OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 9) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 9) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 390
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: The Royal Marines in Kosovo.
  • Description: At Paveway Lines (?), a mobile crane operated by a Royal Marine lifts an ISO container. Marines unload black bags from the ISO container and open them, revealing a selection of rifles (mainly AK-47s); these are laid out and checked, and their serial numbers are recorded. One has UCK (Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës, the Kosovo Liberation Army) painted on its stock. Another is inscribed "SYLEJMAN JASHARI V-L-23-1-1980 PRAPASHTICA". (Possibly a memorial inscription: a soldier of this name from the Kosovo Liberation Army, born in 1980 and from the village of Prapashtica, had been killed by Serb forces during the Kosovo conflict.) Views from the rear of a moving vehicle in the countryside outside Pristina. As the vehicle approaches the town, camera is aimed forward: a road sign is visible saying "Prishtinë Pristina": the spelling "Pristina" has been partially obscured by blue spray paint, probably by Albanians ("Pristina" is the transliteration of the Serbian spelling of the name). In a workshop, a Royal Marine renders captured weapons (as seen above) unusable. ISO containers are moved by train to a railhead where they are removed using forklift trucks. ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets: TIME DESCRIPTION 00:00 BARS 00:18 KFOR crane 00:39 C/u RM operating crane, pan out to crane lifting large metal container 01:22 Crane being operated 01:54 Crane lowering large metal container 02:07 C/u on cable reel on crane, pan out to see crane 02:19 Hook connecting crane and container, pan out to see crane 03:16 Footage of soldiers working on crane 03:49 RM operating crane Break in time code 00:00 Black bags (containing weapon’s) being unloaded from metal container 00:34 Weapon’s being taken out of bags and lined out 00:55 C/u of weapon’s laid out and soldiers checking over some rifles 04:20 Weapon serial no being logged 04:41 C/u on weapon’s 04:52 C/u on weapon’s barrels 05:25 Close shots of weapon’s laid out panning up and down the line 06:16 C/u on rifle butt with writing on it, pan out to show all weapons in a line 06:33 Weapons being loaded back into container 07:09 Footage of all weapons in container 08:16 Camera filming out of back of vehicle along main road 10:57 C/u of Pristina road sign, pan out to show traffic on road 11:39 Camera filming out of front of vehicle driving along main road towards the city 12:35 Inside armouries work shop / RM using machines (making weapons un-useable) 14:07 RM sawing something in a vice 14:17 RM making AK type weapons un-usable 17:01 Large metal containers being railed towards camera 18:10 C/u on rail tracks and wheels pan out to see containers moving away from camera 19:01 L/r of containers along rail road 19:22 KFOR fork lift un-loading containers 22:05 KFOR fork lift unloading containers and c/u on driver operating controls 24:41 END OF TAPE
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFM 390
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFM 390)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2000-09-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company) Martin, Jim (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Pristina, Kosovo (geography) Kosovo intervention (event) Balkans post-1991 (theme) Royal Marines (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 30; Running time: 24 mins
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