Title:SCENES AT FOB INKERMAN, JANUARY 2009 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 293
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Operations of Y Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines, at Forward Operating Base Inkerman in the Upper Sangin Valley during Operation Ghartse Palang.
Description: Members of 8 Troop, Y Company on patrol. During the patrol, Royal Engineers prepare a controlled explosion in a pit where captured Taliban ordnance has been placed; a search for further ordnance continues. Final preparation: lengthy static shot prior to detonation.
FOB Inkerman: 8 troop receives briefing ("battle orders") before preparing kit in their (basic) tented accommodation. Marines talk about their experiences in the Sangin area and at FOB Inkerman. General views: accommodation, showers, memorial, landscape as seen from sangar, PT (boxing, running), large screen television in tent (Sam Sparro music video on BFBS), gymnasium, galley. (NB the term "making a wet" means brewing a drink; "scran" is a term for food.)
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
00.00 BARS
00:30 Engineers prep controlled explosion
09:16 Maize search
11:31 Engineers final prep for explosion
21:18 Controlled explosion
22:00 Patrol moves twd camera
23:17 Patrol in fire pos in ditch
24:17 8 Troop orders
26:28 8 Troop battle prep
31:20 8 troop accommodation
32:22 Piece to camera, 2 x Mne
35:09 Mne piece to camera )grainy)
37:16 INK memorial
38:28 INK sangar view
40:09 Phys
41:05 Galley
42:40 Gym phys
45:52 Making a wet in the galley
47:08 Scran in the galley
49:26 TAPE ENDS
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Cooper (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Y Company (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: FOB Inkerman, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
Royal Marines (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
