Title:OPERATION MERCIAN, KOSOVO (TAPE 8) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2635
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British troops in Pristina (24 March) and Kosovo Polje (25 March)
Description: START 09:59:04 (24 March) Snipers patrol rooftop of concrete office building in Pristina.
10:00:12 Gathering of local Pristina people in the city centre; flowers are handed to still cameraman Corporal Robert Knight of the Royal Logistic Corps, who smiles and is filmed by another camera crew.
10:01:26 Soldier on patrol. He is handed a rose by a young local woman.
10:01:56 Sign for a "Day of Hope" (24 March 2004) celebrating NATO and "5 Years of a New Life" put up by the Youth Forum of the LDK (Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës, the Democratic League of Kosovo).
10:20:16 Views of Pristina from rooftop: buildings focused on include the unfinished Serbian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour, the Palace of Youth and Sports, some damaged office and residential blocks and the Pristina Stadium.
10:06:58 Soldiers of A Company, 1st Battalion the Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, relaxing in their dormitory: playing computer games, reading ("Nuts" magazine), writing "blueys", sleeping.
10:10:00 Cooks prepare rice in kitchen.
10:11:46 Main door of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) Mission Headquarters.
10:12:33 (25 March) Members of the Royal Military Police (RMP) and 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles (1RGR) clean their SA80 weapons at base in Kosovo Polje.
14:05:33 Fact-finding patrol by 1RGR and the RMP through residential areas of Kosovo Polje; numerous burnt-out and damaged houses are passed.
10:25:06 Local Serbian man shows the patrol around his house, which has been burnt out and vandalised; he talks to Corporal Emma Morris of the RMP.
END 10:30:01
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: UK Land Media Ops (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Allison, Gordon (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 31 mins
