Title:EXERCISE EAGLE STRIKE, ST MAWGAN, CORNWALL, MAY 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2923
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Helicopter movements at St Mawgan.
Description: START 02:00:00 Bars and tone.
02:00:30 Soldiers gather for final briefing prior to embarkation.
02:01:30 Chinook helicopters taxi up (three of them in a line) and soldiers embark. Chinooks taxi prior to take-off; Merlin helicopter visible in background.
02:05:37 Next section of troops moves onto the apron.
02:06:42 Further Chinook movements.
02:07:52 Line of Apache attack helicopters; maintenance and checks by ground- and aircrew. Two of them start their rotors. Final pre-flight checks.
02:17:14 Apache taxies out of the line onto the apron; others follow.
02:21:01 Close-ups of Apache radar and general views of helicopters on the tarmac, in flight and taxiing.
02:24:14 Close-up of navigator (identified as WO1 Goddard on his helmet) in Chinook.
02:25:29 Final groundcrew checks. In the background, two Apaches hover just above the tarmac.
02:26:53 Pilot closes canopy and stores charts in cockpit. Shots of Apaches taxiing and taking off.
02:29:44 Further Apache ground shots; also shots of Lynx, Chinook and Merlin helicopters.
END 02:34:12
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: St Mawgan, Cornwall, England, UK (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
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: 34 mins
