Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AFGHANISTAN, 2002 (TAPE 7) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 7
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM, AFGHANISTAN 2002 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes at Kabul International Airport, including general views of the airport and air traffic controllers at work.
Description: I. Russian Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft (RA-76362 in Orenburg Airlines livery) on runway; brightly-decorated Afghan lorries are on the tarmac behind it.
II. General views of the air traffic control tower, including close-ups; interior shots show bombed-out rooms still filled with rubble.
III. Views taken from the control floor inside the tower: Beechcraft Super King Air in UN livery (OY-CBP) powers up for take-off on the apron below; twin engined turboprop transport takes off in background; coach park (where platoon of Afghan soldiers jog in formation); damaged airport buildings; view down airport approach road with Kabul in the distance.
IV. RAF air traffic controllers on duty in the tower, having a light lunch and at work. Airliner (Boeing 707-320 A6 ZYD of Flying Dolphin Airlines) lands and taxies onto the apron.
V. Piece to camera by woman RAF officer, an introductory piece about the ISAF deployment at Kabul Airport.
VI. Shots of the airport at dusk: pan across runway and apron.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM, AFGHANISTAN 2002 [Allocated Series Title]
