Title:SCENES AT CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN, 29 JULY 2007 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1244
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Camp Bastion: general views and repatriation ceremony.
Description: General views of Camp Bastion, with Chinook helicopter in the distance. Extended shots of dust devil nearby. Building site on the edge of Bastion: semi-permanent buildings are put up (concrete vehicle ramp suggests that this will be the engineering support facility). Nearby large tents and enclosures are shown
Repatriation ceremony for Guardsman David Atherton, taken from ground level (poor audio - distortion). Various units are represented at the ceremony, particularly Guardsman Atherton's unit 1st Battalion the Grenadier Guards. Close-up of soldiers "Support the Grenadiers" wristband. C130 Hercules arrives and bearer party take the coffin on board before the aircraft departs.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1244
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-07-29
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Atherton, David (person)
British Army, Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Bastion, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
