OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 43) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 43) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFR 253
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: RAF C130J Hercules flies from Ali Al Salem Air Base to Baghdad International Airport. Mainly shot with an image intensifier, giving the image a grainy, monochrome green glow.
  • Description: START 00:00:21 Inside the cargo hold of C130J: vehicles (civilian Land Rover and other 4x4s) are chained prior to flight One crewman approaches the cameraman and asks "is that night vision ?" before going behind the camera. Views underneath the vehicles as chains are attached and tightened. Shot of second cameraman filming. 04:12:00 Rear door of aircraft, looking out onto tarmac, where group of soldiers are talking. Wheel ramps have been raised and are secured in an upright position with straps. 04:53:00 Loadmaster looks out of window (very dark shot, not taken with image intensifier). He takes off his night vision helmet. 05:33:00 Soldiers make preparations, securing their kit in the hold of the aircraft. They chat to each other and sit on the bench seats along each side of the fuselage. 07:48:00 Cockpit of Hercules: aircrew sit in their seats. Close-ups of the multiple video screens on the control panel (image intensifier is briefly taken off the camera to show the screen in colour). Pilot puts on his helmet and takes his seat. Preparations for take off (navigator can be seen briefly on the right). Aircraft taxies. 13:55:11 Brief shot of cockpit in colour (without the image intensifier). 14:07:13 Further image intensifier scenes of cockpit. Co-pilot leans forward; his night vision goggles can be seen raised above his helmet. Aircraft prepares for take-off. (Cut-in shot of Hercules on runway, taken through the side window, can be seen at 15:40:00) Shaky shots inside the cockpit as image intensifier on camera is adjusted. Aircraft takes off (pilot's eye view). Dark, very grainy shots of the cockpit during flight. Flashing lights on distant horizon ahead (source unknown) 28:32:00 Shots of city lights of Baghdad through the side window as the aircraft makes its approach, followed by pilot's eye view of approach to runway at Baghdad International airport. Aircraft lands and taxies to a halt. 34:55:00 Inside the hold, preparations are made for disembarkation; loadmaster supervises the unchaining of the vehicles which are then driven off. Personnel walk about inside the now-empty hold. Others prepare to disembark. 37:14:00 The return flight to Ali Al Salem. Shot of Squadron Leader Jean Sanderson of the Mobile News Team, smiling for the camera (her eyes glowing with the infra-red). She holds on to the netting behind the seat. Views of the hold, which is now completely empty, apart from one or two personnel. END 39:17:00
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFR 253
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFR 253)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2003-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Strike Command Media Services (Video) Mobile News Team (Production company)
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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: 83; Running time: 38 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFR 253

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