OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 20) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 20) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFR 230
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Harrier GR7 operations during Operation Telic 1.
  • Description: START 00:30:22 Harriers powering up prior to flight; groundcrew stand nearby. Aircraft (ZG479) taxies from the pan towards the runway. Long shot of the aircraft taking off 03:51:21 Sequence showing armourers at work preparing Sidewinder missiles, including fitting fins; 06:59:00 Religious meeting within tent; padre discusses fasting for Lent. (Low sound levels) 08:12:12 Outdoor tai chi session 10:16:00 Old concrete aircraft bunker: camera zooms in through door to show bomb damage (hole in the roof; large amounts of rebar hang down). Most of the interior is being used as a storage area. 10:58:22 Harrier maintenance area. Camouflaged tents with Union flag flying above. Sign "RAF COTTESMORE JFH" [Joint Force Harrier]. Aircraft on pan, with maintenance underway by groundcrew. Shots of aircraft through coils of razor wire: Harrier, two US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets (one of which takes off). Further Harrier maintenance. Sweeping of ground. Two US Air Force A10 Thunderbolt aircraft (with shark's tooth markings) taxi past and one is seen taking off. Harrier taxies. Hornet lands and taxies past. Harriers proceed towards runway and take off. Further taxiing and take-off scenes, plus silhouettes of Harriers at sunset. 40:12:00 00:00:00 [Timecode reset] Brief administration scenes in office. 00:27:23 Harrier flypast on runway; other aircraft seen including Hornet and A10s taking off and landing. Harrier marshalling area with shields. Close-up of shark's teeth on A10, followed by more Harriers and Hornets taxiing. 04:14:37 00:00:00 [Timecode reset] RAF looks through spotter scope at distant aircraft, revealed to be a Harrier as it comes in to land at edge of airfield. He marshals the aircraft as it taxies off the runway and back to its hangar / sun shield. Pilot disembarks and talks with civilian (journalist ?) and ground crew member. Sunset shots of airfield defences 03:58:21 00:00:00 [Timecode reset] Harrier on apron at night, and seen taxiing. Brief shot taken with image intensifier. Silhouette of pilot. NBC drill (in daylight): personnel in respirators inside and outside bunkers. Brief shot of pilots inspecting camera video shots on targets. END 04:17:19
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFR 230
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFR 230)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2003-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Strike Command Media Services (Video) Mobile News Team (Production company) Burt, Danny (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 63; Running time: 53 mins (ca)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFR 230

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