PARACHUTE REGIMENT ON PATROL, GERESHK, AFGHANISTAN, 18-19 JUNE 2006 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PARACHUTE REGIMENT ON PATROL, GERESHK, AFGHANISTAN, 18-19 JUNE 2006 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 1196 V1
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of 8 Platoon, 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, based at FOB Price near Gereshk, set out on a 24-hour patrol in their WMIK Land Rovers; they are accompanied by XA-180 armoured vehicles of the Estonian Ground Force.
  • Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc): START 00:30:00 Soldiers loading up the vehicles and testing satellite comms prior to deploying patrol includes Estonian Armoured personnel carriers. 01:30:00 Patrol departs. Shots of vehicles moving through camp and out of gate. 02:14:00 Various shots of vehicle snaking over rough terrain. 03:40:00 Patrol receives reports of an Afghan police post coming under attack so they move to get a better view of the incident. 03:57:00 Soldiers set up all round defence. 04:28:00 Soldiers on satellite comms. 04:53:00 Incident passes with out British intervention so Platoon continue with patrol through a valley into a small village. Various shots of soldiers moving on foot through a rocky valley into the village. 11:24:00 Long shot of village as troops move in. 11:42:00 The remains of last years poppy crop drying. 11:52:00 Silhouettes of soldiers and WMIK are on ridge line as the local mosque sends out the call to prayer. 12:20:00 Soldiers withdrawing from village as call to prayer still happening. 12:32:00 Locals watching their flock as soldiers leave village. 12:40:00 More soldiers moving along ridge in twilight. 13:54:00 Shots of vehicles moving towards another village on the morning of the 19 jun '06. Remains of a old Fort from Alexander the Greats era in the Background. 14:56:00 Lt Chris Hutchins briefs the troop leaders on the patrol plan. 16:12:00 Various shots of soldiers using weapon sights. 17:28:00 Lt Hutchins PTC about what he is trying to achieve but doing the patrol. He trips over his words mid sentence 18:02:00 Soldiers moving through fields. 19:05:00 An Afghan farmer ploughing his field. 19:33:00 Lt Hutchins asks a local farmer about the problems he and his family are experiencing with the Taliban etc. Interpreter is very softly spoken which makes it hard to understand the farmers answers. 21:50:00 Farmers sifting grain by hand. 22:13:00 Soldiers moving through fields. Lt Hutchins questions 2 more farmers about the Taliban. 29:38:00 Soldiers moving through narrow alleyway with curious Afghan children following. 30:00:00 Soldiers moving along a river bank. 30:23:00 Lt Hutchins talking to a local again. 31:26:00 Soldiers crossing bridge and being pulled up steep bank. 32:20:00 Lt Hutchins talking to a local again. 35:20:00 Soldiers moving out of the village through enclosed roads. 36:00:00 Tape Ends.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 1196 V1
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2006-06-18 2006-06-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company) Punter, Paul (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hutchins, Chris (person) British Army, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) Estonian Ground Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: FOB Price, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography) Gereshk, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography) British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event) British Army 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: 36 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 1196 V1

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 1192 (PARACHUTE REGIMENT ON PATROL, GERESHK, AFGHANISTAN, 18-19 JUNE 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1193 (PARACHUTE REGIMENT ON PATROL, GERESHK, AFGHANISTAN, 18-19 JUNE 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
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