Title:SCENES AT THE AMI WAREHOUSE AND CASA INVICTA, LOBITO, ANGOLA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 544
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY IN ANGOLA DURING OPERATION CHANTRESS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Ami Warehouse at the docks in Lobito, Angola; breakfast and morning parade. Men of the Royal Engineers at work at Casa Invicta: sandbagging, setting up water tank and purification unit, assembling barbed wire fence and lighting in the compound. Interspersed are shots of guards and local Angolan people, including children, watching the activities. Interview with Major Hugh Boddington, Officer Commanding the Prince of Wales Company, 1st Battalion the Welsh Guards.
Description: ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST
(The following data has been copied, without amendments, from Army Mobile News Team discs.)
GV of breakfast at Ami warehouse
GV of morning parade at Ami warehouse
GV of landrover driving past with locals in foreground (out and about in Lobito) village in background
GV of bulldozer working at Casa Invicta
GV of RE sand bagging at Casa Invicta
Shot of guard on gate with locals in background
GVs of RE's working at Casa Invicta
GVs of RE unloading truck at Casa Invicta
GVs of RE assembling water tank at Casa Invicta with locals in background
RE's putting up barb wire fence with locals watching in background (good shot)
Tight shot of local kids
Shot of the component parts of the water tank on pallets with water purification in background
Close up of engineer working on water purification unit
Shot of RE's taking water break
GV of warehouse compound from above
Panning shot of warehouse compound with 2 soldiers in foreground
Shot of guard by gate
Shot of trucks exiting compound with guard in foreground
GV of landrover entering Casa Invicta from outside, guard in foreground
Shot of RE assembling portable lights in compound
Shot of medics and local kids on street outside Casa Invicta
GV of guard from outside Casa Invicta gates with local kids all around them
IV - Maj Hugh Boddington, OC Prince of Wales Coy, 1 WG, Ternhill Bks, Shropshire
GVs of RE at Casa Invicta
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY IN ANGOLA DURING OPERATION CHANTRESS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFA 544
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1995-04-23
Production Country: GB
Production Details: United Kingdom Land Forces Mobile News Team (Production company)
Brown, Dave (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 30
