Title:EUROPEAN DEFENCE MINISTERS' CONFERENCE AT RAF LYNEHAM, OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 8) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1129
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activities related to a conference held at RAF Lyneham attended by Defence Ministers from European Union countries. Further coverage of an air power demonstration attended by the ministers.
Description: Interior shots of Chinook heicopter which is being prepared; vehicle is secured in place. Troops climb on board and sit down ready for flight (image is quite dark). Scenes during the flight - very little is visible. Landing: soldiers disembark and lie prone; one has an anti-tank weapon. Low angle views of the airfield: Hercules and Apache can be seen. Paradrop of equipment is made. Soldiers advance across the airfield (shaky camerawork at ground level). Globemaster taxies past in the background and deploys further troops and vehicles before taking off again. Soldiers advance further, towards a tent. Chinook helicopter flies past with underslung armoured vehicle; it lands in the distance. Flypast by various transport aircraft and helicopters as soldiers continue to advance across the outer edges airfield, finally taking up positions by the runway. Line of WMIK Land Rovers and Scimitar armoured vehicles advance.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1129
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2005-10
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: RAF Lyneham, Lyneham, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme)
