OPERATION GRAPPLE (RUSHES TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION GRAPPLE (RUSHES TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: WOY 1765X-5
  • Other titles: ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS MATERIAL [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Unedited material showing British troops in and around Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Metkovic and Omis in Croatia.
  • Description: I. General views of UN convoy on the MSR (Main Supply Route) road at Gornji Vakuf. II. General views of British Army location in factory at Gornji Vakuf; cut-in shot of Union flag flying and view of various vehicles passing by (Land Rover, FV432 ambulance). Outside the factory, senior officer presents UN medals to Lance Corporal Jason Wright, RCT (FV432 and ambulance driver for the Medical Section) and Private David Dobson RAMC (providing medical support for B Company, 1 Cheshires). Both men are interviewed for the camera. Medical Section ambulances under cover (wheeled ambulances and FV432s). III. C Sector Medical Centre building: soldier enters for consultation (staged). IV. Vehicle checkpoint with Croatian flag flying (at Croatian border ?). Local woman washes clothes at water distribution point V. Refugee Centre and UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) warehouse and vehicles at Metkovic. VI. Piece to camera by Colonel Malcolm Wood at "Battalion Forward", a house in Metkovic, former base of forward operations for the mountain route into Bosnia and now a traffic post. General views of exterior of Battalion Forward. VII. Transport Squadron DROPS vehicles pick up ISO water containers. VIII. Interior of REME LAD (Light Aid Detachment) support centre (Metkovic?): vehicle maintenance. IX. Piece to camera by Major Castell about the 17 Squadron RCT (NSE Transport Squadron) at their second location in Omis. General views of NSE Transport Squadron vehicles, including heavy transporters. ------------------------------------------------------ ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTLIST (The following data has been copied, with minimum amendment, from RLC tape boxes) 3.31.57 General views of MSR 3.33.18 Union Jack Flying. 3.33.47 General views of GORNJI VAKUF Location 3.38.05 UN medal presentation 3.41.40 Med Section Ambulances under cover 3.42.40 Medical Centre 3.45.09 Checkpoints 3.46.08 Refugee Centre. 3.47.43 UNHCR (METKOVIC) 3.49.24 BN Fwd (METKOVIC) brief (Col Wood 3.52.30 Gen views BN Fwd (METKOVIC) 3.53.35 Tpt Sqn DROPS/water vehicles 3.56.09 LAD support 4.00.45 NSE Tpt Sqn brief (Maj Castell) (OMIS) (2nd Loc) 4.03.22 Gen views Tpt Sqn Vehs (OMIS)
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS MATERIAL [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: WOY 1765X-5
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (WOY 1765X-5)
  • 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: 35 mins
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    WOY 1765X-5

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