERSTATE 8...A COMMON ROUTE FOR SMUGGLING ILLEGAL ALIENS.

MEDIUM ANGLE, 3/4 SIDE ANGLE OF LEFT SIDE OF STREET OF SUNSET STRIP, STRAIGHT FRONT ANGLE OF STREET. BILLBOARDS OF NIKON IN DISTANCE IN CENTER. BLACK LINCOLN FOLLOWED BY POLICE CAR CHASES 1984 HONDA CIVIC WAGON ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. ALL CARS APPROACHING CAMERA. BLACK LINCOLN CROSSES OVER CENTER LINE TO RIGHT CRASHES INTO RED CADILLAC AS CIVIC TURNS AROUND AND GOES OPPOSITE DIRECTION. "SUNSET PLAZA" SIGN IN CENTER.

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/0913 IN_TIME: 15:32:24 (also see top of shotlist) LENGTH: 02:31 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: No Access Internet FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: Eng/French/Nat The state prosecutor's office in France says it can't find anything to prove that photographers chasing Princess Diana were directly responsible for the fatal car crash that followed. It is recommending that the investigating judge, Herve Stephan, dismiss the charges against the nine photographers and a press motorcyclist implicated in the crash. The French state prosecution office has found that the investigation into the car crash that killed Princess Diana did not establish a "direct cause and effect" between the chasing photographers and the driver losing control of the car. In a statement released on Tuesday, the office says that it was the loss of control by the driver that appears to have been the "decisive cause of the accident". It is recommending that the investigating judge, Herve Stephan, dismiss the charges. Stephan, however, is not obliged to act on the recommendation. The photographers were placed under investigation shortly after the crash on August 31 in 1997 which killed Princess Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul. Only Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived. The lawyer representing two of the photographers stressed that, no matter how the photographers' actions are viewed by the outside world, it is how their actions are interpreted by the law that matters in the courtroom. SOUNDBITE: (French) "It is obvious that the photographers are waiting to be acquitted. If their behaviour is morally reprehensible, in the legal sense it is clear that it is not." SUPER CAPTION: Virginie Bardes, Defence lawyer The photographers and the motorcyclist had all been placed under formal investigation for manslaughter and failing to assist people in danger. Under French law being placed under formal investigation is one step short of being formally charged. But the prosecutor's office said nothing indicated that any of the 10 who reached the scene shortly after the accident were guilty of not helping the crash victims. The lawyer representing Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, was not surprised by the recommendations of the prosecutor's office. SOUNDBITE: (English) "It is not a surprise for me that the prosecution office requested to drop the charges, it is probably the result of certain amount of months of thought, and it explains why our complaint against the Ritz hotel and Etoile Limousine was not very much in favour of the prosecutions office. In deed if they wanted to drop charges against anyone and if no trial was to be organised against anyone then of course they did not want a trial against the hotel alone. So it's not a surprise but its not yet finished, since the examining magistrate has to decide, in the end what to do." SUPER CAPTION: Maitre Curtil, Lawyer representing Trevor Rees-Jones Judge Stephan handed the case over to the state prosecutor earlier this summer for a recommendation on whether to bring charges. It is expected Stephan will announce the end of the two-year investigation soon. He will then determine whether to proceed or dismiss with charges against the ten suspects. SHOTLIST: xfa ALSORAN ON: 1930-2000 Asia Pacific Early, 2015 2030 North America Late Paris, France - 17 August 1999 and FILE Pont de l'Alma, Paris - FILE, August 31 1997 1. Various file of the crashed Mercedes 2. Police car with arrested photographers inside leaving the scene Paris - 17 August 1999 3. Various exterior Palais de Justice 4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Virginie Bardes, Lawyer Pont de l'Alma, Paris - FILE 5. Judges investigating the scene of the crash under Pont de l'Alma 6. Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones getting out at the Palais de Justice with lawyer Paris - 17 August 1999 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maitre Curtil, Lawyer representing Trevor Rees-Jones Paris - FILE 8. Exterior Ritz hotel 9. Mohamed Al Fayed outside Palais de Justice 10. Statue (flame) at the Pont de l'Alma?

MEDIUM ANGLE OF SUNSET STRIP, 7/8 FRONT ANGLE OF STREET. STREET SIGN READING "SUNSET PLAZA DR" IN DISTANCE TO RIGHT. 1984 BLUE HONDA CIVIC WAGON APPROACHES FROM LEFT GETS ON WRONG SIDE OF STREET, THREE CARS SWAY AND PASS CIVIC. CIVIC BRAKES AND SLIDES TO LEFT. BLACK LINCOLN FROM OPPOSITE SIDE TURN RIGHT FROM OPPOSITE SIDE, CRASHES LEFT SIDE OF RED CADILLAC. HONDA LEAVES SCENE GOING TOWARD OPPOSITE DIRECTION, POLICE CAR AND LIGHT BROWN CAR APPEAR AND TURNS TO RIGHT AND CHASES CIVIC. TRAFFIC LIGHT IN DISTANCE TURNS RED.

