Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 3 Commando Brigade on exercises in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. (Although mainly based at Salisbury Plain, the manoeuvres on this day took place at the Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) in Brecon, Wales.
Description: Various helicopters (Apache, Gazelle, Sea King) in flight. Convoy gathers by the roadside (Various vehicles including WMIK Land Rovers and various civilian and military trucks and lorries. Views (including long shots) of the convoy on the move across a wide valley. Road traffic accident (RTA) exercise: soldier with "severed" foot. Liaison with "Afghan civilians" (British soldiers acting the parts), one of whom is also "injured". Gurkha troops assist in dressing wounds. Convoy on the move again (extended sequences from various viewpoints).
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TIME DESCRIPTION
00:00 BARS
00:30 Apache
04:30 Gazelle
06:46 BV206
07:40 Apache
08:08 Seaking
09:30 Convoy static
10:30 RM sign xxx
11:01 Convoy on the move
14:04 Convoy static
16:12 RTA and casualties
22:43 Whole convoy drives past xx
35:04 Drive rear of convoy
36:06 Drive by convoy
36:52 Convoy static dismounted troops
40:00 Drive by rear of convoy
40:55 Convoy on move
41:50 Convoy in valley xxxx
46:29 Bird
46:40 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: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 3 Commando (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Sennybridge, Breconshire, Wales, UK (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Royal Marines (theme)