Скачать или смотреть Transport and other workers strike against Sarkozy's pension reforms

(14 Nov 2007)
1. Various of heavy traffic in streets of Paris
2. Wide, top shot of Gare du Nord train station
3. Various of first Eurostar train leaving Paris for St. Pancras station in London
4. Various of people queuing at Eurostar check-in
5. Pan from poster announcing disruptions to metro service to blocked entrance of metro station inside Gare du Nord
6. Close-up of poster reading: (French) "Info trains SNCF: no trains from platforms 41,42,43,44"
7. Wide of passengers
8. SOUNDBITE: (French) No name given, Vox pop:
"Yes it is a very difficult morning. It's not easy to get a train. I thought there would be trains here at the Gare du Nord but there are none."
9. SOUNDBITE: (French) No name given, Vox pop:
"Yes it's a bit annoying. Usually we see a lot of people in this station and now it's a bit dead."
10. People standing in front of electronic board where no trains are being announced
11. Various of out-of-service train
12. Pan inside empty carriage
13. Various of people waiting for buses
14. Various of people boarding buses
15. Man walking down steps into empty metro station
16. Electronic sign announcing next metro train due to arrive in twenty minutes
17. Wide of metro station
18. Various of rental 'Velib' bikes
19. Close-up of sign on bike, reading: (French) "Stop the strike. Because of the strike I pedal and that's annoying"
20. Wide of bikes
21. SOUNDBITE: (French) No name given, Vox pop:
"This strike bothers everybody. I think there are ways to have union demands without annoying all French people who want to go to work."
22. Cutaway of rollerblades in bike's basket
23. SOUNDBITE: (French) Vox pop, no name given:
"I brought my rollerblades in case because I know that people were jumping on Velibs during the last strike so I thought it might not be the best solution. Chances are, I won't be able to return my Velib so I may use my rollerblades to go back home."
24. Wide of people cycling
STORYLINE:
Striking transport workers slowed France to a crawl on Wednesday morning as unions and the government dug in for a pivotal standoff over President Nicolas Sarkozy's bid to strip away labour protections he says are hobbling growth.
Railroads around the country stood empty after workers for the SNCF (French National Railway Company) rail authority launched an open-ended strike on Tuesday night.
Paris transit workers joined on Wednesday morning in the strike against plans to extend their retirement age.
Signs announcing service disruptions dangled at subway stations and bus and tram stops citywide.
The highway circling the city was at a standstill well before dawn. Many commuters walked, biked or rode children's scooters to work under gray, drizzly skies.
The SNCF rail network said only 15 to 20 percent of trains on major lines would run during the strike, and warned that traffic would likely be disrupted through the weekend. It urged travellers to postpone their trips.
Commuters at Paris' Gare du Nord train station were feeling the effects of the strike.
"Yes it is a very difficult morning. It's not easy to get a train. I thought there would be trains here at the Gare du Nord but there are none," one man told AP Television.
Paris' public transit authority RATP said there would be almost no trains on most underground routes starting on Wednesday. One line, the north-south line 14, ran normally because it is automated.
The Eurostar between Paris and London was predicted to run as usual, though the strike hit the same day that the cross-Channel train line launched a new, faster route heading into London's St. Pancras station.

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