1.
GV PLANE ON TARMAC AT LONDON AIRPORT
0.04

2.
GV PLANE
0.08

3.
SV VAN ARRIVES WITH PANDA
0.12

4.
CU SIGN "CHI-CHI, LONDON TO MOSCOW"
0.15

5.
LV PANDA IN CAGE IN VAN
0.19

6.
SV PANDA IN CAGE BEING CARRIED OUT TO LIFT
0.23

7.
SV CAMERAMEN
0.26

8.
CU PANDA IN CAGE
0.31

9.
SV STEWARDS LOOKS AT PANDA IN CAGE
0.35

10.
CU "CHI-CHI"
0.40

11.
SV PANDA ON LIFT
0.45

12.
ANGLE SHOT PANDA IN CARRIAGE
0.48

13.
CU CAMERAMEN
0.52

14.
CU CAGE IN PLANE
0.56

15.
SV PANDA IN CAGE IN PLANE
1.01

16.
GV PLANE AND LIFT
1.05



Initials RM/V/JH/BB



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Background: THE LONDON ZOO'S GIANT PANDA, CHI-CHI, WAS FLOWN TO MOSCOW TODAY (FRIDAY) TO BE MATED WITH AN-AN THE ONLY OTHER GIANT PANDA IN CAPTIVITY OUTSIDE THEIR HOMELAND, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. CHI-CHI IS BEING MATED BECAUSE IT'S SAID SHE'S "PINING FOR MOTHERHOOD."
CHI-CHI LEFT LONDON IN A BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS AIRLINER WITH 33 OTHER PASSENGERS AND THE LONDON AIRPORTS'S HEAD KEEPER, MR. SAM MORTON. SHE TRAVELLED IN A SPECIAL CRATE WITH 56 POUNDS (ABOUT 25 KILOGRAMS) OF BAMBOO SHOOTS TO KEEP HER HAPPY DURING THE FLIGHT.

BUT CHI-CHI WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 30 DAYS IN QUARANTINE BEFORE BEING INTRODUCED TO AN-AN. THE PANDA PAIR WILL SPEND ABOUT A MONTH TOGETHER AND THEN CHI-CHI WILL RETURN TO LONDON ZOO - IT IS HOPED - A MOTHER TO BE.