Title:EXERCISE SAIF SAREEA II, OMAN (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 28) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 48
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1 Air Control Centre (1ACC, from RAF Boulmer), undertaking various roles during Exercise Saif Sareea II.
Description: I. Interview with Sergeant George Vasey, radar technician (with portable radar installation erected in the background. Close shot of the crest on his T shirt (1ACC Exercise Saif Sareea).
II. General views of weather centre with anemometer and radar in background; Sergeant Vasey makes some adjustments.
III. Flight controllers in unit checking computer screens and radioing messages. Banks of computer equipment.
IV. Interview with Flight Lieutenant Pat Parker, controller 1 Air Control Centre.
V. Exterior views of camouflaged radar installation and nearby landscape (mountainous; station is at a high altitude). Camp on crest of hill in distance; a white car drives towards it along a dusty unmade road. General views of camp, with vehicles, generators and camouflaged tents. Brief shot of men in the distance playing volleyball.
VI. Interview with Corporal Nick Hilton, unit medic for 1ACC, in his medical tent; he describes his equipment; he discusses some of the hazards from bad hygiene and hostile wildlife.
VII. Brief recreation shots (no sound): soldiers watch film on video ("Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"). Large Welsh flag is on the wall of the tent.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
