Title:SCENES AT FOB ROBINSON, AFGHANISTAN, 28-31 JULY 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1208
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Robinson. (1) Scenes at the "shanty town" where British soldiers have made their own accommodation: makeshift Gymnasium, interior and exterior of tents. (2) The Desert Hawk UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), a lightweight, polystyrene-based reconnaissance aircraft, is put through its paces by members of 18 (Quebec 1759) Battery, 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery. (3) General views of the FOB, including the Afghan National Army section, and exterior and interior viewsof a sangar overlooking the town of Sangin, including "Millionaire's Row" where well-to-do Afghans live. (4) Two scenes of soldiers on duty: artillery waiting for a fire order, and soldiers in WMIKs on force protection duty.
Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc):
START 00:30:00 G.Vs around Shanty town and improvised weights and other Gym equipment.
10:50:00 Desert Hawk UAV pre flight checks
15:36:20 UAV Launch.
16:00:00 UAV controller and control console.
20:20:00 View from control tower over FOB Rob and UAV landing.
24:41:08 View over Afghan Army section of FOB ROB to Sangin Valley, Soldiers on watch in Sanger, View of Sangin from Sanger, Close ups of ammunition, millionaires row Sangin.
30:10:00 Low light shots of Troops waiting for fire order which never came
33:30:23 Soldiers waiting to move to Helicopter Landing site to provide cover for inbound flight.
35:00:00 Tape End
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1208
Sound:Sound
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Production Date:2006-07-28
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, 32nd Regiment, 18 Battery (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Horse Artillery & 7 (Parachute) Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: FOB Robinson, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
