OPERATION GRAPPLE (RUSHES TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION GRAPPLE (RUSHES TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: WOY 1765X-3
  • Other titles: ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS MATERIAL [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Unedited material showing British troops in Gornji Vakuf and Vitez, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  • Description: I. Brief sequence shot from Warrior armoured vehicle on night escort duties through Gornji Vakuf showing parts of vehicles ahead illuminated by headlights. II. Mess facilities at Vitez. General views of mess hall, where both soldiers and locally-employed civilian women eat their breakfast. Tented kitchen at Vitez: close-ups of trays of freshly cooked food, followed by shots of Warrior vehicles of 1st Battalion the Cheshire Regiment. III. Piece to camera (at 1 Cheshire Regiment's Battlegroup Headquarters) by Colonel Malcolm Wood who discusses 1 Cheshires and reinforcements in Vitez, with cutaway shots of Warrior convoy leaving. Close up of "1 Cheshire Group" sign. General views of Warriors and other vehicles in camp area. IV. Royal Engineers of 42 Field Squadron, 1st Battalion the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment at work in the Vitez camp. V. Piece to camera by Colonel Wood about the role of the army laundry units; he is standing outside laundry unit tent. General views of laundry interior; large washing machines in operation. VI. Field hospital in Vitez. Sign "MST BRAVO - A ROSE AMONG THORNS". General views of exterior: ambulances and mechanical digger drive past. Ambulance crews stretchering patients into field hospital. Inside, a patient (soldier) is treated by medics: saline drip is set up and blood pressure is taken; oxygen is also administered. (Staged sequence.) Patient receives x-ray from portable unit. Development of x-ray plate, which is then inspected. Shot of surgical team treating patient. ------------------------------------------------------ ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTLIST (The following data has been copied, with minimum amendment, from RLC tape boxes) 2.17.56 WARRIOR - Night escort through GORNJI VAKUF 2.19.09 VITEZ Mess Hall general views 2.20.12 Local civilians eating breakfast 2.21.30 VITEZ tented kitchen - serving meal 2.23.00 Warriors & crews prepare to leave location 2.23.57 1 CHESHIRES (VITEZ) brief (Col Wood) 2.25.50 Warror Convoy leaving location 2.28.49 1 CHESHIRE brief (continued) (Col Wood) 2.31.51 1 Cheshires sign 2.32.06 Gen views of WARRIOR at VITEZ 2.32.58 Royal Engineers working 2.33.33 Laundry brief (Col Wood) 2.34.19 Gen views of Laundry 2.35.42 Field hospital VITEZ 2.38.14 Ambulance Crews at work 2.40.31 Patient & Med Team at Field Hospital VITEZ 2.45.09 Patient receiving X-Ray 2.49.58 Surgical team treat Patient
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS MATERIAL [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: WOY 1765X-3
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (WOY 1765X-3)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 1993-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Logistic Corps (Production sponsor) Royal Logistic Corps Video Production Centre (Production company) Wood, Malcolm (Lieutenant-Colonel) (Production individual) Gollner, F (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: S-VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 60; Running time: 36 mins
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