Title:OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 31) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 412
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of the Royal Marines meet with members of the TMK/KPC (Trupat e Mbrojtjes se Kosoves, or Kosovo Protection Corps, a civilian emergency services organisation) at the Multinational Brigade (Centre) headquarters in Pristina.
Description: Main gate of the headquarters (Slim Lines in the background): Members of the TMK arrive and assemble in a lecture theatre. There, Brigadier Robert Fry, commander of MNB(C), gives a presentation using bilingual Powerpoint slides (English and Albanian). The title is "Presentation to the KPC on the MNB(C) Transformation Programme". After the presentation, a lieutenant general from the TMP gives an address, and Royal Marines officers also speak about training opportunities. Afterwards, Royal Marines and TMK/KPC personnel share drinks and talk
Short sequence showing dough being prepared and shaped prior to baking; this is inside a bakery at Dobrotin in Serbia.
ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
TIME DESCRIPTION
00:00 BARS
00:30 Assortment of vehicles leaving camp
00:59 Large group of soldiers walking off talking (Brit.TMK)
01:12 Same as above walking into camp
02:17 Group enters lecture room talking amongst themselves
04:27 RM Brig. And others posing for photo
04:48 Back in lecture room- RM Brig. Speaking to group
11:01 Lt. General- TMK speaks to group
12:22 RM officers address group about available training and their particular roles
14:36 Officers of TMK pose questions/ RM Brig. Answers
22:01 Group have drinks at bar/ RM Brig. Lt. General TMK talk
23:04 Brit. Kosovan ranks and interpreter discuss lecture
24:35 Bakery at Dobrotin
28:53 End of footage
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Kukor Morgan, Lee (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Fry, Robert Alan (person)
Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
Kosovo Protection Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Pristina, Kosovo (geography)
Dobrotin, Serbia (geography)
Kosovo intervention (event)
Balkans post-1991 (theme)
Royal Marines (theme)
