Cheliabinsk (aka Chelyabinsk), Urals, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Western Russia. <br/> <br/>Good shots taken in the Cheliabinsk Pipe rolling plant, when a new powerful automatic production line for the manufacture of small-diameter pipes went into operation. There are not many workers, as everything is done mechanically and controlled automatically. <br/> <br/>Mute. Lav.

The State Department holds a briefing for reporters. Topics include the Japanese port agreement, IBM computers sold to Russia and China.

Footage from a moving car of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a superbolide caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia. Filmed on 15 February 2013.

Footage from a moving car of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a superbolide caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia. Filmed on 15 February 2013.

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A folk dance of the Ural Cossacks performed in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union. Members of Amateur dance group performs on stage. Orchestra performs folk melodies for dancers in the background. Location: Chelyabinsk Soviet Union. Date: 1947.

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TAPE: EF02/0829 IN_TIME: 22:50:06 DURATION: 1:26 SOURCES: APTN/Greenpeace RESTRICTIONS: Greenpeace = No re-use/re-sale without clearance DATELINE: Various, 29 Sep 2002/File VOICED BY VERA FRANKL SHOTLIST: GREENPEACE FILE - Chelyabinsk-65, Summer 1996 0000-0009 Zoom into Mayak nuclear plant in background 0009-0012 Wide shot of Mayak plant 0012-0017 Plant worker in white overall behind gates 0017-0022 Various of plant seen through barbed wire 0022-0026 Cows in field nearby 0026-0031 Locals picking mushrooms 0031-0033 Close up mushrooms next to geiger counter (measures radiation levels) 0033-0037 Truck from nuclear plant tipping rubble APTN - Moscow - 29 Sep 2002 0037-0056 SOUNDBITE: (English) Ivan Blokov, Moscow Greenpeace activist: 0056-0059 Wide shot office GREENPEACE FILE - Chelyabinsk-65, Summer 1996 0059-0103 Tilt down headstone in local cemetery 0103-0114 Close up truck from nuclear plant 0114-0117 Truck driving to lake 0117-0126 Tilt up dead trees VISION ENDS 0126 STORYLINE GIVE LOCATION On 29 September 1957 a waste tank at the Mayak nuclear weapons plant in the closed city of Chelyabinsk-65 exploded, contaminating 9,200 square miles and prompting authorities to evacuate 10,000 residents from neighbouring regions. Chelyabinsk-65,in the country's eastern Urals has been renamed Ozyorsk. It remains closed to outsiders but people still live and work near the plant. Details of the disaster were first released to the public in 1989 as part of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's liberalization drive, but its impact on the local population remains largely unknown even now. VOICEOVER: 0002 The city of Chelyabinsk-65 (CHEL-YA-BINSK- 65) was so secret during the Soviet era that it didn't even appear on the map. 0009 But forty-five years ago it was the scene of a nuclear disaster experts say was as big as Chernobyl. 0016 A waste tank exploded at the Mayak nuclear weapons plant, thousands of square miles were contaminated and ten thousand local people evacuated. 0025 But the extent of the impact has still never been properly assessed. 0028 Environmentalists say no one kept track of what happened to the evacuated locals, and all the workers who were sent to clean up the area. 0037 SOUNDBITE: (English) Ivan Blokov, Moscow Greenpeace activist: " Part of population was removed from the trace (area) and part was left (in order) to see what will happen to human beings, who are permanently irradiated by such high doses. Part of these people are still remaining in the area. They are still residents of the area, which is extremely highly polluted. 0056 Some claim authorities deliberately destroyed medical archives to down play the damage. 0103 And, on the anniversary of the accident, environmentalists are warning of another impending disaster. 0109 In addition to the radioactive fallout from the nineteen fifty seven explosion, the Mayak plant regularly dumped nuclear waste into nearby lakes. 0118 Experts say the radioactive waste could burst into the region's rivers - triggering an environmental catastrophe.

Footage from a moving car of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a superbolide caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia. Filmed on 15 February 2013.

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Footage from a moving car of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a superbolide caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia. Filmed on 15 February 2013.

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Chelyabinsk, the former Soviet Union. <br/> <br/>Documentation on file. <br/> <br/>GV Int. of huge new workshop engaged in the making of steel pipelines by automation. Various shots of a 15,000 ton press in action opened by a girl. Various good shots of the manufacture of the huge steel pipelines with CUs of the workmen controlling the heavy machinery which rolls the steel and welds the pipes. <br/> <br/>(Mute Lav.)

