Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AFGHANISTAN, 2002 (TAPE 13) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 13
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM, AFGHANISTAN 2002 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes in the air traffic control tower at Kabul.
Description: I. Further shots of Ariana Afghan Airlines flight being prepared on apron; the aircraft taxies and takes off.
II. Flight Sergeant Douglas Lee, air traffic controller, at work.
III. Interviews (in English) with Afghan air traffic controllers Mohammed Tima (?) and Abdul Ali about their experiences and relations with ISAF.
IV. Interview with Corporal Paul Saxby of the RAF Regiment, media operator, about his role as photographer and facilitator for the RAF in Kabul (poor sound due to aircraft noise in background).
V. Interview with Lance Corporal Gus Thornton, who is overseeing carpentry work at the airport site, about the work itself (building latrines, repairing furniture etc) and relations with the Afghan workers.
VI. Interview with Feroz, an Afghan interpreter who is fluent in most of the local languages, about his work.
VII. Afghan carpenters put up noticeboards in the operations room.
VIII. Brief shot of Hercules aircraft taking off.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM, AFGHANISTAN 2002 [Allocated Series Title]
