(30 Nov 2009) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Royal Society, London, UK, 26 November 2009
1. Wide taxi as it drives past the Royal Society building
2. Closeup the Royal Society sign over the doorway
3. Wide looking up at ceiling from stairwell
4. Mid tilt down ceiling to list of Presidents of the Royal Society list on wall
5. Mid pan left painting on wall to statue in front of window
6. Closeup statue of Newton in front of window
7. SOUNDBITE (English): Lord Martin Rees, President, the Royal Society and Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge
"We're one of the oldest academies in the world and mainly we look forward to the future because science is ever more part of our world and part of our concerns. But we are having the luxury of looking back on our past and recording some of the highlights of the work of our fellows right back to the foundation in 1660."
8. Mid closeup of busts in front of doorway
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Lord Martin Rees, President, the Royal Society and Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge
"Science is not just for scientists, it's part of everyone's culture and also everyone needs to be involved in deciding how science should be applied, because there are all kinds of priority questions and ethical questions, and scientists themselves have no particular expertise on those, but they should engage with a very wide public and that's what we try to do in the Royal Society."
10. Wide pan right people talking, documents are placed on two tables on the left and right hand sides of the room
11. Closeup pan right documents and bust placed on the table
12. Mid portrait of Sir Isaac Newton on wall
13. Closeup of portrait of Sir Isaac Newton
14. Closeup Sir Isaac Newton document, 'Theory on light and colours (1672)'
15. SOUNDBITE (English): Keith Moore, Librarian and Curator, the Royal Society
"Here we have Newton's drawing of his first reflecting telescope and this is very important for the fellows because it allowed them to improve their observation of the heavens."
16. Closeup and zoom in hand turning page of Sir Isaac Newton's document, 'Theory on light and colours (1672)'
17. SOUNDBITE (English): Keith Moore, Librarian and Curator, the Royal Society
"This is where Newton takes a prism and splits white light into its constituent colours, so this is really a piece of fundamental, experimental science."
18. Closeup hand pointing to prism in Sir Isaac Newton document
19. SOUNDBITE (English): Keith Moore, Librarian and Curator, the Royal Society
"Here is Benjamin Franklin's account of the Philadelphia experiment written from Philadelphia in 1752. He says in it that he's noticed the European newspapers carrying accounts of this, and he writes the Royal Society to give a true account of the experiment. He begins by telling Fellows how to construct a kite made of silk, because of course a paper kite would fall apart in a thunder storm, and then the experiment is conducted, culminating in Franklin holding his knuckle close to the key tied to the kite and the hairs on the back of his knuckle standing up, and then he realises that lightning is of an electrical nature."
19. Closeup hand turning page of Benjamin Franklin's document, 'Flying a kite in an electrical storm (1752)'
SOUNDBITE (English): Keith Moore, Librarian and Curator, the Royal Society
20. Mid zoom in portrait of Robert Boyle on wall
21. Closeup zoom in Robert Boyle document, 'Transfusion of blood from one dog to another (1666)'
22. SOUNDBITE (English): Keith Moore, Librarian and Curator, the Royal Society
24. Closeup Peter Cotgreave

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