NEWSFEED--DECEMBER 31, 1998: FIDEL CASTRO, RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL, NEW YEAR'S EVE FESTIVITIES NYC, (TIMES SQUARE), PROTESTERS!; EUROPE: European currency exhibit. News cameramen. Big bin full of newly minted coins. The 'Euro'. Est. Central Bank of ?; INT. bank, Businessman on phone, co-workers applaud. DX Est. European Central Bank. Bankers on phones & computers; CUBA: Traffic in Cuba. Pedestrians. Archival B/W Fidel Castro w/revolutionary army in jungle. Archival Castro speech, huge mob; Archival anti-aircraft gunner shoots down plane. Castro smokes cigar w/ Krushnev. JFK (Kennedy) signs papers; Archival Castro slashing crops w/machete. Archival, COLOR, Castro speech. Tanks in streets. Military funeral, Castro salutes; DX Tropical Cuban resort. Castro speaking w/Pope John Paul II sitting next to him. Pope passes adoring crowd in Pope mobile; INT Castro at conference. IRAQ/TURKEY: DX Traffic, peds in Turkey. Peds reading newspapers. Est. Turkish government bldg; INT Talk head Turkish official. B/W footage of US planes bombing Iraqi targets. Est. Turkish mosque, women praying, talk head; DX protesters carry Saddam Hussein posters & wave Iraqi flags, many children. 'Let Iraq Live' banner over Iraqi children ;DX F-4 bomber plane flies overhead, lands. Same. Small passenger plane lands, plane with radar dish thing -like Boeing E-3A Sentry. AUSTRALIA/RUSSIA: NX spectacular fireworks over city; INT Russian Mission Control Center. Video Feed of 2 cosmonauts in space w/Christmas tree & decorations (check that guy's hair!); INT officials & family talk to cosmonauts. USA: New Year's Eve in Times Square, New York. Look for Francis Coppola & Giuliani!; NX JANUARY 1, 1999, 12:00 am at Disneyland & Times Square (unfortunately, 'ABC' logo bug is in corner of screen!); NX More New Year's Morning celebration in Times Square. Confetti, fireworks, merry revelers. Pretty good footage; ROME/VATICAN: INT Pope John Paul II gives sermon at St. Peter's. JERUSALEM: DX Many Muslims on West Bank praying; DX Nice shot of Muslims bowing/kneeling to Mecca. Balloons! Little girl holds framed portrait of Yoda-man from previous tape; DX People argue w/military police. Car with shot-out windows, large rock in driver's seat. Scuffle/fight with police & protesters; DX VARIOUS: AERIAL over unknown city w/skyscrapers (generic). Large crowd waves little blue flags in city square. Talk heads; DX guy hands guy flier on Brussels' currency. T-shirt: 'Do it like a European' (picture of guy in lederhosen butt-humping girl); DX Sidewalk cafe. Woman at cash register at ritzy cafe joint. 2 important-looking guys holding huge replicas of new coins; DX Guy pushes 'On' button on huge calculator (he looks a little like Chauncey Gardener). Protesters (there's some for everything!); DX Fountain in Rome. 'La Dolce Vita' cafe (could Fellini sue?) Menu w/Universal Euro-currency rates scratched in; DX Plane takes off at airport. EST. Sheraton hotel. INT man at front desk w/hotel bill. INT airport. People buy tickets; YEMEN: INT hotel, people at front desk (one guy has hand mirror shoved down hispants). Tourists. Talk/crying head. Bellhop; DX Bellhop helps load baggage into bus. INT four unknown people (w/ big dog) wave at camera. USA: NX More Times Square New Years ;RUSSIA: NX New Year's celebration in Red Square (just as many people, just w/less neon lights). Fireworks display. Live band; INT Kremlin: Boris Yeltsin (who looks like he might've been celebrating early) wishes his people a Happy *hic!* New Year; DX Random Russian citizens on street. NX New Year's celebration in Japan(?). Pathetically small cannon fired. Countdown, bell rung; NX EST. Philippine General Hospital. INT boy w/bloody head wheeled into hospital. INT club, people dancing (disco); CUBA: DX 40th Anniversary of Cuba...tape cuts off ;

PACKAGE ON A SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEW "STAR OF HOPE" BALL FOR THE MILLENNIUM NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK'S TIME SQUARE.

New Year's Eve - 1999 - countdown to the millennium 2000 at Times Square in New York NY - massive crowd - ball - Mayor Rudy Giuliani - Y2K - New Years Eve

HANOUT BY KETCHUM ADVERTISING AGENCY ON THE PRESSER / PRESS CONFERENCE / NEWSER ANNOUNCING THE TIMES SQUARE PREPARATIONS FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE 1999 INTO 2000 / UNVEILING OF THE NEW TIMES SQUARE BALL / 24 HOUR CELEBRATION PLANS / Q & A SESSION

16:29:56:23 [RESTRICTED VIDEO: NO ACCESS TO CLIPS OF NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS SHOT INSIDE THE MILLENNIUM DOME]-- [CNN fonted aircheck 4:30-6pm ET - CNN's Millennium coverage]. Runs to ...

