Title:1ST BATTALION THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENT IN AFGHANISTAN, NOVEMBER 2004 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2762
Other titles:OPERATION HERRICK, AFGHANISTAN [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: MOT (Military Observation Team) from 1st Battalion the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (1 WFR) in Afghanistan.
Description: START 05:00:30 Game of Buzkashi (continued from previous tape).
05:04:38 Traditional Afghan band, with singer, play music which is amplified through the public address system.
05:07:00 Buzkashi horseman hands money to other horsemen.
05:08:50 Off-road driving in hilly territory in Toyota vehicles (shot from roadside and from rear seat of moving vehicle).
05:14:14 Briefing in tent discussing escorting members of the press in the MEZ (Mazar-e Sharif) area. Cut-in shots of map showing routes.
05:16:54 Mazar-e Sharif Airfield, where various wrecked Soviet-era aircraft lie at the side of the runway. British soldier stands guard.
05:19;09 Drive-through of airfield, providing more views of the aircraft hulks.
05:20:23 Street barber in Mazar-e Sharif.
05:20:05 The Blue Mosque, Mazar-e Sharif; doves flock outside. Long shot of the Mosque with doves in the foreground; local men scoop them up. Soldier walks through the crowd of doves. Soldier meets with local people outside the mosque.
95:25:11 General views of the Blue Mosque.
05:27:29 Cutaway shots of Battalion sign ("1st Battalion the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment". Christmas messages recorded to camera by soldiers at the camp: Chris Donough (?), Corporal Lee Jones, Private Matthew Sharp, Christopher Chamberlain, Private Edward Hulse, Lance Corporal Nicky Thompson, Private David Brunt, Private Damian Wright.
END 05:34:15
Alternative Title:OPERATION HERRICK, AFGHANISTAN [Allocated Series 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)
Capon, Kevin (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: 30 mins (ca)
