People crying on the streets after death of Kim Jong-Il

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(19 Dec 2011) 
1. Wide of crowd gathering at statue of former leader (and Kim Jong Il's father) Kim Il Sung at Mansu Hill
2. Crowd with heads bowed
3. Mid of women with head bowed
4. Close-up of woman crying
5. Mid of crowd mourning
6. Mid of mourners walking up steps towards statue of King II Sung
7. Wide of mourners walking up steps towards statue
8. Crowd of mourners, AUDIO: crying
9. Close-up of women crying 
10. Women kneeling on ground, crying with grief
11. Wide of crowd and woman on ground crying
12. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Yong Ho, Pyongyang resident:
"Our general was always working for the people's happiness, and that is what he was doing when he died, working, travelling on a train." ++ROUGH TRANSLATION++
13. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ho Jong Ok, Pyongyang resident:
"Now the people are without their leader, but we are still going to try to make our country as great as possible." ++ROUGH TRANSLATION++
14. Crowd descending steps near statue of King II Sung at Mansu Hill
15. Various of mourners filing past large portrait of Kim Il Sung with Kim Jong Il
16. Various of queue of mourners
17. Wide of mourners filing past portrait
18. Mid of mourners filing past bouquets of flowers at base of portrait
19. Wide of mourners filing past portrait
20. Various of building with flag at half mast
STORYLINE:
Mourners gathered on the streets of the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Monday following the death of their "Dear Leader" Kim Jong II.
At Mansu Hill, grief-stricken citizens gathered at a statue of Kim Jong Il's father, Kim Il Sung.
Elsewhere in Pyongyang hundreds of tearful North Koreans filed solemnly past an imposing portrait of the two former leaders.
Their sorrow seemed unrestrained, as they absorbed the news that Kim Jong Il had died at the age 69 of heart failure while carrying out official duties on a train trip.
His death after 17 years as leader was announced on Monday by state television two days after he died. He was 69.
Kim Jong Il was "always working for the people's happiness", said one Pyongyang resident.
Another said that despite the death of their leader, North Koreans were "still going to try to make our country as great as possible."
North Korea's news agency reported that he had died at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday after having a heart attack on a train, adding that he had been treated for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long time.
He is widely expected to be succeeded by his third son in a nation that celebrates the ruling family with an intense cult of personality.
On Monday, the North Korean news agency dubbed the younger Kim a "great successor" as the country rallied around him as the next leader.
North Korea said it would place Kim's body in the Kumsusan memorial palace in Pyongyang and would hold a national mourning period until 29 December, when "all the people in the nation (will) spend three minutes in silent prayer."
Kim's funeral will be held on 28 December, it said, adding that all entertainment would be banned during the mourning period and that the country would accept no "foreign delegations hoping to express condolences."

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