AP-APTN-1830: Europe Meteorite 2 Friday, 15 February 2013 STORY:Europe Meteorite 2- Damage caused by meteorite blasts, lake where debris fell, expert reax LENGTH: 03:22 FIRST RUN: 1430 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Russian/English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/POLICE HANDOUT STORY NUMBER: 879606 DATELINE: Chelyabinsk/Vienna - 15 Feb 2013 LENGTH: 03:22 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY CHELYABINSK POLICE HANDOUT - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Chelyabinsk, Russia 1. Wide of damaged zinc factory, cars driving by 2. Mid of damaged factory building wall 3. Close up of damaged building 4. Wide of man standing on factory debris 5. Close up of debris 6. Mid of debris and damaged factory building behind 7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Akexei Ignatenko, Chelyabinsk Zinc Factory employee: "At the time of the accident when the meteorite fell you could see that the wall at the zinc factory collapsed because of the shock wave. And that caused the rupture of the optical cable which provides communications in this district." 8. Wide of building with damaged windows 9. Close up of the same building 10. Mid of the same building 11. Wide of exterior of local university building's entrance 12. Mid of damaged windows 13. Interior shot of damaged windows 14. Close up of broken window glass 15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Olga Antonova, South Urals State University representative: "In the beginning it was a very bright flash, and later it was a very strong bang, apparently something like an explosion. Lots of windows in the South Urals State University were blown out." CHELYABINSK POLICE HANDOUT - AP CLIENTS ONLY Chelyabinsk, Russia 16. Two STILLS of Chebarkul lake where meteorite fell into AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Vienna, Austria 17. Wide of board room 18. Medium of screen framed by chairs 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Alan Harris, Scientist at the German Aerospace Centre, Institute of Planetary Research Management and Infrastructure, Berlin: "Well it's not really very rare. The thing is that it came down in a populated area, an industrial area in fact. And that is maybe unusual. Normally an object like this might come down over and ocean or a desert and people wouldn't notice it. But as time goes on more and more of the earth's surface is covered in cities and urban areas. So I think in the future we might be confronted with an increasing number of instances like this." 20. Wide of boardroom 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Harris, Scientist at the German Aerospace Centre, Institute of Planetary Research Management and Infrastructure, Berlin: "It does not appear that there is any connection between the event in Russia and the near passage of the asteroid 2012DA14 tonight. It looks as though the two have nothing to do with each other but what an amazing coincidence." 22. Wide of boardroom 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Harris, Professor Alan Harris, Scientist at the German Aerospace Centre, Institute of Planetary Research Management and Infrastructure, Berlin: "If we were dealing with objects of a 100 or 200 metres in diameter we could do actually something about it with current technology. The technology is there but the political processes that would have to be put into place to make decisions to undertake any mitigation measure - those are not in place and those are the subject of our discussion at the moment here at the United Nations." 24. Medium of Harris at laptop 25. Close up of Harris at laptop STORYLINE: After the shockwave caused by a meteor that streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb on Friday, the Interior Ministry said 985 people sought medical care and 44 of them were hospitalised. Most of the injuries were caused by flying glass, the ministry said. The meteor - estimated to be about 10 tons - entered the Earth's atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of at least 54,000 kph (33,000 mph) and shattered into pieces about 30-50 kilometres (18-32 miles) above the ground, the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement. The meteor released several kilotons of energy above the Chelyabinsk region, the science academy said. The shock wave blew in an estimated 100,000 square meters (more than 1 million square feet) of glass, according to city officials. Olga Antonova, a South Urals State University representative said that "in the beginning it was a very bright flash, and later it was a very strong bang, apparently something like an explosion. Lots of windows in the South Urals State University were blown out." City officials said 3,000 buildings in the city were damaged by the shock wave, including a zinc factory where part of the roof collapsed. There was no immediate clarification of whether the roof collapse was caused by meteorites or by a shock wave from one of the explosions. Akexei Ignatenko, a Chelyabinsk Zinc Factory employee believes the wall at the zinc factory did collapse because of the shock wave. "And that caused the rupture of the optical cable which provides communications in this district," he adds. Meteors typically cause sizeable sonic booms when they enter the atmosphere because they are travelling much faster than the speed of sound. As the meteor went down over Russia the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space is meeting at the UN in Vienna, Austria on Friday. At the meeting meteor expert and professor for planetary research at German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research Management and Infrastructure, Alan Harris, says that a meteor coming down is not a very rare thing. However, he points out that what is particular about this incident "is that it came down in a populated area, an industrial area in fact. And that is maybe unusual." The meteor hit less than a day before Asteroid 2012DA14 is to make the closest recorded pass of an asteroid to the Earth - about 17,150 miles (28,000 kilometres). But the European Space Agency in a tweet said its experts had determined there was no connection - just cosmic coincidence. Harris is also convinced the event in Russia and the asteroid 2012DA14 that is going to pass the earth tonight are not related to each other but calls it an "amazing coincidence". While the meteorite in Russia was way too small to be detected in advance Harris says, something could be done about objects of around 100 meters and bigger in size. The vast implosion of glass windows exposed many residents to the bitter cold as temperatures in the city hovered around minus 9 Celsius (15.8 Fahrenheit). The regional governor immediately urged any workers who can pane windows to rush to the area to help out. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN AP-WF-02-15-13 1855GMT

Footage from a moving car of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a superbolide caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia. Filmed on 15 February 2013.

