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Training day with members of 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, Iraq.
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START 00:00:00 Bars.
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00:00:50 At dawn, members of the Parachute Regiment gather by desert roadside and prepare their equipment, chaining it down in the back of a camouflaged truck.
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00:03:55 Bergens and other bags are prepared. Accompanying the truck are two Land Rovers
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00:04:22 Static shot of soldiers' personal kit at the roadside. Soldiers gather up their kit and begin to walk.
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00:04:58 Sunrise over the desert.
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00:05:32 Soldiers walk along road in full kit. Close-ups of one keeping watch.
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00:06:58 Soldiers stand and wait on the roadside; Chinook helicopter flies in and lands on the road. Soldiers embark and the helicopter takes off.
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00:10:12 Soldiers gathered by the roadside. They wait until another Chinook arrives and puts down on the road behind a Land Rover. It takes off again, this time with large cables attached to its underside; these in turn are attached to a Land Rover and a small lorry which are lifted into the sky and flown off.
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00:15:51 More soldiers on the road; Chinook lands and they embark onto the helicopter; cameraman also gets on board. Scenes inside the helicopter during flight, including shots of personnel on board and views from the rear door. Soldier looks through the door in the floor.
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00:19:40 Helicopter comes in to land; view through rear door shows a vehicle being prepared for airlift on the road.
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00:20:58 Close-ups of muddy boots and interior of Chinook.
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00:21:41 Ground shots showing soldiers walking away from the Chinook which takes off. Small camouflaged truck is checked. Wide shot of vehicle convoy, with groups of soldiers standing around Land Rovers. Bootprint in sand.
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00:23:22 Helicopter flies overhead with Land Rover as an underslung load; the Land Rover is dropped in the desert (downdraft of helicopter causes a minor sandstorm). The helicopter flies away.
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00:25:28 Line of camouflaged Land Rovers on roadside with paras. Close-up of eagle shoulder flash, Parachute badge and blue tactical recognition flash.
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00:26:05 Convoy makes its way across the desert.
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00:26:21 Soldiers gather together and prepare their ammunition, loading magazines and cartridge belts. General activity. One of the soldiers has a large, camouflaged sniper's rifle.
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END 00:33:14
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