OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 45) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 45) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 426
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Activities of Z Company, 45 Commando Group Royal Marines and 7 (Sphinx) Battery, 29 (Commando) Regiment Royal Artillery (attached to 45 Commando Group) in Pristina, Kosovo.
  • Description: Members of Z Company carry out a night foot patrol in Pristina with dog handlers, passing through busy areas with shops, and also a housing estate, before returning to their base. There are also night shots from a Royal Marines vehicle, and the setting up of a temporary vehicle checkpoint. Daylight scenes of a vehicle checkpoint in a village. Scenes on the ground on the outskirts of Pristina; on watch is a black French soldier. A Puma helicopter flies in and lands, and members of 7 (Sphinx) Battery deplane for a patrol in the village. Patrol passes along roads and past an UNMIK sign which has been sprayed with the letters "PDK" (Democratic Party of Kosovo). Soldiers pass through the large landscaped National Liberation War Monument, commemorating the dead of the Second World War. (The monument is now in disrepair and covered in graffiti, including "Tina Te Dua!" - "Love Tina!".) Leaving the monument in the background, they walk past a series of flower-covered (Albanian) graves. Brief interviews with two members of 10 Troop, 7 Battery: Marine Wishaw (?) and Marine Woodburn. ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets: TIME DESCRIPTION 00:00 BARS 00:30 Marines outside accommodation waiting then loading their rifles 00:57 Marines and dog handlers on night patrol 01:23 Night patrol moving past camera 01:32 Traffic driving past camera on main road 01:46 Marines and dog handlers walking down pavement past shops and civvies 02:52 C/u of Marine walking past shop 02:59 Marine with traffic moving by behind him 03:07 Marine walking down street, shop and civvies 03:31 Marines walking towards camera past fruit and veg shop 03:54 Night patrol walking past large building 04:26 Night patrol walking down track metal fences either side 05:16 Marine walking past 2 stationary lorries 05:26 Night patrol walking through well lit street (looks like flats on estate) 06:11 Night patrol walking around underground (subway / car park) 06:53 Patrol walking towards camera, past buildings and cars 07:30 Patrol coming back into camp 07:53 Camera in vehicle following another vehicle around town 11:16 Marines getting into back of vehicle 11:40 Camera following front vehicle around town 12:33 Car search 15:52 Searched car trying to pull off into traffic 17:03 Driving around town looking out of rear of vehicle 17:16 Car being stopped 18:04 Car being stopped and searched people in vehicle, also searched 20:27 Vehicle entering camp 20:39 French soldier standing about and c/u of his FAMAS rifle 21:01 Shot of the land and all the houses etc in the distance 21:44 Marine with high visibility vest marshalls in Puma Helicopter 22:05 Puma comes in and lands. 7 Sphinx Bty RA patrol jump off and take up arcs 23:26 29 Regt. RA gunners walking towards camera along road 24:16 Vehicle driving through gate way 24:33 Patrol walking down road past empty houses and local people 27:03 Large sign with PDK sprayed over it 27:22 C/u of some sculpture type effort? With patrol coming into the picture 28:39 Patrol walking towards camera, with sculpture in back ground 29:25 Patrol moving through park, pans out to show flowers on war graves 31:15 Marine gives an interview 33:13 Bombardier Woodburn gives an interview END OF TAPE
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFM 426
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFM 426)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2001-01-24 2001-01-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company) Kukor Morgan, Lee (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Z Company (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 29th (Commando) Regiment, 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Pristina, Kosovo (geography) Kosovo intervention (event) Balkans post-1991 (theme) Royal Marines (theme) British Army post-2000 (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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