Title:ACTIVITIES OF 102 LOGISTIC BRIGADE, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, FEBRUARY 2008 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1359
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Elements of 102 Logistic Brigade at Kandahar Airfield (KAF), including Royal Logistic Corps and Royal Military Police activities..
Description: Map briefing in operations tent, including weather briefing and incidents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Names on tunics include Marsh, Sinclair, Groager and Blair-Tidewell.) Danish troops are also present; others take part by teleconference.
General views of operations tent.
Signage outside corrimec huts housing members of the Royal Military Police: "Headquarters Theatre Provost Group Op Herrick", and individual signs: "Force Provost Marshal", "Ops Warrant Officer", "CQMS" etc. Sign "HQ 62 Sec SIB RMP Theatre Investigation Group". View inside Royal Military Police Landcruiser (RMP officers chat informally): the vehicle drives through a car park past ISO containers.
RMP officer answers routine enquiries on telephone (partially staged). Indoor sign "Kandahar Airfield International Military Police"; camera focuses on the KAF Detachment of the Royal Military Police.
RMP Toyota Landcruiser, interior and exterior. Views from inside as the RMP officers drive off again onn routine patrol; further informal talk about the role of the police and the situation. Drive-through of Kandahar Airfield past lines of Hercules aircraft and Chinook (and other) helicopters.
Informal scenes in building with British and US military police. General views from the roof of the building. Covered wooden walkway at Kandahar.
Scenes on board helicopter taking off from Kandahar Airfield and flying over the large complex of buildings and tents surrounding it. Ground views of Sea King helicopter: Combat Camera Team still photographer takes shots. Blurred scenes as cameraman climbs on board helicopter which takes off as the camera is being repositioned. Views of door gunner keeping watch over the desert outside Kandahar (which can be seen below). A second Sea King flies in parallel. Onboard shots including flight crew. (Camerawork intermittently shaky throughout this sequence). Second helicopter touches down on the desert below then takes off again. Camera-helicopter then lands briefly in scrubby desert land. Return to Kandahar Airfield. The helicopter is refuelled. Further in-flight footage.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1359
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2008-02-10
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Farrell, Mike (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 102 Logistic Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Logistic Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
Danish Army (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
