Title:OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 385
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: The Royal Marines in Pristina.
Description: Further scenes from Operation Trojan South, as Royal Marines ambulances set off, driving through Pristina and passing near the Palace of Youth and Sport. In Serbian villages, medical centres (as seen on previous tape) are revisited.
Scenes at the Royal Marines Commando Logistic Corps base at Murphy Lines, west of Pristina: a large articulated water tanker has become wedged in the gateway, and has to be dragged aside by an 8-tonne lorry. Sign "OPTRONICS ES COY": inside, a black soldier carries out soldering work on a piece of electronics. Shots of the ECE Station and iterior of vehicles. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) workshops: maintenance is carried out on a variety of vehicles. Exercise in treating a "casualty" (with an injured arm) by members of the Medical Squadron.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TIME DESCRIPTION
00:00 BARS
(T/c break) eastern block helicopter
00:09 W/s from vehicle moving facing rear
00:20 W/s town static
00:27 W/s from moving vehicle through town
01:19 W/s KFOR ambulance
01:43 W/s from vehicle moving facing rear
02:24 W/s of moped man in town
02:34 W/s of KFOR ambulance moving through town
05:37 Break in t/c
00:01 Inside surgery? (drop out)
00:17 Various shots in surgery
01:38 C/u of KFOR ambulance out to wide
01:54 C/u of notice board outside mil location surgery to wide tractor passing
02:19 W/s of military personnel with locals
04:00 W/s of medic with kids and dog at fence
04:10 L/s of LCpl martin hard at work
04:24 W/s of surgery to zoom in
04:51 L/s of woman leaving surgery
05:33 M/s of medics in rear of ambulance
05:47 M/s of people walking down road
05:55 W/s of civvies getting in to ambulance
06:23 W/s of house with ambulances at side
06:41 Helicopter ( drop out)
06:49 W/s of house with ambulances at side
07:35 Break in t/c
00:00 Tanker stuck in gateway
00:35 8 ton-ner pulling tanker sideways
01:22 Tanker reversing
02:35 C/u of “Op Trances ES Coy” sign out wide
03:05 PUU FOCUS BARB WIRE – BUILDING x2
03:28 Various shots of ES coy location
06:09 Commando Logs sign room out to set up
07:12 Inside vehicles
09:00 W/s warrior moving past in depot
09:55 W/s warrior reversing into workshop
10:14 REME working on engine
11:33 W/s inside workshops KFOR sign on vehicles
11:56 W/s choppy in workshop
12:36 Bcu choppy using circular saw
13:07 W/s REME lifting engine pan around to others working on Vehicle
13:53 C/u REME working on wheel axle
14:11 REME lowering engine
14:31 Back of truck
14:32 Welding on bench
14:46 Bcu of defender badge out wide to VOR land rover
14:53 Ranks moving around location
16:09 M/s of simulated casualty
17:34 Patrol dealing with casualty
21:10 W/s Doctor debriefing
21:34 General shot of Marines around camp
22:30 Tape end
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Martin, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Commando Logistics Regiment, Medical Squadron (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Pristina, Kosovo (geography)
Murphy Lines, Pristina, Kosovo (geography)
Kosovo intervention (event)
Balkans post-1991 (theme)
Royal Marines (theme)
