Title:EXERCISE WESSEX WARRIOR, SALISBURY PLAIN, NOVEMBER 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1214
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes from Exercise Wessex Warrior at Copehil Down village on Salisbury Plain Training Area, featuring a raid on a village: troops attempt to establish a cordon under fire, move prisoners and extract a VIP while faced with a hostile crowd. Features members of 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh.
Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc):
START 00:30:00 View over land rovers drivers shoulder of Warriors moving to attack
01:33:00 Corrupt footage cause not known. TIME CODE BREAK!
05:00:00 Camera appeared to recover from fault of its own accord and seem to have maintained the time code even though it's not present on the tape.
05:35:00 Exercise local walking around with their hands in the air.
05:54:00 Soldiers attempt to establish a cordon whilst being engaged by the enemy.
07:24:00 Whole troop get killed/injured by enemy fire.
08:28:00 Move inside building. Various shots of soldiers taking cover in building and OC telling soldiers what's happening next. And prisoners being moved outside building.
17:17:00 Soldiers move out of building and extract through jeering crowd.
18:25:00 Jeering crowd gather near warrior and start trouble with soldiers.
20:00:00 Platoon SGT briefs lads on extraction.
20:45:00 Soldiers begin second stage of extraction Jeering crowd start trouble with soldiers. DS steps in and tells all to calm down.
25:30:00 Prisoner holding area and prisoners being moved out.
26:50:00 Soldiers moving out of village on foot.
28:00:00 Warriors moving away from village.
28:20:00 I.V. with Cpl Island [?] on how Op went.
29:43:00 I.V. with Capt Robin Davis with 2 Royal Welsh.
31:28:00 End of tape.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1214
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-11-08
Production Country:
Production Details: Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Davis, Robin (person)
British Army, Royal Welsh, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
