OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFR 213
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Compilation of scenes showing miscellaneous RAF activities during Operation Southern Watch.
  • Description: START 00:30:17 RAF VC10 tanker aircraft on the apron (Ali Al Salem ?); one is seen with a mobile generator beside it. Airfield tractor drives away with the generator. 04:47:00 Grey screen (no image). 05:33:14 US Air Force soldiers practice firing rifles at shooting range. Target is inspected by officer and airwoman (both have "Operation Southern Watch shoulder flashes). Shot of empty bullet casings dropping onto sand. Red range flag flies. Further range scenes: personnel lie prone as instructors observe. Personnel get on bus after the range session. 10:38:00 Grey screen (no image). 11:22:00 Sign on rock saying "Welcome to Ops Town", accompanied by the multinational Southern Watch crest. Exterior of Royal Air Force Detachment buildings at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. 13:39:00 Grey screen (no image). 14:10:00 Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Michael Boyce visits the Royal Air Force Detachment; he greets senior RAF personnel on arrival. He tours the detachment site, including a small garden under camouflage netting. He meets members of the staff at the detachment at various locations, including members of 111 Squadron on the airfield. 26:24:00 Grey screen (no image). 26:50:00 Panning shots of the interior of CAOC (the Combined Air Operations Centre), with multiple giant video screens showing maps and other information and numerous operators working on computers; light levels are dimmed. Senior officer at post marked "DCO" communicates on radio. Cutaway shot of large map of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula and surrounding area, and a world time map; also close-ups of screens tracking aircraft movements. Shots over shoulder of computer operator, who is accessing a computer with the on-screen message "For unclassified use only". Zoom out from computer screen (showing map of the Middle East) to reveal large screens on the wall behind, also shots of CAOC (one of the large screens has a live feed of the CNN news channel). 35:30:00 Grey screen (no image). 35:56:00 Cutaway shots of RAF Hercules aircraft (869) on the tarmac at Prince Sultan Air Base. Engines are brought up to speed and the aircraft taxies. 38:34:00 Grey screen (no image). 39:00:00 Air-to-air refuelling of two Tornado F3 aircraft from a VC10 tanker. 50:00:00 Grey screen (no image). 50:39:00 Personnel alighting from a bus at Prince Sultan Air Base; other personnel then get on. Second view showing rear of bus parked on the apron; aircrew get off and walk across the tarmac. END 52:53:00
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFR 213
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFR 213)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2003-02
  • 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: 63; Running time: 52 mins
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    BFR 213

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