TAPE: EF04/0107 IN_TIME: 04:16:43 DURATION: 1:10 SOURCES: Telemundo/VNR RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: At Sea, 4 Feb 2004 SHOTLIST: Telemundo 1. Various of car/boat at sea 2. Various of US coast guard around car/boat 3. Various aerials of US coast guard around car/boat VNR 4. Various still photographs of US coast guard and car/boat STORYLINE: Eleven Cubans trying to sail to Florida in the United States (US) in a 1950s Buick car converted into a tail-finned boat, were intercepted at sea by the US coast guard on Tuesday and will be sent back to their homeland, exile activists said. Marciel Basanta Lopez and Luis Grass Rodriguez, the two men who turned the classic car into a floating vessel, tried a similar stunt last year and were caught. On that occasion, they set out for Florida in a 1951 Chevrolet pickup with pontoons made out of empty oil drums and a propeller that pushed it along at about eight miles per hour (13 kilometres per hour). On Monday, the men set out again, with four other adults and five children, relatives said. According to one exile activist the coast guard intercepted the group en route to the Florida Keys, picking them up about 10 miles (16 kilometres) off Marathon, which is about 90 miles (145 kilometres) southwest of Miami. The activist said the US coast guard sank the Buick. The coast guard refused to confirm the floating car's status, but it used machine gun fire to sink the first vehicle-powered boat. One of the men, who was among those on the earlier attempt to reach the United States, said the Buick's doors had been sealed to keep water out and it was powered by its original V-8 motor. Under US immigration policy, Cubans who reach American shores are generally allowed to stay, while those caught at sea are usually returned. Immigration officials interview Cubans intercepted at sea to determine if they have a credible fear of persecution at home, but most are still returned.

AN AUSTIN, TX MAN RECYCLES HIS OLD BOAT INTO A CAR.

A dual car/boat Coast Guard vehicle comes out of the water and drives up on shore.

MONTAGE GERMAN INVENTOR DRIVES HIS CONVERTIBLE CAR-BOAT INTO WATER

sea-going automobile; Atlantic City, NJ; car/boat rolls; special parts CU; propellor CU; man fishes from floating vehicle; wartime ships; amphibious vehicle DUKW goes ashore;

An auto boat in Fort Worth, Texas on Lake Worth. Men stand nearby and look at the auto boat. Men and a woman seated in the auto boat. It moves in water. The "auto boat" is a conventional car sitting atop a floating chassis in the water that connects with steering and rear wheels to guide and power the car-boat combination. View of Casino Beach in Fort Worth including roller coaster. Men fishing from the autoboat perimeter. Location: Fort Worth Texas USA. Date: May 4, 1931.

POST ALPHA-BITS CEREAL MUSIC CELEBRITY THE JACKSON FIVE IN FLYING CAR-BOAT. FUNKY, GROOVY CLOTHES.

ISSUE_NO = 2223 NO_OF_ITEMS = 4 COMMENTATOR = Leslie Mitchell ITEM_NO = 4 DESCRIPTION : All the excitement of previous shows, only more improved. The usual - boats, birds, booms and bosins, sail into Earl's Court, whether on, in or under the water, you'll find it here. CARD_FILE = 97784 CARD_TITLE : THE BOAT SHOW - IN COLOUR SHOT_LIST : MS pan elephants walk into boat show: pan top view yacht to GV int pool: MS girls on boat, lifebelt "International Boat Show": MS girls in swimsuits with decca radar: pan sail to topless girl: GV pan ocean going yachts: CU Nicolette Milne Walker: pan Walker's boat "Aziz": MS Princess Margaret: CU Lord Snowdon looks at sail trainer: MS man in sail trainer: MS "Eric the Red" atlantic sailer pan wooden construction kit: MS salesman and customer look at small fibreglass dingy: MS glass fibre canoes, customers look at "Mirror 14 footer" pan "Bluebird" jet boat pan to jet nozzle: pan large motor cruiser "Alaskan": MS int saloon: MS cockpit: GV deck of largest boat in show "Carmen P": MS cockpit and lounge: CU photograph "SS Great Britain": CU photo Isebard Brunel: CU photo "SS Great Britain" in dry dock CU model of ditto: CU air intake of Sealand Hovercraft: MS Sealand Hovercraft controls: GV Hovercraft: GV Sealander car/boat: MS man climbs into car/boat: BV showing wheels and propellors: pan canal boat picture to waterways shop: GV highlands and islands tourist board stand: CU highland water photo: MS code name badges: pan badges to clothes with names on: CU code badges spell out MOVIETONE: pan girls in hot pants & model yachts: GV model yachts sailing on pool: MS sea cadets work on dummy yard of square rigger: low angle shot ditto: low angle shot sails on "Royalist" whilst at sea: GV "Royalist" at sea. INDEX : Buildings, Exhibitions, Fashion, Mankind, British Royalty, Photography, Personalities - Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Princess Margaret, Science, Shipping, Towns and Cities, Water MATERIAL : COLOUR NEG CUTS - 08583 DATE_SUBD = 00/00/0000

Snowy mountains, cu pine, reflection lake & mtn, Washington State, city, gen buildings, hotels, Seattle Art Museum, Farmer's Market, fish, t/l rowing, cu fish market & fish, vegetable market, restaurant int, tourists on st, cobwebs in cellar, pov thru creepy und. Tunnel, ped. In plaza, aquarium, horse & buggy, seaport, skyline, totem, clam chowder, cooked salmon, Indian show, ferry pov, Seattle ctr, tram pov, b/w bldg, space needle, nx space needle w/fireworks, tourists in aquarium, Lochs Close, bee on flower, brewery, bar, canoe, couple, people in park, rollerbladers, boat rides, sightseeing & pov, boat houses, car/boat, ae forest, logging, contest, dogs swim, balancing & climbing on logs, sawing, hatchet throw, flowers, lakes ae, porcupine, mountain climbing, skiing, pov ski, Victorian suburbs, logs, Puget Sound, Small-town Main St., Pacific North West, scenics, fishing village, pov underwater.

