Title:EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, SOUTH AFRICA [Main Title]
Film Number:BFV 1176
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Edited "highlights" of Exercise Maganga Mercury
Description: START 00:30:00 Logos of Defence Media Operations Center and Joint Forces Headquarters are followed by main title. Tape begins with a montage set to music: Hercules aircraft, local people, setting up headquarters, life on camp (cookhouse tent, communications tent, ops room, firing range, local people.
06:35:00 Caption - "Why do you need Media Training?" - is followed by a clip showing an RAF man fumbling his responses to the camera (to demonstrate why it is needed).
07:30:00 Short simulated news clip (branded "Sky News") showing patrol operations and in interview with "Mr Gilbert Roberts, Kasoma Resident", and piece to camera by James Rocket. [Labelled "not for external use".]
09:40:00 "OLRT ROADBLOCK (COVERT FILMING). Edit showing the Operational Reconnaissance and Liaison Team (ORLT, mis-spelt in the title) briefing Malawian soldiers and being filmed covertly to see how they respond to being detained by Malawi armed forces.
END 31:49:00
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1176
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-01
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Malawi Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Malawi (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme)