Title:1ST BATTALION THE ROYAL GLOUCESTER, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY IN AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 10) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3078
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: MOT (Military Observation Team) from 1st Battalion the Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (1 RGBWLI) visits mountain villages near Mazar-e Sharif as part of the PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team).
Description: START 10:00:00 Bars and tone.
10:00:30 Soldiers on soft patrol in mountain village; general views of the village. Soldier walks past line of market stalls and greets villagers. Staged scene of soldier buying a bag of nuts from a local vendor.
10:03:35 Further patrol through streets, talking to shopkeepers. Bird in cage. Exterior of shop where locals watch the camera; local music can be heard. Close-up of local man's face.
10:06:15 Donkeys outside local traders. Convoy of PRT vehicles makes its way through the busy village.
10:08:15 On barren hillside, soldier sets up satellite telephone and carries out radio check; another soldier patrols the hillside on guard. The four PRT vehicles park and and a makeshift open-air camp is set up: food is cooked and tea is brewed.
10:14:00 Pieces to camera by reporter Richard Payne for local news bulletins, one in the evening, one the following morning. Several takes of both pieces.
10:21:01 Panoramic views of the mountains of northern Afghanistan.
10:22:11 Interview with Private John Cain, in front of a weapons cache found in the mountain including light anti-aircraft munitions. (The Afghan National Army will be informed and the ordnance will be taken away.) Close-ups of the arms cache.
10:26:27 Soldiers inspect an abandoned artillery piece.
10:27:50 Interview with Sergeant Shaun Ridler.
10:32:11 Long shot of abandoned Soviet-era tank.
END 10:32:22
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: Payne, Richard (person)
Cain, John (person)
Ridler, Shaun (person)
British Army, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Charkint, Balkh, 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: 32 mins
