1. A method for automatically identifying tokens associated with an event in video sequences containing individual takes and extracting information contained thereon including the steps of: classifying the candidate regions into token or non-token, locating tokens in candidate regions, locating information on the token, interpreting the information on the token, performing a confidence analysis on the information to ensure that the information was interpreted correctly, wherein the method further includes the steps of: detecting boundaries between individual takes, pre-selecting candidate regions in images of the video sequence following or preceding a detected boundary prior to the step of classifying the candidate regions, and that the method also further includes the steps of merging information of consecutive images into a single, coherent set of information, and detecting changes in the visual appearance of the token, the changes signalling a particular point of an event, after the step of performing the confidence analysis.