Title:40 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES IN SANGIN, AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER 2007 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 265
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Activities of 40 Commando Royal Marines at Sangin DC (District Centre).
Description: Vehicles are prepared before Royal Marines set off from Patrol Base Blenheim. Extended patrol scenes: general views of Sangin from top cover (cemetery, compounds, bazaar, old Taliban headquarters) through to the Afghan National Army base and then back to Sangin DC. (Audio during the patrol scenes is marred by a high pitched buzzing sound caused by interference from the electronics on board the vehicle.) Members of B Company relax by their vehicles at the end of the patrol.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TIME DESCRIPTION
00:00 Vehicle Prep
01:12 PO Herbison Medic
03:42 Leaving FOB Blenheim
04:00 WMIK’s move through Sangin
08:52 Patrol static vehicles
10:00 Patrol passes cemetery
10:50 Passing compounds
12:15 Passing green zone
13:56 Old bazaar, passing locals
17:00 Passing compounds
21:28 Old Taliban HQ over watch
23:58 Patrolling via compounds
25:27 Sangin bazaar
28:43 Passing compounds
29:30 Entering ANA base
33:00 Patrol moves out through Sangin
40:49 Bravo Coy HQ group at end of patrol, includes WO2 Phil Gilby
40:54 ENDS
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Hewitt, Mark (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 40 Commando, B Company (regiment/service)
Afghan National Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Sangin, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
Royal Marines (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