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/0982 IN_TIME: 18:38:21 - 19:07:48 // 19:43:55 LENGTH: 03:49 SOURCES: APTN/BBC/RITZ RESTRICTIONS: BBC = No Access UK/CNN/CNBC/Fox/ Euronews/Internet FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa English/Nat The investigation is over, but the battle for compensation has only just begun. Friday's publication of the final report on the car crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, triggers the start of civil actions which could take years to pass through the courts. French judge Herve Stephan dismissed all charges against the nine photographers and a press motorcyclist implicated in the August 1997 crash in Paris. However, the findings were rejected by the father of Dodi Fayed - Diana's companion who was also killed in the accident. Mohamed Al Fayed says he will appeal the decision - a move which could extend the courtroom drama for anything up to another 10 years. Two years on and people still gather at the unofficial memorial site in Paris to remember Princess Diana. She died here, under the Pont de l'Alma, with her lover Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul. Only bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones survived the August 1997 crash. Speculation has been rife as to exactly what caused the accident, but on Friday, French judge Herve Stephan dismissed all charges against nine photographers and a press motorcyclist. But although the official report exonerated the photographers - who had been pursuing the Princess's Mercedes through the streets of Paris - of any legal blame for the crash, it did explicitly question the "moral and ethical conditions" of the photographers' work. Even so, the outcome is a relief to Nicolas Arsov, one of the photographers who had been charged. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Since the beginning it was clear that there was a high level of alcohol in the blood of the driver, Mr Henri Paul. It was clear that Nicolas Arsov and the other photographers should benefit very quickly of a complete dismissal of the charges." SUPER CAPTION: William Bourdon, Nicolas Arsov's lawyer Driver Henri Paul received the bulk of the blame for the crash. The judge said he was "inebriated and under the effects of drugs" and driving at excessive speeds. The report added that the actions of Paul, "who had been called back to service at a time when he expected to be off duty, was the result of several decisions taken by Ehmad (Dodi) Al Fayed who could not be held responsible". Britain's royal family declined to comment on the long-awaited French report. Diana's two sons, Princes William and Harry, very publicly closed ranks with their father on Friday, joining him at a military display to mark the official launch of 16 Air Assault Brigade at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. Prince William, who has in the past shown great wariness of the media, spent much of the event shielding his face from photographers. However, the brother of the late Princess of Wales did have a comment to make. He thanked the Paris judge for the time he spent investigating the circumstances of his sister's death. Earl Spencer had previously lashed out against the photographers who had been following Diana and Dodi's car shortly before the fatal car crash near the Seine. He also in the past accused the media of hounding his sister to her death. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I respect the French court's decision. They have put a lot of time into this matter and I respect their decision and I am sure that legally, they have reached the right conclusion." SUPER CAPTION: Charles Spencer, Brother of the Princess of Wales Not accepting the findings, however, is Mohamed al Fayed - Dodi's father and owner of London's world famous store, Harrods. He refuses to accept the verdict that nine photographers and one motorcycle rider, against whom manslaughter charges were dropped, were not culpable, and is going to launch an appeal against the verdict. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I mean he believes firmly still that there was a conspiracy and that in some way the presence of the paparazzi and the chase were used as a cover for what happened." SUPER CAPTION: Laurie Mayer, spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed The spokesman added Al Fayed believed there were many questions still unanswered. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Mohammed is a grieving father who wants the answers. He has the resources and the will to get them." SUPER CAPTION: Laurie Mayer, spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed Unlike his former employer, Trevor Rees-Jones has not decided whether to appeal the legal decision. However, his lawyer says his client has filed a suit against the Ritz Hotel and its car service, Etoile Limousine, "for endangering the lives of others." SOUNDBITE: (English) "We're also quite happy that the report does say that the fatal decisions were taken by Dodi Fayed and not my client as he was accused of and lastly we're also happy that the liability indirectly is to be put on the Ritz Hotel and Etoile Limousine." SUPER CAPTION: Christian Curtil, Trevor Rees-Jones's lawyer This was the last time Diana and Dodi were captured together on film, in the lobby of the Ritz Hotel, only moments before the fatal crash. But although the findings of France's most exhaustive probe yet into a car crash were unequivocal, the saga of what happened in the Pont de l'Alma looks set to drag on. The fact that Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed plans to take the decision to the French Court of Appeal means the legal process is likely to be extended for months - if not years. SHOTLIST: Paris, France/ London, Wattisham, UK / 3 September 1999 and File APTN Paris, France - 3 September 1999 1. Wide shot of statue of flame that's become a shrine to Diana 2. People looking at statue 3. Close up of tributes to Diana 4. Graffiti on wall saying "It was not an accident" File - 31 August 1997 5. Pan from crash scene to wrecked Mercedes 6. Close up car 7. Car towed away 8. Photographers in police van Paris, France - 3 September 1999 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Bourdon, Nicolas Arsov's lawyer File - 31 August 1997 10. Three stills of Henri Paul RAF Wattisham, Suffolk - 3 September 1999 11. Princes Charles, William and Harry get out of Range Rover 12. Princes William and Charles seated 13. Pull out from soldiers marching 14. Princes William and Harry seated and watching parade BBC UK - 3 September 1999 15. Earl Spencer touring youth centre 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles Spencer, Brother of the Princess of Wales APTN File - 31 August 1997 17. Mohamed al Fayed posing at Harrods shrine to Diana and Dodi 18. Close up champagne glass and ring 19. Pan from al Fayed to shrine London, UK - 3 September 1999 20. Pan of Harrods exterior 21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Laurie Mayer, spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed 22. Cutaway 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Laurie Mayer, spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed File - 2 August 1998 24. Trevor Rees Jones and lawyer 25. Rees Jones close up scarred face Paris, France - 3 September 1999 26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christian Curtil, Trevor Rees-Jones's lawyer RITZ HOTEL VIDEO File - 31 August 1997 27. Diana and Dodi on Ritz Hotel video in corridor before leaving APTN London, UK - 3 September 1999 28. Various of flowers and tributes outside Kensington Palace?