OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 17) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 17) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 398
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Members of 3 Commando in Kosovo. Scenes of the Operations Room of a police station, and the setting up of "eagle VCPs" (temporary vehicle checkpoints in remote areas set up by personnel flown in by helicopter).
  • Description: Panning shots around the operations room, staffed mainly by British personnel. Shots of bomb damaged office block (Pristina ?) - the floors are intact but otherwise the building is merely a shell. Extended scenes on board a Puma helicopter as it flies over Kosovo, picking up and deploying platoons of troops (Royal Marines ?) as they deploy onto rural roads. This is the setting up of "eagle VCPs": snap vehicle checkpoints deployed by helicopter in remote locations. ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets: TIME DESCRIPTION 00:00 BARS 00:30 C/u on KFOR ID cards (specimens) zoom out and pan around operations room 04:39 Inside room of demolished building 06:16 Close shot of bombed out building zooms out to show waste ground as well 06:32 C/u of destroyed building zoom out to show whole building and car park / keeps zooming in and out a few times 08:43 C/u on KFOR gazelle zoom out to show couple more air craft? 09:12 Camera in helicopter flying over country 10:31 Filming inside helicopter 11:19 Filming inside and outside of helicopter 12:38 (Camera inside helicopter) soldiers wearing high visibility vests getting onto helicopter 13:11 Camera on helicopter filming outside as it takes off 14:39 Camera on helicopter filming outside dropping off soldiers then take off again 14:59 Helicopter flying over country and civilian buildings 15:39 Helicopter coming in to pick up more soldiers 16:21 Helicopter takes off fly’s over country and drops soldiers off 18:48 Helicopter flying over country some traffic (Eagle V.C.P) 20:59 Helicopter picks up soldiers and fly’s across country 23:05 Helicopter drops off soldiers then fly’s off 24:53 Helicopter flying low and high over country side 26:26 Helicopter lands soldiers jump off 26:57 Helicopter takes off and Eagle V.C.P. and flying over country 28:50 Helicopter lands and picks up soldiers 29:25 Helicopter takes off over country 29:45 Helicopter lands soldiers off 30:18 Helicopter over country 31:14 Helicopter picks up soldiers on road, traffic behind them 31:28 Helicopter over country shadow of helicopter on ground and picking up soldiers on road 33:05 Flying over country and houses 33:46 C/u on helicopter crew member 34:16 Flying over country 34:32 END OF TAPE
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFM 398
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFM 398)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2000-09-27
  • 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) Royal Air Force (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: 34 mins
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