Title:SURGE OPERATION BY 1ST BATTALION THE RIFLES IN THE NAWA-I-BARAKZAYI DISTRICT, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, 6 MARCH 2009 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 326
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Rifles, accompanied by the Afghan National Army (ANA), continue their operations in the Nawa-i-Barakzayi district.
Description: Convoy of British and Afghan vehicles cross a shallow but fast-moving river; one ANA pick-up truck becomes stranded and is towed out of the water. Most of the other vehicles (including further pick-ups, Pinzgauer trucks and Land Rovers) drive through without incident, apart from two ANA pick-ups, which are recovered by Pasi armoured vehicles of the Estonian Army (Maavägi).
Aftermath of an IED (improvised explosive device) strike on the British/Afghan convoy): smoke and dust can be seen rising in the distance, where troops gather round stricken vehicles. (Camera is in the back of a truck some distance away from the strike.) Red flares are set off to identify landing site for two Black Hawk helicopters which fly in with members of MERT (Medical Emergency Response Team); casualties are carried to the helicopter in slings. Close-up shots of WMIK Land Rover badly damaged by the IED.
Brief shots of vehicles passing over temporary bridge into Garmsir (GMR).
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TIME CODE SHOT DESCRIPTION
00:00 BARS – TIMECODE BROKEN
00:30 OC Rfls checks river water levels
01:45 Vehicles wait to cross river
--:-- Various shots of the recovery of an ANA vehicle from the river
11:30 Vehicles crossing river
18:40 Various shots of recovery of 2 x ANA vehicles by Estonians
31:08 UK IED strike
37:02 MERT incoming to pick up casualties – 2 x Blackhawk helos
40:19 WMIC after IED strike
41:01 Crossing engineers bridge into GMR
41:29 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: British Army, The Rifles, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Afghan National Army (regiment/service)
Estonian Ground Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
