Title:BRITISH SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN RWANDA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 529
Other titles:UNITED KINGDOM LAND FORCES IN RWANDA AS PART OF UNAMIR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: First batch of British personnel arrives in Rwanda as part of the United Nations' UNAMIR reconstruction force.
Description: I. C-130 Hercules aircraft lands at Kigali airport, and soldiers and Land Rover of UKMAMS (the United Kingdom Mobile Air Movement Squadron) disembark. Men leave by Land Rover; materiél is loaded into a Hummer and driven away. The Hercules takes off again.
II. Arrival of Lockheed Galaxy aircraft at Kigali airport: officers (in UN blue helmets) disembark and give a statement to the assembled media. Soldiers (part of the British advance party) and vehicles (including specialist UKMAMS lifting vehicle).
III. USAF and RAF Hercules aircraft on runway at Kigali. British UN soldiers at an impromptu press briefing on the tarmac; officer explains the essentially humanitarian (rather than peacekeeping) nature of the "pre-advance" party's mission. Troops enter the terminal building.
Alternative Title:UNITED KINGDOM LAND FORCES IN RWANDA AS PART OF UNAMIR [Allocated Series Title]
