Title:COLDSTREAM GUARDS IN KABUL, 2 APRIL 2008 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1395
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards in Kabul.
Description: Views from top cover of moving Land Rover. Opening of a footbridge for children over the Jalalabad Road in Kabul, constructed under the aegis of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards; footbridge over road marked with a banner labelled "Coldstream". Sergeant Rob Beckett and Guardsman Kristopher 'Big Les' Boyer hand out gifts to local children. Scenes on foot patrol: the section makes its way swiftly along a roadside and across empty ground around the outskirst of Kabul. They encounter a group of friendly children who accompany them on patrol. In the town, they meet local shopkeepers and talk with them. Further encounters with children as the patrol continues. Further scenes from the opening of the bridge, with Mayor Qurushi and Brigadier Henderson, plus interview with Major Wayne Hennessy Barrett, Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1395
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2008-04-02
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Farrell, Mike (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kabul, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
