Video Footage Download Info for A Capitol Fourth, America's Biggest Birthday Party, Celebrating 30 Spectacular Years On Air!

Video Footage Download Info for A Capitol Fourth, America's Biggest Birthday Party, Celebrating 30 Spectacular Years On Air!

Jimmy Smits Hosts All-Star Line-Up Live on PBS with Gladys Knight, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, David Archuleta, John Schneider and Lang Lang

WHAT: Video footage is now available via an FTP site for the 30th anniversary broadcast of A Capitol Fourth, America's national Independence Day celebration.

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There are several selections of footage to choose from including: a feature interview with host Jimmy Smits, concert scenics, an excerpt from the "1812 Overture" plus talent footage.

The concert will be broadcast live in high definition on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, July 4, 2010 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHERE: http://www.capitalconcerts.org/mediacenter/cap4th/

You will be prompted to provide your name, media organization and e-mail in order to access the footage.

LIVE FEED: In addition, pool members -- CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC -- are invited to use the live program feed available at Verizon's AVOC pool switch Source Port #5 by calling the NBC (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 885-4200. The NBC pool coordinator is Tony Capra at the NBC News Bureau. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Saturday, July 3, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, July 4, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the July 4th live telecast (and only the July 4th live telecast) of the concert on PBS's Schedule X which can be found on AMC 2, C-Band Transponder 16. This service is an unencrypted analog (standard def 4:3) clear feed. The L band frequency is 1130 mghz. horizontal polarity. The audio subcarriers are L = 6.2 MHz and R= 6.8 mghz.

The maximum footage allowed for use is 3 minutes and the video credit which must be chyroned while footage is broadcast is A Capitol Fourth Concert/PBS.

Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom
Web Site: www.pbs.org/capitolfourth

CONTACT: Kristina Hallman, +1-202-537-5199; cell +1-202-361-7090; Karen Baratz, office: +1-240-497-1811; or Carol Marshall, cell: +1-213-598-5888, all of Capital Concerts

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Source: Capital Concerts

Web Site: http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.capitalconcerts.org/

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