(29 May 2006) SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of police escort at the beginning of the "Rolling Thunder" motorcycle ride, pan to motorbike riders and cyclists
2. Wide shots of crowds on either side of street cheering riders as they come through
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Connor, supporter:
"I am a vet, I was in the navy back during Vietnam, it's just trying to make public awareness as far as some of the guys who didn't make it back and there is still some that are over there, we are just doing our part to let them know that it is not over yet."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Putnam, supporter:
"I think we are probably putting so much into this war, not showing any recognition back towards Vietnam and all the other wars we've had in the past, they are more or less recognising this one going on now, but I still think we don't need to forget about the past, because we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them."
5. Bikers convoy passing along
6. Wide shot of bikers, with people lining streets (some with US flags) to cheer them on
7. Medium shot of bikers with large flags attached to their bikes
8. Medium shot of people standing around looking at motorcycles, including one built by father in honour of a son who died in Iraq
9. Various of motorcycle
10. Close-up pictures of son and three other marines killed in Iraq on bike
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Tremblay Sr, father of a soldier dead in Iraq:
"This is a tribute bike. As I started the bike, yes, it was for my son and as we went on with the bike, I thought about Richardson, Goodrich, Kavacicek(names of other soldiers pictured on bike), it didn't seem fair to me to single out my son, even though he was my son. All of these kids are over there giving us the right to do what we do everyday and without those kids, without taking care of those kids....(shakes head), you know? And I just want to bring...make sure everybody, by taking this bike around, making everybody aware that we got wounded guys still sitting in hospitals from Vietnam, from Korea, that could use some help."
13. Wide shot of Rolling Thunder bikers
14. Medium shot of girls holding US flags and greeting bikers as they pass by
15. Medium shot of women dressed in Civil War era customs cheering bikers on
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Wilgrin, supporters:
"We are here to honour the Civil War dead because Memorial Day actually started as Decoration Day right after the Civil War. So we come every year to honour all the soldiers that have died in all the different wars."
17. Medium ground level shot of bikers reaching out to supporters as they ride by
18. Wide shot of bikers riding through
STORYLINE
Tens of thousands of motorcycles roared through Washington DC on Sunday as part of the "Rolling Thunder" Memorial Day weekend ride.
The event is staged annually in honour of military veterans who were prisoners of war, went missing in action, were killed in action and of all others who served or are still serving in the armed forces.
Sunday's riders gathered at the Pentagon and made a circuit through the nation's capital before gathering at the Vietnam veterans memorial on the Mall.
Many of the riders and supporters who lined the streets served in wars past.
But for one rider, Sunday was part of a personal journey to let people not forget what is going on in the current war in Iraq.
Larry Tremblay Sr. lost his son in April 2005.
He built a a motorbike to remember his 23-year-old son and others killed in Iraq.
"All of these kids are over there giving us the right to do what we do everyday," he told AP Television.
An estimated 30-thousand motorcyclists took part in the ride.
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