SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE DES BROWNE VISITS BRITISH FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN, 12 JUNE 2006 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE DES BROWNE VISITS BRITISH FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN, 12 JUNE 2006 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 1191
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Newly-appointed Defence Secretary Des Browne pays an official visit to Afghanistan; he is seen at at Camp Bastion, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar Airfield.
  • Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc): START 00:30:00 Des arriving in Bastion 00:48:00 CH-47s arriving to take Des to Lashkar Gah. 01:18:00 Des Brown arriving in Lash and being greeted by Colonel Knaggs. 01:54:00 Des Brown meeting soldiers at Lash and discussing new body armour and environment their working in. 03:00:00 Des watches bridge assembling exercise at Bastion. 04:00:00 Des meets soldiers once bridge has been built. 04:25:00 Des meets Afghan Soldiers 05:30:00 Des Brown meets soldiers from 3 Para at Camp Bastion. 06:20:00 Des Brown making statement about recent fatality. 07:46:00 Various shots of the Apache AH-64. 08:28:00 Des brown looks around AH-64. 09:15:00 Different type of Ammunition used by the AH-64. 09:30:00 Des is shown the Ammunition 10:30:00 Des being briefed by one of the AH-64 crew. 10:58:00 Des meets a CH-47 crew. 11:58:00 Des meets Lynx crew. 12:19:00 Tape ends.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 1191
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2006-06-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company) Punter, Paul (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Browne, Desmond Henry (person) Knaggs, Charles Peter Huntley "Charlie" (person) British Army, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Afghan National Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Camp Bastion, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography) Kandahar, Afghanistan (geography) British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme) Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme) Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 60; Running time: 12 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 1191

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 1189 (SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE DES BROWNE VISITS BRITISH FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN, 12 JUNE 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1190 (SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE DES BROWNE VISITS BRITISH FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN, 12 JUNE 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
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