THIS IS VINTAGE COLOR 8 MM FILM FOOTAGE TAKEN IN 1956 AND WAS CONVERTED TO VIDEO. THIS FILE CONSISTS OF VARIOUS IMAGES FROM AROUND WASHINGTON, DC. THE FILM IS SILENT, THOUGH THERE IS A MUSIC TRACK, WHICH IS NOT LICENSABLE BY CONUS.

Owners of Amphicars, amphibious vehicles designed to float in water, take their restored vintage oddity vehicles out into the lake for showcasing. The vehicles were originally built in the 60's but lack of sales took them off the market. They were then sold to Pepsi employees at cost. PLEASE NOTE VIDEO AND AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS AND REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

TAPE: EF04/0128 IN_TIME: 04:05:51 DURATION: 2:57 SOURCES: Various RESTRICTIONS: Havana, 11 Feb 2004/FILE DATELINE: Spanish/Nat SHOTLIST: APTN Havana, Cuba - 11 February, 2004 1. Police walking to cameraman 2. Police in street 3. Various of red truck owned by Marcial Basanta's family (not the one which was converted into a boat) 4. People outside Ariel Diego's house Telemundo Off the coast of Florida - 4 February 2004 5. Buick Car/boat at sea VNR Off the coast of Florida - 4 February 2004 6. Various still photographs of US coast guard and Buick car/boat US Coast Guard (USCG) video Off the coast of Florida - 23 July, 2003 7. Various of Cubans being taken off of 1951 Chevy truck that had been converted into a boat APTN Havana, Cuba - February 11, 2004 8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ariel Diego, Truck rafter: "It seems the motive here is to take the truck. There is no problem with the truck, none. There is no problem with the truck." 9. Red truck 10. Relatives receiving call from Miami (from Eduardo Perez Grass and Lourdes Grass) 11. Hands of Lourdes Grass 12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Lourdes Grass, Luis Grass' sister: "I now know they are where they want to be and I feel more relaxed." 13. Various of car carrying Marcial Basanta and family arriving at his house 14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Deysi Lopez, Marcial Basanta's mother: "I feel very happy, very happy" 15. Rafters leaving car 16. Marcial Basanta hugging his mother 17. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Marcial Basanta, Rafter: "I always thought that the US government was going to help us and was going to give us the visa, but it wasn't like that. Up until the last moment I had that hope, but it couldn't be done." 18. Grandmother hugging grand-daughter Ladys Basanta 19. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ladys Basanta, Marcial Basanta's daughter: "I went with my mom and my dad and if I'm with them I fear nothing." REPORTER QUESTION: "Did they treat you well there?" "Over there I was treated nicely and here, well." 20. Top shot of neighbours outside Basanta's home 21. Medium shot neighbors chanting in Spanish: "Let them leave, let them leave!" 22. Top shot neighbours outside Basanta's home STORYLINE: A family of four intercepted at sea as they tried to make their way to Florida in a floating 1959 Buick car returned home on Wednesday to the jubilant welcome of worried relatives and several hundred neighbours. Earlier in the day, Cuban police inspected a house and several auto repair shops in the neighborhood where the refugees had converted the Buick and a 1951 Chevy pickup truck used in an earlier journey into seaworthy vessels. They did not seize any vehicles, however. "We feel good. They treated us as well as could be expected," said Marcial Basanta as he hugged and kissed the friends and family who gathered for his return to Havana's Diezmero neighbourhood. Basanta, his wife and two children were among 11 Cubans picked up last week by the US Coast Guard after a patrol plane spotted them chugging through waters in the tailfinned car-turned-boat off of Key West, Florida. US authorities returned eight of the refugees to the communist island on Tuesday and Cuban authorities released the would-be asylum seekers on Wednesday. The three others, Luis Grass Rodriguez, his wife and their 4-year-old son, Angel, received a reprieve from the Bush administration on Wednesday and will be sent to the US Navy base at Guantanamo, Cuba. The Department of Homeland Security decided the family has a credible fear of persecution if they are sent home and plans "a detailed examination," US officials said. Both Marcial Basanta and the Grass family had attempted the journey for the first time last July, "setting sail" in Grass' 1951 Chevy pickup outfitted with pontoons and waterproofed doors. They were intercepted and returned to Cuba after that trip as well. This time, Basanta brought his family along. "Until the very last minute, I thought that the US authorities were going to help us by giving us visas," Basanta said. With few exceptions, US policy allows Cubans who reach US soil to stay but turns back anyone intercepted at sea. Ninety Cubans intercepted on three suspected smuggling missions in recent days have been returned to Cuba, US authorities said. Prior to Basanta's arrival on Wednesday, police entered his home and searched several auto repair shops in the area. Basanta's friend and fellow rafter on the ill-fated truck trip, Ariel Diego, said they were looking for a red 1951 Ford truck belonging to the family. But the authorities left without seizing the vehicle, which was parked in an adjacent garage, after neighbours poured into the street to complain about the police action. The US Coast Guard sank both of the converted vehicles after removing the refugees, saying they presented a danger to maritime navigation.