12:48:49:01 CU OF UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR VERNON WALTERS. VS POLICE AND SECRET SERVICE AGENTS GUARDING THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL IN NEW YORK. CU OF THE KLINGHOFFER SPOKESWOMAN LETTY SIMON DESCRIBING THE MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND MARILYN KLINGHOFFER. MARILYN KLINGHOFFER'S HUSBAND, LEON, WAS MURDERED BY PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS ABOARD THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO. 12:55:25:28 BARS AND TONE. CI: PERSONALITIES: WALTERS, VERNON. PERSONALITIES: SIMON, LETTY. PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, LEON (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, MARILYN (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: REAGAN, RONALD (ABOUT). CRIME: TERRORISM.

In Rome, deputy secretary of state John Whitehead delivers a letter from President Reagan to recently resigned Italian prime minister Bettino Craxi regarding the Achille Lauro hijacking crisis. Italian politicians gather to establish a new government in the wake of Craxis resignation. The coffin carrying the body of Leon Klinghoffer, a ship passenger who was killed by the hijackers, is driven to the airport. The Genoa magistrate announces he will prosecute the ships hijackers. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

00:00:00:00 ZI to Mrs Klinghoffer and family at the funeral and PB/ Funeral service/ Family places flowers on the grave/ More service. (0:00)/

OCT 14, 1994 LISA KLINGHOFFER SPEAKS OUTSIDE UN, EAST 46 ST AND FIRST AVE -CHARLES SCHUMER HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH GIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO A YASSER ARAFAT "A KNOWN TERRORIST", CALLS IT ABHORENT, MENTIONS ELIE WEISEL, MOTHER TERESA AND NELSON MANDELA -DAUGHTERS OF LEON KLINGHOFFER WHO WAS MURDERED ON THE CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO BY THE PLO -CARL MCCALL SPEAKS IN AGREEMENT, SAYS ARAFAT IS UNQUALIFIED TO RECEIVE THE PEACE PRIZE, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WEISEL FOUNDATION SPEAKS -PRESS ASKS QUESTIONS TO THE KLINGHOFFER DAUGHTERS -MANY REPORTERS AND CAMERA PEOPLE OUTSIDE UNITED NATIONS

Newsreel - sound - French narration - Leon Klinghoffer, the disabled man who was killed during the Achille Lauro hijacking by Palestinian guerrillas in 1985 - CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is freed after being held hostage in Lebanon

STATE DEPARTMENT DAILY BRIEFING TOPICS INCLUDE:-TERRORIST ABU ABAS-AMERICANS DETAINED IN LAOS RELEASED

LEBANON, TERRORISM, TWA HIGHJACKING, ACHILLE LAURO, LEON KLINGHOFFER, IRAN-IRAQ WAR, IRAN AIR 655, PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION/PLO, BERUIT MASSACRE, ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS, ARIEL SHARON, YASSIR ARAFAT, WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP, FIRST INTAFADA, EARLY HISTORY OF ISRAEL, SIX DAY WAR

Achile Lauro Hijack: Hostages released; EGYPT: Ciro: EXT Louise Barr (released hostage) interview SOT - "The American passengers -- was happening." PAN R-L Victoria Gooch (released hostage) interview SOT "They did threaten to kill us -- with guns." PAN L-R Louise Barr (released hostage) interview SOT "It was at this point -- released." PAN R-L Lesley Brown (released hostage) interview SOT - on whether they knew about murder of American passenger Leon Klinghoffer "We just guessed -- guessed." PAN R-L Victoria Gooch (released hostage) interview SOT - 3 hijackers threatened to kill them; the fourth hijacker stayed awake to protect them "Nobody would give -- MS Press at PKF -- they'd kill us." CMS Francesca Morelli (released hostage) interview SOT - gunman said the others had killed an American "The nice one -- yes."

Achille Lauro hijack:; USA: New York: EXT G/A US military Starlifter plane towards / landing on runway ( TBV Press at side of tarmac TMS Marilyn Klinghoffer (widow of Leon who was killed by hijackers) helped off plane towards and greeted by Senators and relatives and led towards INT MS Hostages with relatives towards and R-L to BV in hotel corridor Washington: EXT MS SIGN "Dept of Justice Building" PULL OUT and TILT UP to building

00:00:00:00 Mrs Klinghoffer and family arrive :07/ Govt officials arrive :18 (We see Daniel Moynihan, Alfonse D'Amato, and Mayor Koch)/ Crowd outside. (0:00)/

10-16-85. STATE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY OF LEON KLINGHOFFER, WHO WAS KILLED DURING THE HIJACKING OF THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP THE ACHILLE LAURO.

