Protesters gather and practice for NATO's 60th anniversary summit

Описание: (3 Apr 2009) SHOTLIST
Kehl, Germany
1. Wide of Europa bridge between Germany and France
2. Wide police checking bridge
3. Police boat patrolling river
4. Protesters holding banners and placards walking towards bridge
5. Man speaking using megaphone
6. Protesters walking on bridge, security officials standing by
7. Female protester holding placard
8. Various of demonstration against NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), protesters holding banner on bridge
Strasbourg, France
9. People practicing how to block roads during demonstration, man been carried away, off the road as part of practice
10. Mid of protesters sitting in middle of road
11. Protest organiser explaining to group of protesters how to behave when police arrives to remove them off road they are trying to block UPSOUND (English): "Stay sitting there, and if the policemen try to carry you, then you make yourself heavy."
12. Various of practice, as protesters practice being carried off road UPSOUND: "No NATO, no NATO!"
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jung Meller, Protest organiser:
"We want to shut down NATO, and we want to show this with our actions of civil disobedience, that means we step in a way, we do this with our bodies, and we think protesting is not enough against war, we have to make a stronger stand."
14. Wide of protesters camp in Strasbourg, with effigy of "NATO bunny"
15. Mid of NATO bunny with gun
16. Protesters dressed like clowns marching in line, chanting UPSOUND: "Love and respect, love and respect!"
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Mettier, French protest organiser:
"When I go with the people, when I want to speak with the police, the police immediately....(pretends to use a spraycan while making a hissing sound and holds his hands to his eyes) Cannot speak, you know, and want to beat me and (inaudible)."
18. Wide of clown protest
STORYLINE
Police in France and Germany were preparing on Friday to protect NATO's (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) 60th anniversary summit after quelling violent protests on the eve of the gathering with tear gas, rubber bullets and the detention of hundreds of protesters.
The scene on the German side of the Rhine River was calm compared to Strasbourg, where French police detained at least 300 people on Thursday night and forced demonstrators back into a tent camp on the edge of the city.
In the German city of Kehl, traffic continued to move across the Europe Bridge that links France to Germany ahead of its closing and scores of police patrolled the area.
France has temporarily reinstated border controls with its immediate neighbours for the meeting.
A small group of people came to the bridge and unfurled a banner calling for "Peace" as police looked on.
Police in patrol boats zipped up and down the Rhine while helicopters hovered overhead.
Many police vans and units from all over Germany were also on the scene.
While across the bridge, Strasbourg's streets were virtually deserted as unauthorised traffic was forbidden in many parts of the city.
Schools and the university were closed.
Most businesses and restaurants have shut down for the duration of the summit, which will take place in Kehl, Strasbourg and the German spa town of Baden Baden, situated about 40 miles (65 kilometres) northeast.
German authorities estimate that up to 25-thousand protesters will take part in several demonstrations in Baden-Baden and Kehl, while France's interior minister has suggested 30-thousand to 40-thousand ultimately could show up in Strasbourg, where a camp has been set up to house demonstrators.
"We want to shut down NATO," protest organiser Jung Meller said.

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