Title:SCENES IN THE SANGIN AREA, AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER 2008 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 339
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Interviews with members of the Parachute Regiment at Forward Operating Base Jackson, for possible use in BBC Festival of Remembrance programmes.
Description: Interviews with Major David Lee (Quartermaster and Battlefield Logistics Officer of Battlegroup North) and Lieutenant Colonel Joe O'Sullivan (Commanding Officer), both of 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment. Issues of bereavement are among the topics discussed.
General views of the Sangin District and the "Green Zone" (an area heavily infiltrated by the Taliban) and the Helmand river valley.
Interview with Warrant Officer 1 Tony Hobbins, (Regimental Sergeant Major of Battlegroup North), followed by shots of memorial plaques at Forward Operating Base Jackson and interview with the Reverend Alan Steele (chaplain of 2 PARA), including his role in supporting members of the Battlegroup who have lost comrades.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
Time Code Description
00:00 BARS
00:32 Maj David Lee Piece to camera facing into camera
08:33 Maj David Lee Pull focus
08:50 Maj David Lee Piece to camera angle to camera
14:19 Lt Col Joe O’Sullivan CO 2 Para piece to camera face side to camera
23:48 Lt Col Joe O’Sullivan CO 2 Para piece to camera facing camera
32:10 Views of Sangin District with locals in shot
34:48 Views of Sangin Green Zone
35:35 Views of sangin Peaks ( pull focus)
36:22 Green Zone and river with pull focus
36:42 2 PARA sign
37:49 Warrant Officer 1 (RSM)Tony Hobbins piece to camera
43:56 Warrant Officer 1 (RSM)Tony Hobbins piece to camera
47:04 Memorial plaques in Sangin Forward Operating Base
47:29 Flag and tilt to memorial
49:20 Alan Steele Chaplin 2 PARA piece to camera
56:08 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: British Army, Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: FOB Jackson, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
Sangin, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
