Title:OPERATION AGRICOLA IV, KOSOVO, 2000-2001 (TAPE 40) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 421
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: General views of Murphy Lines, Multinational Brigade (Centre)'s base west of Pristina, showing the temporary field accommodation in place there (concentrating on the British quarters).
Description: Panning shot of vehicle park and offices made of Corimec units.. Visit to office of1st Line MT (motor transport) and the Theatre Education Centre, containing computer desks, offices, classroms and library. Exterior views of the accommodation areas (each with their own air conditioning units. Interior corridors: camera follows a soldier as he returns to his accommodation room (which has a bunk bed and pin-up pictures on the walls). Exterior panning shot showing the edge of Pristina and the mountains in the background. Shots of empty accommodation unit. Corporal Drake records a message to his family, direct to camera. Five-a-side football match at the edge of Murphy Lines; after the match, one of the players (Corporal Freeman) records a family message.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Martin, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, 3 Commando (regiment/service)
British Army, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Murphy Lines, Pristina, Kosovo (geography)
Kosovo intervention (event)
Balkans post-1991 (theme)