2 SQUADRON RAF REGIMENT PRE-OPERATIONAL TRAINING, NOVEMBER 2003 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 2 SQUADRON RAF REGIMENT PRE-OPERATIONAL TRAINING, NOVEMBER 2003 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFR 271
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of 2 Squadron the RAF Regiment on pre-operational training at Hythe CQB (close quarter battle) range on the south coast prior to deployment in Basra.
  • Description: START 01:00:00 Bars and tone. 01:00:30 Soldiers leaving mock army base on patrol; they are rapidly leaving through corrugated metal doors. They deploy in street ("Westfield Road", on the CQB range). Cameraman can be heard giving directions. 01:01:19 Shots of streets on the range, with soldiers moving down (includes reverse angle shots) 01:03:50 On "Cavalry Drive", soldiers react, guns ready, to possible sighting of enemy; patrol then continues. Various views of streets as the soldiers make their way through the estate. 01:06:41 Close-up of CCTV camera observing the range activities. 01:07:05 Wide shots of the range; gunshots can be heard. Road sign for "Middle Road". 01:08:08 Soldiers crouch with SA80 guns at the ready in a hide on the edge of a target range, with dummy figures suspended from overhead tracks moving along the streets. (Some are "civilians", others are clearly "terrorists".) Instructor gives orders prior to firing. Camera shows range past soldier's shoulder. Sign "Northumberland Street". Close shots of the dummy figures in motion on "Monty's Drive" (note that there is also a dummy soldier in one of the doorways, and a dummy "terrorist" crouching behind a wall). 01:16:54 Shot from the range showing the soldiers in their firing positions. 01:17:16 Sign "No Unauthorised Persons Allowed on This Range Without an Escort". 01:17:28 Interview with Squadron Leader Jamie Kendall, OC 2 Squadron RAF Regiment, discussing the training and their future role in Iraq. 01:20:52 Gunners firing through small windows in a wooden hide onto the range; instructors watch. Wide shot of range, where pop-up targets are seen in motion. Soldier fires machine gun; dozens of empy casings lie around his feet. Red flag flies. 01:27:17 Soldiers talk together at the edge of the range, with the sun setting behind them (posed shot). Soldiers unload their weapons on the range at the end of the exercise, and individually declare that they have no live rounds in their possession. END 01:28:20
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFR 271
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFR 271)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2003-11-25
  • 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: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 33; Running time: 28 mins
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    BFR 271

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