Newsreel - sound - French narration - Political kidnappings in Lebanon, hostages - Kilburn, Jenco, Jacobsen, blown up car, hostages on hijacked TWA plane, pilots talk to press, hijacked ship Achille Lauro, man who was pushed off ship - Leon Klinghoffer, terrorists behind bars, hijacked plane on runway, night - plane on fire, day- inspection of burned plane - terrorism - Middle East - 1985

The cruise ship Achille Lauro is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by 4 heavily armed Palestinian terrorists. One Passenger, American Leon Klinghoffer, is killed. The ship the Queen Elizabeth II was also a victim of piracy years before. PLEASE NOTE VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

12:48:49:01 CU OF UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR VERNON WALTERS. VS POLICE AND SECRET SERVICE AGENTS GUARDING THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL IN NEW YORK. CU OF THE KLINGHOFFER SPOKESWOMAN LETTY SIMON DESCRIBING THE MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND MARILYN KLINGHOFFER. MARILYN KLINGHOFFER'S HUSBAND, LEON, WAS MURDERED BY PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS ABOARD THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO. 12:55:25:28 BARS AND TONE. CI: PERSONALITIES: WALTERS, VERNON. PERSONALITIES: SIMON, LETTY. PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, LEON (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, MARILYN (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: REAGAN, RONALD (ABOUT). CRIME: TERRORISM.

Opera: The Death of Klinghoffer: terrorism debate; ENGLAND: London: Coliseum: INT Tom Morris (Director, The Death of Klinghoffer) interview SOT Reporter to camera

00:00:00:00 [Marilyn Klinghoffer SOTs ab hijackers]-- "These people have been exposed to the entire world for what they are; cold-blooded murders, liars and cowards. It now remains only for justice to be done." (0:00)/

10-11-85 PRESIDENT REAGAN COMMENTS ON THE RECENT CRUISE LINER HIJACKING AND ON TERRORISM.

00:00:01:24. BARS. VS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LETTY SIMON, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FAMILY OF MARILYN KLINGHOFFER, A FORMER HOSTAGE ON THE HIJACKED ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP, ACHILLE LAURO, AND HER HUSBAND, LEON KLINGHOFFER, WHO WAS MURDERED BY THE HIJACKERS. SHE SAYS THE KLINGHOFFER FAMILY IS IN MOURNING. 00:06:05:00 ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MS SIMON ABOUT A TELEPHONE CALL FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN TO THE KLINGHOFFER DAUGHTERS, LISA AND ILSA. MS SIMON PARAPHRASES THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN REAGAN AND LISA AND ILSA. CI: PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, ILSA (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, LEON (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, LISA (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, MARILYN (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: REAGAN, RONALD (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: SIMON, LETTY.

16:56:48:12 BARS. VS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE FAMILY OF LEON KLINGHOFFER, THE MURDERED HOSTAGE FROM THE HIJACED ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP, ACHILLE LAURO, ABOUT THE CRISIS. LISA KLINGHOFFER, LEON'S DAUGHTER, SPEAKS (NO SOUND). JERRY ARBITTIER, LISA'S HUSBAND, MAKES A STATEMENT (NO SOUND). 17:07:10:00 SOUND RETURNS. LISA KLINGHOFFER ENDS THE PRESS CONFERENCE. SU. BARS. 17:12:26:17 VS LISA KLINGHOFFER INTRODUCES HER HUSBAND, JERRY ARBITTIER, WHO HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE DEATH OF LEON KLINGHOFFER. 17:14:32:02 THE KLINGHOFFER FAMILY MEMBERS LEAVE. 17:24:18:16 BREAK UP. 17:24:32:10 PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LISA AND JERRY ABOUT THE MURDER OF LEON. 17:26:25:10 BARS. CI: PERSONALITIES: ARBITTIER, JERRY. PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, LEON (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: KLINGHOFFER, LISA.

Opera: The Death of Klinghoffer: terrorism debate; ENGLAND: London: Coliseum: INT English National Opera cast performing scene from opera The Death of Klinghoffer on stage during dress rehearsal SOT

00:00:00:00 -[Letty Simon-Family spokesperson]- SOT about body coming to US. "At approximately 10:00 this morning the state dept called the Klinghoffer family to confirm the body in Syria is that of Leon Klinghoffer..." (0:00)/