Title:OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 34) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 415
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Sequences showing KFOR in Kosovo, October 2000.
Description: Extended static shot of one of the aircraft launch vehicles (continued from previous tape). The Phoenix takes off after twelve minutes.
Shaky views taken from a moving vehicle show the Kosovo countryside and villages, also an industrial estate. Road sign points to Beograd (Belgrade) and Mitrovica. Passing through a village, KFOR and UN vehicles can be seen, as well as a locl man's horses and cart. Both damaged and reconstructed buildings are seen.
Members of NORBAT, the Norwegian battalion, on protection duties: a yellow school bus, protected by a NORBAT armoured vehicle, pulls up outside a dilapidated school. The children (Serbs) run into the school.
Gračanica Hospital: interview with Doctor Tricovic (a Serb), who describes her job as a throat specialist and gives her assessment of Operation Trojan 2.
Views of badly-damaged houses, with newly-built properties nearby; WREN interpreter talks with local civilians, accompanied by (UN ?) officials.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, 32nd Regiment (regiment/service)
Royal Norwegian Army (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Women's Royal Naval Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: Gračanica, Kosovo (geography)
Kosovo intervention (event)
Balkans post-1991 (theme)
