Title:OPERATION MAR NONU, AFGHANISTAN, 4-5 NOVEMBER 2008 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 352
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of B Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2RGR) take part in Operation Mar Nonu in the Musa Qala district. Final part of patrol, involving a further engagement with Taliban forces before their return to the patrol base.
Description: Captain Will Pilkington talks with Afghan National Police (ANP) members (inspecting a 35mm camera) before patrol stars. Outside, Warrior vehicles. Firing line on roof of compound: Captain Gajendra Angdembe, OC 6 Troop speaks to camera, noting how there has been no further enemy activity since the previous day. Almost immediately, however, a 2RGR sniper notices a Taliban member (not visible on screen) and fires. Further shots are fired (the enemy was reportedly killed but there is no visual evidence of this). Views inside the compound's courtyard.
Warrior amoured vehicles advance towards the compound which had been targeted the previous day, throwing up clouds of dust as they go. They fire their guns at unseen targets. Meanwhile, in the compound, the patrol and their civilian hosts prepare food; a group of soldiers led by Captain Emily Peers (2RGR) play cards with local men.
End of patrol: the Gurkhas, with the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police, make their way back to Patrol Base South near Musa Qala. Views inside the base, with Warrior and Mastiff vehicles. Members of B Company relax; Jackal vehicles. Debriefing at sunset by Major Ross Daines (OC B Company) and Lieutenant Colonel Chris Darby (CO 2RGR) address the company; the major announcement is the death of Rifleman Yubraj Rai also of B Company 2nd Battalion, who had been killed on patrol, the first Gurkha to have died during the Afghan conflict. The two officers are interviewed in detail about the battle seen earlier (four enemy are reported dead).
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
Time Code Description
00:00 Capt Will Pilkington & ANP
01:22 Warriors static shot
02:00 OC 6 troop piece to camera xx
02:40 Sniper engages and kills enemy
07:00 In compound with kids
07:20 Girl with Gurkha XX
07:50 Warriors at speed XXX
09:28 Warrior firing XXX
10:20 In compound with kids
10:44 Playing cards with locals XX
11:16 Move back to ANA Compound
12:44 Mastiff static with warrior various shots
14:50 Patrol enters Patrol Base south
17:00 B Coy reflect at the end
18:40 Jackal
20:15 OC B Maj Ross Daines addresses B Coy
24:00 CO 2 RGR Lt Col Chris Darby addresses B Coy
26:30 OC B Maj Ross Daines piece to camera
28:20 CO 2 RGR Lt Col Chris Darby piece to camera
33:00 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: Angdembe, Gajendra (person)
Peers, Emily (person)
Pilkington, Will (Captain) (person)
Daines, Ross James (person)
Darby, Chris (person)
British Army, Royal Gurkha Rifles, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 3 Commando (regiment/service)
British Army, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) (regiment/service)
Afghan National Army (regiment/service)
Afghan National Police (regiment/service)
Keywords: Musa Qala, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
