Actor asks US tourists to visit Scotland

(6 Apr 2001)
1. Connery walks into National Press Club ballroom
2. Cutaway of press
3. Connery steps up to microphone
4. Cutaway of crowd
5. SOUNDBITE: Sir Sean Connery
"Time to get the message out that Scotland needs tourists from the US and from around the world more today than at any time in living memory. The images on the tv and the stories in the press have not been helpful, but everyone must pitch in for the benefit of the nation. Let me repeat what I said yesterday...It is safe to visit Scotland and a warm Scottish welcome awaits. Whether it's the golf courses or access to the countryside, now is the time to visit. This is verified, we checked every championship golf course in Scotland."
6. Cutaway
7. SOUNDBITE: Sir Sean Connery
"I believe Scotland today is closer to independence than she has ever been, and that I will see an independent Scotland in my lifetime."
8. Cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE: Sir Sean Connery
"Well, I don't think it's absurd to believe that one would get to 75. And that would give us five years. I think that's a comfortable estimate."
10. Wide shot of Connery speaking
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