CONTEMPORARY STOCK FOOTAGE
NEWSFEED: 12/31/06 MORE NEW YEARS EVE AROUND THE WORLD, MORE WINTER STORMS, HUSSEIN FUNERAL, SUMMER TOURISTS IN VENICE, ITALY ;NEW YEAR'S EVE LA KING CAKE BABY DROP men maneuvering giant baby figure on roof ;IRAQ AFTER HUSSEIN quiet indoor funeral, protest, execution, aftermath of car bombing ;NEW YEAR'S EVE TIMES SQUARE the ball, Track past spectators in full regalia, very unflattering 2007 glasses, cheerleaders on stage ;Montage of eastern New Year's eve celebrations. GERALD FORD VIEWING people file past casket in Capitol, huge line outside ;DRUNK DRIVING NX montage of bad accident aftermaths, crunched cars, hands holding beer at party, school bus ;Long Beach, NY suburban street scenes, NX police checkpoint. Drunk driving is a relatively recent problem in human history ;VENICE FACING POVERTY tourist peds, gondolas, pigeons in square, police boat, garbage collector, feet on sidewalk, peds ;I'll bet dollars to donuts the woman who wouldn't pay extra to visit Venice is richer than the woman who said she would. GERALD FORD MAN OF THE HOUSE Congress applauding Ford, cabinet member, Ford golfing with Tip O'Neil, etc ;HISTORY OF THE BALL New Year's Eve in Times Square, B/W neon ads, ads in Times Square, various New Year's Eves ;NEW YEAR'S EVE GERMANY countdown at concert, faces watching fireworks. HONG KONG CELEBRATION crowd cheers windbags on stage ;NX WS tower rising well above skyscrapers, countdown, tower bursts with fireworks ;NEW YEARS EVE NYC DX Times Square with most of the traffic already diverted ;MI FUNERAL HOME FREE RIDES somber men get into black vans. WA SPACE NEEDLE PREPS pyrotechnists setting up on roof ;CO DENVER AIRPORT with snow. EASTERN CO STILL DIGGING OUT snowmobile pulls up so the driver can scold somebody off screen ;Digging out car tire, snowplow, stranded p/u truck. PHILIPPINES NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION people cheering, fireworks ;