Footage from a security camera of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a superbolide caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia. Filmed on 15 February 2013.

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AP-APTN-1830: Russia Meteorite 3 Saturday, 16 February 2013 STORY:Russia Meteorite 3- Ice rink heavily damaged by space object, witness turns incident into rap LENGTH: 02:18 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: Russian/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/AMATEUR VIDEO STORY NUMBER: 879773 DATELINE: Chelyabinsk - 15/16 Feb 2013 LENGTH: 02:18 ++AMATEUR VIDEO - AP CLIENTS ONLY - ++MANDATORY ON SCREEN CREDIT ILYA SHIBANOV++ ++USER GENERATED CONTENT: UGC cannot be absolutely verified. This video has been authenticated based on the following validation checks: ++Video content checked against known locations and events by AP's reporter in Chelyabinsk, Russia ++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting ++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by content creator AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++CLIENTS NOTE - PRELIMINARY SCRIPT - TRANSLATION AND FULL STORYLINE TO FOLLOW++ SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 16 February 2013 1. Close-up of large shard of plastic siding that fell from the Chelyabinsk ice skating rink 2. Mid and zoom-out to wide of damage at ice skating rink 3. Wide of ice skating rink 4. Mid of damage at ice skating rink, hole in side of wall 5. Mid of Maria Ishtubaeva, 16 and her friend looking at the damage 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maria Ishtubaeva, 16-year old student: "We were all sitting in class at school, and suddenly there was a flash. We all thought, My God, what was that light? We all laughed and then started to do our work again, and then there was that boom, and our windows popped open and the blinds lifted up. We were so terrified." 7. Sign near the skating rink that says: (Russian) "No trespassing" 8. Wide of a brick building with buildings blown out 9. Mid of workers mending the broken window of one of the buildings 10. Mid of broken windows AMATEUR VIDEO - AP CLIENTS ONLY - ++MANDATORY ON SCREEN CREDIT ILYA SHIBANOV++ ++USER GENERATED CONTENT: UGC cannot be absolutely verified. This video has been authenticated based on the following validation checks: ++Video content checked against known locations and events by AP's reporter in Chelyabinsk, Russia ++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting ++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by content creator 15 February 2013 11. Various of smoke in the air, followed by loud blasts and screams AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 16 February 2013 12. Mid of Ilya Shibanov, a music teacher and local amateur rapper, entering his studio 13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ilya Shibanov, music teacher and local amateur rapper: "It's not that we're some kind of barbarians or that nothing touches us. Of course we would have been scared if there was a war of some kind, but this is just a good excuse for some jokes, or a song, or a rap." 14. Mid of a drum in the studio 15. Mid of Shibanov rapping UPSOUND (Russian) "Pow, pow, pow - everything flew and the windows were wrecked in the factories; this Friday the bars are going to be full, so be ready for the aftermath." 16. Mid of saxophone in the studio 17. Mid of Shibanov watching his video of the meteoroid 18. Close of Shibanov STORYLINE Residents of Chelyabinsk in Russia's Ural Mountain region were on Saturday assessing the extent of the damage caused when a meteor streaked across the sky a day earlier injuring nearly 1,200 people. Outside the city's ice-rink a large shard of plastic ripped from the building lay on the ground, a reminder of the force of the shock wave caused by the blast, estimated to be as strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs. "We were all sitting in class at school, and suddenly there was a flash. We all thought, My God, what was that light? We all laughed and then started to do our work again, and then there was that boom, and our windows popped open and the blinds lifted up. We were so terrified," recalled 16-year-old student, Maria Ishtubaeva. A small army of workers set to work in the city on Saturday to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor fall, while residents contemplated the astonishing event with incredulity and even humour. More than 24,000 people, including volunteers, have mobilised in the region to cover windows, gather warm clothes and food and make other relief efforts, the regional governor's office said. Crews from glass companies in adjacent regions were being flown in. The scale of the blast can be seen and heard in an amateur video uploaded to the internet by Chelyabinsk resident, Ilya Shibanov. The pictures show two thin strips of vapour in the sky, then a series of very loud explosions. The video appeared authentic based on other videos from the event and it was consistent with AP reporting. Shibanov is a music teacher and local amateur rapper, he wrote a rap song on Friday about the meteor and published it on the internet. "It's not that we're some kind of barbarians or that nothing touches us," says Shibanov. "Of course we would have been scared if there was a war of some kind, but this is just a good excuse for some jokes, or a song, or a rap." 40 of the injured remained hospitalised on Saturday, two of them in serious condition, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing the regional health ministry. Governor Mikhail Yurevich on Saturday said that damage from the high-altitude explosion is estimated at one billion rubles (33 million US dollars). He promised to have all the broken windows replaced within a week. But that is a long wait in a frigid region. The midday temperature in Chelyabinsk was minus 12 Celsius (10 Fahrenheit), and for many the immediate task was to put up plastic sheeting and boards on shattered residential windows. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN AP-WF-02-16-13 1853GMT