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Scenes at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Robinson. (1) Scenes on board a CH47 Chinook helicopter in flight. (2) The Desert Hawk UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), a lightweight, polystyrene-based reconnaissance aircraft, is put through its paces by members of 18 (Quebec 1759) Battery, 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery. (3) Scenes at the "shanty town" where British soldiers have made their own accommodation, and night sequence (very poor) showing illumination rounds being fired. (4) Members of 7th (Parachute) Regiment the Royal Horse Artillery with their L19A1 105mm field howitzer.
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SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc):
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START 00:30:00 Various shots of passengers and Aircrew on a CH-47.
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07:25:00 Soldiers assembling Desert hawk UAV
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08:54:00 I.V. with Capt Fraser Dowling 32 Regiment Royal Artillery.
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14:06:00 Soldiers carrying out pre flight checks
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15:37:18 UAV Launch.
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15:45:00 UAV in flight.
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21:32;00 UAV landing.
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23:30:00 Self built control tower.
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23:57:02 Lads cooking left behind American rations over oil barrel BBQ.
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26:42:17 Silhouette of L19A1 over looking a hazy Sangin Valley.
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27:34:12 FOB ROB shanty town. Soldiers made their own accommodation from Old US Cargo parachutes and wood from packing crates.
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27:50:00 Fire mission at night to illuminate sangin village for patrols. Shot at night with out Image Intensifier.
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35:26:00 More shots of FOB ROB shanty town, Ammo dumps.
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37:30:00 Soldiers from 7 Para Royal Household Artillery as they carry out routine cleaning of the 105mm Field Howitzer.
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43:40:00 I.V. with Lt Dan Chapman of 7 Para RHA.
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47:46:24 Ammo Dump.
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48:19:00 Soldier setting fuses. [Lance Bombardier Rand]
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49:31:00 Bombardier Challoner describes how the L19A1 105mm Field Howitzer works.
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52:30:00 Soldiers re-supplying ammunition to the Guns.
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54:28:00 Soldiers in Gun control shelter.
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55:30:00 Excess charges being burnt off.
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57:45:00 G.Vs around Shanty town of soldiers relaxing. [Tape ends 01:01:10:19]
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Mini-DV