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]
