This is former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra's declaration of a State Of Emergency made on September 19, 2006. The announcement was made from New York and only appeared on one TV station in Thai--the other stations already had been seized by the military. Thaksin's announcement starts in mid-sentence and is eventually is cut off when troops seized the station.
Part of PM hopeful Samak Sundaravej's statement in English at a press conference after the PPP election win (footage from the Thai TV election day pool).
May 25, 2008 - Raw, unedited footage of a small group of about 40 anti-PAD protesters (right side of the street) throwing things at PAD protesters (left side of the street) at Democracy Monument in Bangkok.
Thaksin's interview from Singapore first ran on CNN International at 22:20. Here is how it appeared to Thai viewers watching the broadcast on local cable operator UBC. The story is cut off by the same montage of young Hollywood stars used to block international broadcasts after the coup in September 2006.
The site of one of the Bangkok bombings on New Year's Eve, 19:07, December 31, 2006 - The video starts at the site of the blast at a police box under a pedestrian walkway and pans around the intersection.
We are not sure where this came from or if it is genuine, but this is a clip circulating by email that allegedly shows Thaksin explaining why he was overthrown.
This is a clip showing the annual commemoration of the October 14, 1973 events that overthrew Thailand's dictatorship. In the background, noise from the People Power Party rally at Sanam Luang can be heard.
Here is a short clip from the PTV rally on April 27, 2007. The speaker denying the claim that PTV is paid for by Thaksin and saying the money was gathered from other sources. More photos from the rally are here: http://www.2bangkok. com/07/PTVprotest4.s html
This short clip is of the view of the hundreds of wreaths set up around the equestrian stature of King Rama V (King Chulalongkorn) at the Royal Plaza in downtown Bangkok on Chulalongkorn Day (a national holiday).
This is the Hi-Thaksin.net election video that equates a vote for PPP and Samak with a vote for Thaksin. The message of the video also encapsulates all the main points of Thaksin/TRT's post-coup lobbying in the Thai-language world. Since the website is now down, we thought we would post it so our viewers could see for themselves.
This the rally in front of the BMA building near Sao Ching Cha for the 111 banned TRT executives to protest their exclusion from politics and the CNS attempt to interfere in politics.
This is a video clip showing the anti-government rally at Sanam Luang on June 8, 2007. More about this rally is at http://www.2bangkok. com/07/rallies/june8 -07.shtml
October 7, 2006, 1:12pm - The normally smooth-flowing Chao Phraya River is swollen by flood waters becoming a rapids with waves and swells nearly a meter high. After 10 minutes the waves decreased, but the river continued to flow extremely quickly.
This is clip from the CD supposedly being circulated in the Northeast in which Thaksin supports the People Power party in the December 23, 2007 elections.
This is a short clip from the August 15, 2007 TRT rally at Sanam Luang protesting the new constitution. More photos from the event are here: http://2bangkok.com/ 07/TRTaug15/aug15-07 .shtml
This short clip is of police lined up to receive presents from motorists on New Year's Day. (The date of this video is Jan 1, 2008. However, YouTube does apparently does not accept that other parts of the world have arrived in 2008 already so "2008" is not selectable as a date yet).