Title:40 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES IN AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER 2007 (TAPE 16) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 257
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of C Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines in Kajaki (26 October) and Camp Bastion (27 October).
Description: Final section of patrol through Kajaki (as seen on previous tapes). Interviews with Captain Iain Sutherland (second in command of C Company), Sergeant Dominic Conway RM (7 Troop), Corporal Cameron Maurat RM and Marine Carter. Night shot of bar mine explosion is followed by mornng views in Kajaki showing members of the Royal Marines and Afghan National Army. Chinook helicopters arrive for vertrep (vertical replenishment), flying in with underslung loads. Views on board helicopter show the reservoir near the Kajaki Dam. Camp Bastion: interview with metalsmith Corporal Burgess, who is also seen at work. Members of the Royal Marines commemorate the Corps' 343rd birthday with a meal held in a tent; after the citations, the meal commences. Evening briefing at JOC (Joint Operations Command) tent.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TC In TC Out Description
00:00 00:30 Colour Bars
00:31 00:55 Smoke from mortar strike
00:56 04:09 Capt Sutherland RM 2I/C C Coy Interview
04:10 06:00 Sgt Conway RM 7 Troop Sgt Interview
06:01 07:45 Cpl Maurat RM Section Corporal Interview
07:46 09:10 Mne Carter Interview
10:10 10:25 Bar mine explosion and moon early morning
10:26 11:25 Troops and ANA in compound
11:26 13:58 Empty compounds zoomed in
13:59 14:21 Snipers on roof at a distance
14:33 16:32 Chinook vertrep
16:33 19:12 View from Chinook leaving Kajaki
19:13 21:36 Cpl Burgess (Metalsmith) interview
21:37 24:02 Cpl Burgess welding
24:03 30:51 Corps Birthday meal
30:52 34:50 Corps Birthday citation
34:51 35:58 Corps Birthday meal
35:59 36:24 Evening brief in JOC (Clock CU)
36:25 37:08 Signallers – Secondary Watchkeepers in JOC
37:09 47:44 Evening brief in JOC
47:45 END Capt Rich Pinney RM doing MGM lion roar
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
