Title:40 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES AT FOB INKERMAN, AFGHANISTAN, MARCH 2008 (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 281
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Scenes at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Inkerman, between Sangin and Kajaki.
Description: First sequence shows activities in Operation Ghartse Dagger, Stab 4. Royal Marines in their Viking vehicles encounter Taliban insurgents in the hostile "Green Zone" of the Sangin Valley: claustrophobic shots inside Viking. Officer Commanding 2 Troop notes that the Taliban have been watching and are attempting to surround the patrol - a rocket-propelled grenade can be heard air-bursting overhead, followed by gunfire. Vikings keep watch on ridge, supported by Apache helicopter.
Second sequence shows views of everyday life at FOB Inkerman including relaxation in tent, boxing practice, washing clothes. Marines in sangar keep watch after a contact outside the wall. Inside the FOB, other Marines relax.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
Time Code Description
00:00 BARS
00:30 Csm A Coy Speaks Prior To Op Ghartse
00:53 MNES PREP BY VIKINGS Xxxxx
02:11 2 Tp Photo
02:21 Oc 2 Tp Piece To Camera
03:36 Inside Viking
04:27 VIKING Static IN DESERT Xxxxx
05:40 Sit Rep In Viking (Icom)
07:46 IN COMING RPG AIR BURST Xxx
09:00 Footage Inside Viking Sit Rep
10:30 Sit Rep
11:40 Artillery Going In
12:31 Static Vikings & Green Zone Over Watch
13:11 Apache
14:00 Static Vikings Green Zone
15:13 Apache
15:25 Vikings
16:26 Sniper On Aim
17:22 Viking static then Fires GPMG
18:00 VIKINGS MOBILE Xxx
19:20 Vikings Static In Over Watch Position
20:40 Inside Viking Relaxing
21:00 Mine Kit Cutaway
21:10 MNES RETURN TO VIKING PARK AND DISMOUNT Xxxx
22:34 Mnes Relax In Tent
23:07 BOWING FOB LIFE Xxxxxx
26:56 Doing Washing Fob Life
27:39 Construction Fob Life
28:55 Sit Rep After Contact On Fob then Mnes Stood To On Wall
30:20 FLAGS A COY & CORPS Xxx
30:56 Sniper Rifle
31:44 Stood To
32:02 A Coy Sign
32:39 Mnes Sitting In Fob/ Fob Life
33:00 Inkerman T Shirt
33:40 Mnes Shower Under Hose Pipe Fob Life
34:00 END
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, A Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: FOB Inkerman, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
Royal Marines (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
