script

ok, here's the script so far, more still needs to be added to it so everyone should look over it and make changes and hopefully add more. some parts are not finished yet so if it seems like it just cuts off in certain parts then that's why. please remember that it's not 100% done and some changes will be made in class. << updated version

from lud i cant open this because i dont have word

**__This War News Report Script__** Lud– (//british accent//) Welcome to the myp 4 presentation (//takes a sip of tea//) Abi –today we shall be taking you through all … most… some of the events of world war 1 lud- from (sip of tea) Franz’s assassination all the way – //rep2 interrupts rep.1// abi – to the BIG KABOOM! That resulted in 4 years of living in dirty, filthy, nasty, vile Rep 1 interrupts lud – DISGUSTING!!! (//sip of tea)// //Rep 2 gives rep1 an evil glance and continues// abi- trenches (shudders) lud – we ask you now to sit back, relax, abi – and try not to fall asleep //Blackout to fade in slowly with the news sound effects//

abi- Welcome to this evening’s edition of this war, we’re coming to you live from (//pause//) your local projector. in breaking news Archduke Franz Ferdinand has just been shot! we now take you live to the scene. (fade out and fade in) marco – hello, we’re here on the scene where archduke franz Ferdinand has just been shot! It appears that the murderer is non other than gavrilo princip a notorious member of the black hand gang. We now have prepared a short video reenactment for you. (video plays) marco- and we’re back at the scene with gavrilo princip himself, we’ve managed to get a quick interview in with him before the law deals with him. So tell us gavrilo, what inspired you to kill the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne? adam- Austria-hungary they take over Bosnia, but in Bosinia we have many Serbians living, they are the people of Serbia and should be ruled by Serbia, but the Austria-Hungarians don’t listen to us, so we have to take action until we get what is rightfully ours. marco- ok, thank you very much for your time gavrilo. (looks at camera) and that’s it for now. Fade out and fade in abi- well this doesn’t look like it’ll end well (slide showing the date) adam- This just in, Germany has just sent a “Blank Cheque” to Austria-Hungary meaning that they will support them in whatever action they take against Serbia. marco- we now take you live to the scene (Germany representative hands A-H a “blank cheque”) marco- Austria-Hungary has just sent Serbia an (pause) … Ultimatum adam- dun, dun, dun marco- in the meantime we have organized an interview with a very “special” person adam- so Ladies and gentlemen please put your hands together for …the one … and only ... (pause) Kaiser Wilhelm II (applause) jade- yah, yah thank you, thank you. lud- Welcome Kaiser, it’s great to have you on the show jade- yah, ist good to be here lud- so Kaiser, moving away from the Bosnia argument, why don’t you tell us about your recent arms race with Britain. jade- Well I think that if Britain would just let me build my empire then there would be no arms race in the first place, Just think about it for a moment, The German Empire, has a good sound to it doesn’t it? (lud about to speak but is interrupted by Kaiser) but no, instead there is a british empire, now think about that, The British Empire an empire built upon tea and their fancy smanshy uniforms, That doesn’t sound good at all. lud- oh come on the british can’t be that bad (Kaiser looks at reporter evily) jade- What did you just say ,the british not that bad?!?! Are you out of your mind, the british are terrible, they sit around drinking tea and watching cricket all day, they are all most as bad as the French! lud- what’s wrong with the French? jade- what’s wrong with the French?!?! I’ll tell you what’s wrong with the French, they go around on their little bicycles all day with their garlic necklaces and baguettes under their armpits and act like they’re so much better than you, when they can hardly control their countries that well, did you not hear about morocco all the people over there cannot stand them anymore and want their independence but do the French let them have it, no! oh, they are such sissies cowering behind the british lud- but Kaiser, aren’t you related to the british? jade- (nervously) that is none of your bussines lud- actually aren’t you related to Tsar Nicholas of Russia also? jade- (nervously) Me related to that vodka drinking Russian, why that’s preposterous! (blabbers on) lud- well that’s all the time we have for today folks, we’ll see you next time

