Title:1ST BATTALION THE ROYAL GLOUCESTER, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY IN AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3071
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Platoon of 1st Battalion the Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (1 RGBWLI) on day and night patrols in Kabul.
Description: START 03:00:00 Bars and tone.
03:00:30 Interview with Private Adrian Gallagher on foot patrol, by television reporter Richard Payne, for ITV West local news programme "The West Tonight".
03:01:43 Local man at work repairing a small metal vessel. Close-ups of faces of local people
03:03:12 Views from top cover of moving Land Rover showing village, followed by panoramic shots over Kabul, including shots of the King's Tomb. Soldiers talk with local people. Local man plays with kite.
03:08:12 Patrol approaches the ruins of the King's Tomb and enters, walking through the pillared interior.
03:10:42 Panorama of Kabul from near the King's Tomb, as the sun begins to set.
03:12:19 Soldiers prepare fron night patrol: guns are checked at unloading point, driver gets into Land Rover and applies helmet, stars up. (Shot with image intensifier, as are the following shots).
03:13:14 Views from top cover as Land Rover drives through the night streets. Shots of driver and gunner and of other vehicles in the patrol.
03:15:49 Soldiers get out to patrol on foot; one removes his helmet. Inspection of roadside ground with torch. Soldier keeps watch.
03:17:51 Vehicle checkpoint (VCP); cars are stopped for routine searches. Soldier is interviewed during the search by Richard Payne. Underside of car is also searched. Vehicles are inspected by a search dog, which sniffs around the sides of the car and also jumps into the boot.
03:11:58 TIMECODE RESET (from 03:27:27). Car search continues; local men are interviewed by platoon leader.
03:13:00 The local men are interviewed: they do not mind being stopped and searched.
03:14:58 Further views from top cover near VCP.
03:16:11 Piece to camera by Richard Payne, at VCP, discussing the road - codenamed Route Violet, it runs all the way to Pakistan and is a frequent target for suicide bombers.
03:17:08 Further vehicle search; soldier is interviewed as he searches luggage.
END 03:18:58
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: Gallagher, Adrian (person)
Payne, Richard (person)
British Army, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kabul, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (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: 18 mins
