By Wang Xiuqiong, IANS  

OLYMPIC volunteer Elizabeth Tuttle flew across the Pacific, touched down late and found herself directing a documentary on her second morning here.

"Look at them! So cute," said the journalism major from the University of Iowa as her cameraman zoomed in on several children dancing, or shaking, to Chinese folk music in a wooded area of Beijing's Tsinghua University.

The pair arrived in Beijing June 23 with 22 overseas media volunteers to work at the upcoming Games. All were chosen from the University of Iowa and were preparing for their training by the Beijing Games' organisers in mid-July.

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