VIKING ARMOURED VEHICLES AT CAMP BASTION, OCTOBER 2007 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: VIKING ARMOURED VEHICLES AT CAMP BASTION, OCTOBER 2007 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 262
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Royal Marines prepare to take part in a reconnaissance patrol at night using Viking armoured vehicles.
  • Description: Dusk. Viking armoured vehicles are prepared for patrol: armour, guns, radio aerials and interiors are checked. Very dark scenes inside Viking. Image intensifier scenes: sign "Royal Marines Armoured Support Troop". Preparation of Vikings continues. Close-ups of "Royal Marine Commando" shoulder patches. Viking vehicles line up and begin to move off through Camp Bastion.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFM 262
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFM 262)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2007-10-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company) Hewitt, Mark (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Camp Bastion, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography) British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event) Royal Marines (theme) Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 60; Running time: 9 mins
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