Title:OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 45) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 255
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Compilation of Chinook helicopter activities in the desert during Operation Telic 1.
Description: START 00:00:00 Maintenance on Chinook helicopter parked on airfield (possibly Safwan): technician works on mechanics inside the rear rotor housing. He walks along the roof. Other technicians work on the front rotor; further team members works on the ground. General views of the area, including tented desert camp, concrete aircraft bunkers and other Chinooks.
01:47:00 NBC drill in ops tent; personnel wear respirators.
02:09:00 Montage of Chinook footage: shot through rear door with gun in position and Chinook taxiing past; air-to-air footage of Chinooks in flight. Men in full are briefed and climb on board. Exterior long shots of Chinooks: one has group of soldiers climbing on board. Views through door in floor of Chinook showing underslung load being picked up, lifted off the ground and later set down again. Chinook picks up second load: sand billows below from the downdraft. Chinook lands: soldiers disembark (interior shot). Ground-to-air shot of Chinooks landing in the desert, throwing up sand. Troops are picked up. Various in-flight and landing views. Airfield - Chinooks taxi and are marshalled into their parking spaces.
11:07:03 General views at camp. Open air washing facilities, RAF men shave. Group of personnel play cards, others talk. General views of tents (including one with a large flag of Saint George). Washing clothes with water taken from large tank.
13:05:11 Small arms maintenance (SA80s etc) on outdoor trestle table.
13:36:03 Interview with Corporal Michael Robert Bell of RAF 18 Squadron, aircraft technician working on Chinooks, charged with keeping the aircraft flying. Topics include conditions (questions appear to be edited out).
15:32:16 Interview with unidentified member of 18 Squadron (on board Chinook), "here on behalf of the United Nations mandate to disarm Saddam Hussein".
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
