Title:DECOMPRESSION, CYPRUS, APRIL 2009 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 334
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: British forces fly into Cyprus for a "decompression period", a break for rest and recuperation away from the combat zone. No sound.
Description: Troops check their luggage at Camp Bastion prior to departure: they are driven by coach to their C-17 Globemaster aircraft ready for the flight to Cyprus.
RAF Akrotiri: brief scenes. Camp Bloodhound, Episkopi, showing facilities available for those troops undergoing decompression, including cinema, welfare suite and accommodation. Soldiers arrive by coach and move into the camp.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TIME CODE SHOT DESCRIPTION
00:00 BARS
00:30 TROOPS CHECK IN AND LOAD LUGGUAGE AT CAMP BASTION
06:00 TROOPS BOARD COACHES
06:50 LUGGUAGE LOADED ONTO C-17
07:30 TROOPS GET ONTO C-17
10:59 C-17 CABIN SHOTS
11:25 C-17 CUT AWAYS
12:25 CIVI PLANE AT AKROTIRI – TAKES OFF
13:15 CUT AWAYS – CYPRUS COUTRYSIDE FROM MOVING VEHICLE
20:00 BEACH ACTIVITIES
30:15 STOTS OF GYM
31:00 MOBILE CINEMA
32:00 BLOODHOUND CAMP VARIOUS SHOTS
32:30 WELFARE SUITE – PHONES, PC ANDWII SUITE
34:20 ACCOMADATION
35:16 TV/WETS AREA – POOL
37:25 COACH ARRIVES AT BLOODHOUND – TROOPS DISEMBARK AND MOVE INTO CAMP
40:00 PTC – MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
57:26 TAPE ENDS
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]