LIMITED RIGHTS: Latin people cheer at Puerto Rican parade; Shot of Times Square on New Years eve 1999 into 2000; EXT of Madison Square Garden; CU singer Marc Anthony

New Year's Eve - 1999 - countdown to the millennium 2000 at Times Square in New York NY - massive crowd - ball - Mayor Rudy Giuliani - fireworks - confetti - Y2K - New Years Eve

TAPE_NUMBER: EN9948 IN_TIME: 11:34:31 LENGTH: 01:48 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: No access Internet FEED: SCRIPT: xfa Story: 2000 Ball Location: New York Date: 1st December 1999 The new Times Square Millennium Ball has been successfully tested in New York in preparation for New Year's Eve. The ball and the number "2000" were test-lit in a warehouse in the Bronx. At midnight on New Year's Eve, the ball will make its usual voyage down the flagpole atop One Times Square - only bigger and brighter than ever. This year's celebration will be the largest New Year's Eve event ever in Times Square's 95-year history and will include a live, multi-media programme lasting for 24 hours. To the relief of the producers of Times Square 2000, the test lighting of the new millennium ball - complete with practice countdown - was a success. The new ball, which is covered with 504 Waterford Crystal triangles featuring the original "Star of Hope" design, will makes its real debut in less than a month. Although the test lighting did not utilise the full power that will be used, the ball is illuminated by 600 multi-coloured light bulbs, 96 high intensity strobe lights and 92 rotating pyramid mirrors. But the millennium ball is just one of the elements of the 'Times Square 2000' show. In size and scope, the event will be many times larger and more eventful than any previous Times Square countdown. The theme for the party is a global one. Up to a (m) million people are expected in the Times Square area and over one (b) billion people will watch it on television. A 24-hour live telecast on Times Square will show each time zone as it enters the new millennium. From its global theme to audience size, New Year's Eve in Times Square is sure to be monumental. But for once, the celebration is not only about New Yorkers. The lighting of the millennium ball will highlight a production that includes more than 500 dancers, actors, musicians and puppeteers from all over the world. There will be 160 professional puppets, from a spry "Baby Time" to a sprawling Chinese dragon the size of a city bus. There will also be a 12 hour long sound score, multi-media special effects with pyrotechnics and four tons of confetti and other airborne decorations. SHOTLIST: Tape 2 COUNTDOWN WITH BALL AND "2000" IN BACK GROUND; BALL LIT, PULL-OUT TO WIDE SHOT WITH "2000"; SOT BRENDAN SEXTON, PRESIDENT, TIMES SQUARE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; MEDIA; SPEAKERS AT PODIUM; SOT BRENDAN SEXTON, PRESIDENT, TIMES SQUARE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; MILLENNIUM BALL; CRYSTAL ON BALL; BALL AND "2000" SIGN, AUDIENCE CLAPPING?

THE TIMES SQUARE BID COMMITTEE IS HAVING A DRY RUN THROUGH FOR THE EVENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

A SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEW "STAR OF HOPE" BALL FOR THE MILLENNIUM NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK'S TIME SQUARE.

1999 New Year's Eve in Times Square; Year 2000 Sign

TAPE_NUMBER: EF00/1462 IN_TIME: 20:39:26 LENGTH: 02:53 SOURCES: Shots 1-10 = TSTV, the rest = APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat XFA Every year on New Year's Eve, more than half a million cheering revelers in Times Square are joined by more than one billion television viewers around the world to count down the final seconds of the year. And as the count down happens, the world famous Times Square New Year's Eve Ball slides down a pole high above Times Square. The ball, designed by Waterford Crystal, is a massive 6 feet in diameter (1.8 metres) and weighs at an enormous 1,070 pounds (486 kilos). The surface of the glittering sphere is decorated with crystal triangles. For this year's celebration, Waterford has created a brand new "Hope For Abundance" design featuring symbols from nature. The first ball-lowering celebration atop One Times Square was held in 1907 and the event has continued as a proud tradition for the past 92 years. The countdown to the New Year got off to an early start on Friday as swordsman Bernard Ganter demonstrated his rather individual technique for opening the traditional bottle of champagne. People cheered as the bubbly was poured into a 600-glass pyramid built in the Square. Elsewhere, however, there was less to celebrate. In many areas, preparations for the New Year festivities have been badly disrupted by the winter storms that blanketed the East Coast with snow. Over a foot of snow (30 centimetres) had fallen over New York by mid-afternoon, forcing all three of the city's airports to close. Workers in Times Square were on hand to clear the snow as it accumulated on the pavement. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square would go on as planned. "Cancel the New Year's celebration?" he said. "Ha, ha!" SHOTLIST: New York, USA - December 29 & 30, 2000, Recent and File TSTV (Times Square TV) December 31,1999 1. New Year's countdown at Times Square, ball drop 2. Various fireworks, balloons and confetti in air over Times Square 3. Flashing New Year's ball 4. Various celebrating Recent 5. Man working on pole on which ball will be lowered; pull out to 2001 sign 6. 2001 sign 7. Men constructing 2001 ball 8. Crystal panels attached to ball 9. Bulbs placed onto ball panels 10. Demonstration of ball lit up and flashing APTN December 29, 2000 11. Bernard Ganter opening champagne bottle with sword; champagne froths out of bottle 12. Champagne poured into glass pyramid 13. Glass filled with champagne, pull out to pyramid 14. Man drinking champagne and saying "Cheers" APTN - 30 December 2000 15. Pull back, to wide view of Times Square under snow 16. Close-up workers trying to clear sidewalks 17. Close-up man wearing 2001 cap 18. Close-up snow being ploughed 19. Wide view of snow and Times Square ?

