OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 11) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 11) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 392
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: The Royal Marines in Kosovo: 3 Commando Headquarters, and reconstruction work in Gračanica.
  • Description: Scenes at 3 Commando Brigades headquarters at Slim Lines near Pristina: sign at main gate reads "Op Agricola 4 Multinational Brigade Centre 3 Commando Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron Royal Marines". Puma helicopter arrives and takes a platoon of Royal Marines to Slivovo. Patrol through the town, past derelict buildings; lengthy shot of surrounding valley. Rural patrol by Marines on the backs of ponies. Royal Marines (with assistance from a Swedish soldier) help to fit windows into houses under reconstruction in Slivovo. Interview (in English) with Giulia Fantera (?), a representative of the independent Italian non-governmental organisation Cesvi, discusses their role in aiding the Serbs to return to their old homes. The name Cesvi is derived from the italian words "cooperazione e sviluppo" (cooperation and development). Checkpoint and vehicle park surrounded by freshly-dug ditch. Newly-renovated Serbian school in Gračanica. Work continues outside, but the school is thronging with children. Interview with Captain Stiv Erkin (?) of SWEBAT, the KFOR Swedish Battalion. Brief views of the Serbian Orthodox Gračanica Monastery (the Holy Virgin's Temple). Exterior view of ambulance station in Gračanica. ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets: TIME DESCRIPTION 00:00 BARS 00:30 W/s marine guarding outside 3 Commando Brigade HQ and Sigs 00:44 W/s sign – 3 Commando Brigade HQ and Sigs pan away to guard and Land Rover 01:16 L/s guard – ranks in civvies walk past guard 01:35 W/s puma landing, marines board, and takes off 03:38 W/s 2 man patrol and dog walk through gap in wall 04:51 W/s town pan away to 2 man patrol 05:53 W/s 2 man patrol walk into derelict building 06:52 W/s pan to buildings in valley 11:51 W/s pony patrol 14:43 L/s building 15:00 L/s civvies fixing window pan away to all of building 15:21 L/s civvies fixing window camera inside building 16:12 Ranks (1swedish) talking about windows in buildings 17:15 W/s ranks helped by civvies carrying window to building 19:08 L/s rank talking with civvies about training them up – police 21:03 Break in t/c 00:00 M/s interview with Italian – restoring villages 04:16 W/s KFOR truck driving through checkpoint 04:32 W/s check point pan in to engineers pan back out 04:57 W/s engineers jumping gutter 05:15 W/s civilians mostly children walking around town 07:05 M/s interview with civilian children walking behind him 09:26 W/s inside school camera looking around hall 09:44 W/s children in class waving at end 10:38 W/s looking at entrance of building 11:22 C/u spire pan to rest of church some people going in 12:26 W/s blue and white building (Ambulanta at Gracanica) 13:07 End of tape
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFM 392
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFM 392)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2000-09-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company) Martin, Jim (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 3 Commando (regiment/service) SWEDISH ARMY (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Slivovo, Kosovo (geography) Gračanica, 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: 13 mins
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