Title:GENERAL VIEWS OF MEDIA EQUIPMENT AT FORWARD TRANSMISSION UNIT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 86
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF WAR, 1991 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Forward Transmission Unit (FTU), used by British journalists to transmit their stories back to their editors, is moved up to the Divisional Administration Area (DAA) in Saudi Arabia shortly before the start of Operation Desert Sabre. Vehicles move in and are unloaded: the satellite dish is set up. View of the location after FTU is set up beneath a huge camouflage net. Lance Corporal Kitts is seen at work. Towards sunset, 4-ton vehicles arrive carrying video editing machinery (B-52s fly overhead, FV432 troop carriers move in the distance). Members of Mobile News Team move trailer (Captain J C Robinson driving) and boxes; the team help load vehicle as darkness approaches.
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Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF WAR, 1991 [Allocated Series Title]
