EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, SOUTH AFRICA [Main Title]

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  • 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)
  • 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: 31 mins
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    BFV 1176

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 1168 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1169 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1170 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1171 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1172 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1173 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 6) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1174 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 7) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1175 (EXERCISE MAGANGA MERCURY, MALAWI, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 (TAPE 8) [Allocated Title])
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