Restoring Napoleon's home in exile

(6 Apr 2012) AP Television
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
1. Tilt up painting of Napoleon
Saint Helena island - 23 February, 2012
2. Wide pan left of St Helena Island
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
3. Wide of Longwood House
4. Wide of museum curator walking towards Longwood House
5. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator, Longwood House
"There is metal in the floor, metal in the wall, so all of this needs to be restored. We will restore the flooring, the walls and roof."
6. Tracking shot Dancoisne-Martineau walks through Longwood House
7. Wide of the dining room of Longwood House
8. Close of painting of Napoleon reading to a member of his entourage
9. Close tilt up a statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
10. Close of painting of Napoleon and his entourage at the dining room table
11. Close detail of Napoleon at the dining room table
Saint Helena island - 25 February, 2012
12. Close tilt down from Georgie Thomas to a dehumidifier
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Georgie Thomas, maintenance worker:
"It actually absorbs all the dampness that's in the air here, and it collects it inside this little tray here."
14. Close of water that has collected in the dehumidifier
UPSOUND: (English) Georgie Thomas, maintenance worker:
"But in the very dry periods we don't have to use those, you know."
15. Close of a painting of Napoleon reading
16. Wide pan left of Georgie Thomas carrying a bucket
17. Various of Georgie Thomas inspecting termites
18. Close of termites
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Georgie Thomas, maintenance worker:
"This has probably been on the ground, for like, two weeks, and you can see actually how much damage it does. They're very destructive."
20. Mid of Georgie Thomas carrying termite chemicals
UPSOUND: (English) Georgie Thomas, Maintenance worker:
"Now you see this is what we use for control of these termites."
21. Close of chemicals being injected into the floor
UPSOUND: (English) Georgie Thomas, Maintenance worker:
"So as you can see we've got these small holes drilled and this is how we apply it. A little drop in each one."
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
22. Pan of Dancoisne-Martineau walking outside Longwood House
23. Focus pull between flowers and French Flag
24. Pull to billiards room at Longwood House
25. Close of painting of Napoleon
26. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator, Longwood House
"In fact it's a man who held onto his past, which included his title of Emperor of the French. On the other hand the British recognised him as General Bonaparte only. There was no compromise on either side of this, so this house was the only way for Napoleon to escape this conflict of interests."
27. Mid of the peepholes in the shutters
28. Close looking through the peepholes
29. Wide of the death room at Longwood House
30. Close of Napoleon's death mask
31. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator, Longwood House
"We're about to restore the carpet, according to samples of the original carpet, the cornice, and the wallpaper."
32. Tilt up of painting of Napoleon
33. Close of portrait of Napoleon
34. Mid of Dancoisne-Martineau sorting through some Napoleonic papers
35. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator of Longwood House
"No two visitors come to Saint Helena for the same reason. They all come with a pre-conceived idea about what they want to find."
36. Mid of visitor Phillipe Bernardini looking at paintings
37. SOUNDBITE: (French) Phillipe Bernardini, visitor:
38. Close of visitor Simon Green pan right to Longwood House
Saint Helena island - 28 February, 2012

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