SHOTLIST AP Television Royal Society, London, UK, 26 November 2009 1. Wide taxi as it drives past the Royal Society building 2. Close-up 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. Close-up 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 close-up 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. Close-up pan right documents and bust placed on the table 12. Mid portrait of Sir Isaac Newton on wall 13. Close-up of portrait of Sir Isaac Newton 14. Close-up 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. Close-up 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. Close-up 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. Close-up 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 "Here we have another famous Fellow of the Royal Society, Captain James Cook, who of course explored Australia on his first voyage in the endeavour. Here he is, returning home from the Resolution voyage, one of the Resolution voyages, and detailing how he kept his crew healthy by using sauerkraut in order to prevent scurvy amongst his naval crew." 20. Mid zoom in portrait of Robert Boyle on wall LEADIN You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4cf9be52033e35d130a67665db358eb1 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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