(slide showing the date) marco- And it’s happened, Austria-Hungary has officially declared war on Serbia, following an unpleasing reply from Serbia after the ultimatum sent earlier abi- but wait! (sips tea) that’s not all marco- oh, no it’s not abi- because of all the alliances between the countries Germany now has to support Aust-Hung and Russia has to support Serbia (slide showing the date) marco- In breaking news, Germany has just declared war on France! abi- REALLY?!?! marco- YES!! abi- oh, ok then (sips tea) marco- We now take you to the “warther” report Fade out and in jade – (map of Europe is projected on wall) Hello, I’m here bringing you the latest warther reports, today it seems we have a slight chance of Russian armies moving towards the Germany and Serbia borders, in the west you can expect a heavy schliefen moving across Belgium towards France, you can expect heavy bullet showers and possible British interferences throughout the week. Of, course this all depends on 3 things; how fast the Germans can move across, how slow the Russian are and the British keeping their snobby little noses out of this war. Moving towards the south now, it seems as though Italy has been preoccupied and has backed out of the triple alliance, no reasons have been given for the withdrawal as yet. (Italian stereotype mime) So I guess it’ll remain a mystery as to why exactly Italy pulled out. (slide showing the date) Rep1-(calmly sips tea) BRITAIN HAS JUST ENTERED THE WAR!!! Rep2- yes, it’s true, Germany swept through Belgium and in an attempt to help Belgium stay neutral the British jumped into the battle sending in the B.E.F Rep1- (proudly) that’s the British Expeditionary Force Rep2 – yes indeed it is! We now take you to our interview with British General, Crumpets Rep1- Crumpets!? Oh I like crumpets especially with a nice cup of tea (sips tea) Rep2- (looking annoyed) and now on to the interview (fade out fade in) owen- so, general crumpets would you mind explaining to us exactly what is happening right now in Belgium? lud- well you see, those nasty, over-jealous war-thirsty Germans have just initiated what they seem to be calling their Schliefen plan and have invaded Belgium, we have just sent over our expeditionary force to help Belgium and stop those Germans before they reach the French border, which is where we believe they are trying to reach. owen-so explein the schleiffen general lud- well the germans are trying to attack france from belgium. wheres my bloody cup of tea!!!!!!! bobby!!! (marco apears) lud- give my tea or i'll have you shot (lud kicks marco away) marco - ouch! lud- oh stop wining and bring me my tea soldier!! (lud gets his tea and calms down) Owen- ok then, moving on why has britian waited until now to enter the war? Lud- well you see unlike france and Russia, when a-h declared war on Serbia we were not forced to enter due to alliances and you know we were separated from the others by the channel, we have the strongest navy and we are the greatest world power so we were ok, but now Germany is becoming more of a threat to us and we assured Belgium that we would help them out if their neutrality was threatened. Owen- ok,

(slide showing date) Rep1- we now take you live to the latest warther report (fade out fade in) Jade – hi, I’m here bringing you the latest warther report, we have recently had a schliefen move right across Belgium trying to catch france off-guard but was stopped near paris when some B.E.Fs moved across from Britain and are currently pushing back the germans as you can see here (points to projected map) Rep2- and that was our latest warther report. Rep1- we bring you to the french trenchline. Rep1- it now appears as though france, germany, a-h, Russia, Serbia, Britain, … have all joined the war and are battling it out, how long will this last? Seems to be the question right about now and our answer to that is (pause) … we don’t know Rep2- actually it should last 4 years until the 11 of november 1918 but i'm no phsycic, as of now we are calling the situation … THE BIG KABOOM!! Genius right? Anyway we hope you enjoyed our presentation and didn’t fall asleep, and for the unlucky few of you who did brace yourselves because we shall now be blasting an air horn to wake you up. (blocks ears in a sort of brace position nothing happens) Rep 1- well that’s all for now chaps and ladies Credits Bloopers