Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AFGHANISTAN, 2002 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 5
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM, AFGHANISTAN 2002 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes at Kabul International Airport, including Afghan glaziers at work.
Description: I. Local Afghan glaziers replace windows in one of the airport buildings - air traffic control tower is visible through window across runway.
II. Members of the Royal Engineers (RE) work on a large hole in the apron at Kabul Airport; in the background are the remains of wrecked Russian Ilyushin 76 CCCP 78780. Mechanical digger in action. Soldiers stand by Land Rover and inspect the hole. Observation post on the roof of one of the airport buildings.
III. Close-ups of French snipers, positioned near the wrecked Russian airliner; they prepare their weapons for benefit of the camera.
IV. Hercules transport aircraft takes off.
V. Italian Carabinieri Paracadutisti (paratroops) on parade: they are greeted by a senior (US ?) Officer.
VI. Off-duty French soldiers in boxing gloves spar in the open air, close to one of the airport's many windowless buildings.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM, AFGHANISTAN 2002 [Allocated Series Title]
