President Obama addresses British parliamentarians

(25 May 2011) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Houses of Parliament 2. Top shot of US President Barack Obama’s motorcade gate of entering Houses of Parliament 3. Mid shot Obama’s car (Cadillac One), entering, zoom into Obama inside car 4. Wide pan of Obama waving, being greeted before entering Houses of Parliament 5. Mid of Obama walking up stairs inside Houses of Parliament, escorted by Speaker of the House, John Bercow, and Baroness Hayman, lord speaker of the House of Lords - pan of Obama entering Westminster hall 6. Wide of Westminster Hall 7. Mid of British politicians seated in audience (Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg seated with former PMs - Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Major) 8. Close of Baroness Betty Boothroyd, former speaker of the Commons 9. Close up Cameron and Clegg 10. Close up Brown and Blair 11. Wide audience 12. Ceremonial trumpeters announcing Obama’s arrival 13. Various of Obama arriving in Westminster hall, with Bercow and Hayman 14. Wide of hall 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: (INTERSPERSED WITH CUTAWAYS OF AUDIENCE) “I am told that the last three speakers here have been the pope, Her Majesty the Queen, and Nelson Mandela which is either a very high bar or the beginning of a very funny joke! (audience laughing). I have come here today to reaffirm one of oldest, one of the strongest alliances the world has ever know.“ 16. Side shot Obama at podium 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: “The time for our leadership is now. It was the United States and the United Kingdom and our democratic allies that shaped a world in which new nations could emerge and individuals could thrive, and even as new nations take on the responsibilities of global leadership our alliance will remain indispensable to the goal of a new century that is more peaceful, more prosperous and more just.“ 18. Side shot Obama at podium 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: “The path has never been perfect. But through the struggles of slaves and immigrants; women and ethnic minorities; former colonies and persecuted religions, we have learned better than most that the longing for freedom and human dignity is not English or American or Western - it is universal.“ 20. Wide zoom out of Obama speaking 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: “And in the Middle East we stand united in our support for a secure Israel and a sovereign Palestine. In that effort we will not relent.“ 22. Cutaway of Cameron 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: “When a leader is threatening to massacre his people and the international community is calling for action, that’s why we stopped a massacre in Libya. And we will not relent until the people of Libya are protected and the shadow of tyranny is lifted.“ 24. Cutaway Archbishop of Cantebury Rowan Williams 25. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: (SOUNDBITE ENDS ON REAR SHOT OBAMA DURING SPEECH) “The successes and failures of our own past can serve as an example for emerging economies - that it’s possible to grow without polluting; that lasting prosperity comes not from what a nation consumes, but from what it produces, and from the investments it makes in its people, in its infrastructure.“ 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: (INTERSPERSED WITH CUTAWAYS OF AUDIENCE) 27. Wide applause 28. Close up Cameron clapping 29. Cutaway Obama and Bercow shaking hands 30. Wide Obama greeting parliamentarians and members of audience 31. Cutaway Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife in audience 32. Obama shaking hands with audience Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive:
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