Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes from the disaster relief exercise Xenon Mercury, organised by Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) in conjunction with the civilian Department for International Development (DfID).
Description: Briefing with Powerpoint presentation, held in a tent, for participants in the exercise.
Moamba Railway Station, Southern Mozambique; train arrives at the station, and local people throng around. Women sell fruit and vegetables (held in bowls balanced on their heads) to train passengers. Trackside buildings, including one marked "C F M Central Eléctrica". Goats graze behind the station building.
Second briefing session in tent (camera at the front of the tent, rather than the rear)..
General scenes at camp. Field kitchen tent: food is prepared (meat and vegetables). Soldier washes camouflage uniform in outdoor sink, before pinning the items to a fence to dry. General views of tents with two soldiers on guard. Soldiers line up at field kitchen to get their meals. Soldiers on laptop computers in operations tent.
Exercise begins: noisy crowd of local people gather outside British camp to receive aid, and are held back by troops. Soldiers gives statements to the media (simulated press).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1265
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-01
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Blunden, Jennie (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Moamba, Mozambique (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
