Title:OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 47) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 257
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the RAF Tactical Communications Wing (TCW) at Prince Sultan Air Base, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Description: START 00:00:00 Dismantling of satellite dish by two RAF crew (one of whom has "SAC Jennings" written on his helmet. The various sections of the dish are put into special transportation cases. Cabling is removed. Final small parts are packed and the cases are secured. Cable is wound onto a spool. Stencilled TCW symbol on wall (a rock dove and a lightning bolt) spray-painted on door of lorry.
16:56:00 Shot of the sun.
17:24:00 Section of TCW are briefed before the dismantling of a communications mask. Cables are removed from equipment case; the case is carried away. Cables on mast are loosened by winch; top of mast telescopes into lower section. Mast is then lowered to the ground, the supporting cables are wound onto spools and the electronic components are removed. Spikes fixing the base of the mast to the ground are also removed.
26:06:00 In communications dome, radio communications equipment is tested. Shot of back of dish. Signs "Non-Ionising Radiation: Do Not Enter" and "Royal Air Force Communication Centre".
29:21:00 Satellite dish, painted in the colours of an RAF roundel and marked "CIS FLIGHT RAF DET PSAB". Outdoor cables are removed from behind small protective sandbags and wound up. Shot of Bunker 21A and communications dome.
END 33:42:00
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
