Germans begin using euro currency



1. Exterior of Frankfurt's main city train station 2. Close shot of station sign 3. Wide shot of people standing beside train, pan across platform to other trains at platform 4. Mid shot of train departures board 5. Wide shot of people waiting beside departures board 6. People browsing books in bookshop 7. Close shot of cash register showing amount in euros 8. Woman counting euro coins to buy book 9. Close shot of euro coins in palm, pull out to medium shot of people at counter 10. SOUNDBITE: (German) Voxpop, woman (in hat) "It is a strange feeling, very strange because I don't know the coins yet, but I think one should start immediately and that's why I spent my first new money today." 11. Woman searching in wallet at bookshop counter 12. SOUNDBITE: (German) Voxpop, woman (blonde haired woman) "I've just come from Asia, where I paid in a different currency in Myanmar (Burma). I live in the US and I have different wallets for different currencies, but now it is much easier in Europe." 13. Wide shot of shop fronts inside station concourse 14. Exterior foreign exchange bureau 15. People waiting to change money 16. Close shot of Foreign exchange rate board, tilt down list 17. Man exchanging money 18. Close shot counting euro money, pull out to medium shot of man collecting money 19. train departure sign, pull out to wide of station interior 20. Interior bread shop 21. SOUNDBITE: (German) Vox Pop man in bread shop: "I have headache (a hangover from the New Year celebrations) but this has nothing to do with the new currency. It doesn't matter to me, money is money." 22. Shop worker scraping deutschemark symbols from glass sign. STORYLINE With most shops closed for the New Year holiday, travellers and shoppers at Frankfurt's train station were among the first to test out the new euro currency. Shoppers could be seen carefully counting unfamiliar coins and banknotes on Tuesday. Elsewhere, shop workers were replacing some signs, still labelled in deutschemarks, the old currency. Shoppers told APTN they were adapting to the new currency and none said they were unhappy with the change. "Money is money" said one man. Thirteen european countries have adopted the single currency. Three EU countries - Britain, Denmark and Sweden - have kept their own currencies. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4d21e4cd2ee78461b39573c17d27e32a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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