New Year's Eve - 1999 - countdown to the millennium 2000 at Times Square in New York NY - massive crowd - ball - Mayor Rudy Giuliani - fireworks - confetti - Y2K - New Years Eve

1999 New Year's Eve in Times Square; Confetti and Fireworks

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/1344 IN_TIME: 20:43:53 LENGTH: 01:48 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat The new Times Square Millennium Ball has been successfully tested in New York in preparation for New Year's Eve. The ball and the number 2000 were test-lit in a warehouse in the Bronx. At midnight on New Year's Eve, the ball will make its usual voyage down the flagpole atop One Times Square - only bigger and brighter than ever. This year's celebration will be the largest New Year's Eve event ever in Times Square's 95-year history and will include a live, multi-media program lasting for 24 hours. To the relief of the producers of Times Square 2000, the test lighting of the new millennium ball - complete with practice countdown - was a success. The new ball, which is covered with 504 Waterford Crystal triangles featuring the original "Star of Hope" design, will makes its real debut in less than a month. Although the test lighting did not utilize the full power that will be used the ball is illuminated by 600 multi-coloured light bulbs, 96 high intensity strobe lights, and 92 rotating pyramid mirrors. But the millennium ball is just one of the elements of the 'Times Square 2000' show. In size and scope, the event will be many times larger and more eventful than any previous Times Square countdown. The theme for the party is a global one. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The point of all that is to remind people that this entire world in 24 hours the whole world the whole human people will have entered this new age together. .... We are all one world. All of us will arrive together on that one day." SUPER CAPTION: Brendan Sexton, President, Times Square Business Improvement District From its global theme to audience size -- with up to a (m) million people are expected in the Times Square area and over one (b) billion people will watch it on television -- New Year's Eve in Times Square is sure to be monumental. A 24-hour live telecast on Times Square will show each time zone as it enters the new millennium. But for once, the celebration is not only about New Yorkers. SOUNDBITE: (English) "They are all here to celebrate the new event were having this year which is so much different from what NY eves have ever been before and quite intentionally so . ....We do think of New York City as an international city and Times Square has been called for a very long time "the cross roads of the world" and this year I think we have a chance to really show people how true that is. New Yorkers even forget how true it is. SUPER CAPTION: Brendan Sexton, President, Times Square Business Improvement District The lighting of the millennium ball will highlight a production that includes more than five-hundred dancers, actors, musicians and puppeteers from all over the world. Seven giant television screens will broadcast live images from New Year's Eve celebrations from all seven continents. There will be 160 professional puppets, from a spry "Baby Time" to a sprawling Chinese dragon the size of a city bus. There will also be a 12 hour long sound score, multi-media special effects with pyrotechnics and four tons of confetti and other airborne decorations. SHOTLIST: New York City, 1 December 1999 XFA 1. Wide shot of Countdown with ball and "2000" in back ground 2. Close-up of ball 3. Close-up, ball lit, pull-out to wide shot with 2000 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brendan Sexton, President, Times Square Business Improvement District 5. Cutaway of press 6. Wide shot of speakers at podium 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brendan Sexton, President, Times Square Business Improvement District 8. Medium shot of millennium ball 9. Close-up of crystal on ball 10. Wide shot of ball and 2000 sign, audience clapping?

New Year's Eve (New Years Eve) 1998 - countdown to 1999 in Times Square - midnight - crowds - celebration - full moon - streets jammed with crowds of people - klieg lights in sky - 1999 neon sign - fireworks - hordes of people celebrate - blizzard of paper tickertape confetti is dropped from tall buildings - fireworks explode over Times Square - party - NYC

Organizers prepare for the New Year and the Times Square ball gets dropped to make sure it works.

1999 New Year's Eve in Times Square; Crowd Cheering and Waving