OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 13) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 13) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 394
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: General scenes in Kosovo, including British armoured vehicles on the move.
  • Description: Warrior armoured vehicles (1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) on the move; scenes at the checkpoint at Merdare, on the Kosovo-Serbia border. Views from the turret of a Warrior (gun is visible in foreground as it traverses its turret; this is followed by scenes from a Warrior armoured vehicle on the road coupled with roadside shots of warriors and other armour (Norwegian APC). Brigadier Robert Fry RM, Commander of the Multinational Brigade (Centre), meets with ethnic Albanian civilians and inspecting newly-renovated houses. (This group of civilians has been living in a tent provided by UNHCR, which can be seen nearby.) 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 tank drives past 00:39 C/u barb wire pan behind to pillbox (GPMG) back to wire 01:20 W/s Land Rover and two tanks parked up 01:44 W/s civvies standing on road 02:03 W/s tanks 3 on off road track going to bridge 03:24 W/s civvies on road pan away to tank next to bridge 04:40 Land Rover pan to civvies then to tank driving across bridge 05:34 W/s barb wire pan behind to check point civilian cars 05:46 M/s tank driver 06:20 W/s barb wire pan behind to checkpoint civilian cars 06:28 W/s looking down barrel to surrounding area 180 turn 07:47 W/s checkpoint soldiers civvies and cars 08:19 W/s looking down barrel at surrounding area / warrior 09:00 L/s turret (Warrior) with driver pan away to 2 warriors 09:58 W/s 3 warriors drive past camera 11:11 W/s 3 warriors drive past camera 12:39 W/s looking down barrel 3 warriors driving towards / past tank 13:25 W/s looking down barrel at APC following them 15:47 W/s looking down barrel at derelict houses 16:33 W/s looking from vehicle (moving) at APC 16:46 W/s looking down barrel at APC following them 17:22 W/s bend in road warrior and APC come round corner 18:09 Blank screen but is noise - motor 20:28 Camera shaking – trying to look out of tank window 20:49 W/s warrior and APC driving past and away from camera 21:44 W/s bunker pan away to GPMG inside your bunker 22:11 W/s gravestones pan away to busy road civilian and military vehicle 23:50 W/s warrior goes down steep bank through stream 24:34 Brigadier talking with Albanians 26:45 C/u tools pan away to brigadier walking out of building 27:41 W/s brigadier talking being shown round by civvies 31:47 W/s house pan away house and surrounding area 32:24 W/s brigadier talking with civvies (Albanians) 33:26 END OF TAPE
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFM 394
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFM 394)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2000-09-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company) Martin, Jim (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Fry, Robert Alan (person) Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service) British Army, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Merdare, Serbia (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: 33 mins
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