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Members of C Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kajaki, taken on 25 October.
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Troops leave FOB Kajaki (on foot and in WMIK Land Rovers) for patrol near the Southern FLET (Forward Line of Enemy Troops ie Taliban positions). Patrol visits a permanent vehicle checkpoint (PVCP) manned by Afghan National Police in Kajaki 'Olya. Operations continue: a bar mine is rigged against the wall of a compound and detonated (the concussion causes the camera to malfunction temporarily). Dust clears and troops pass through the hole in the compound wall. (Shaky ground shots as the camera man takes a break.) Incoming fire from Taliban positions: the Marines group behind a wall. A second bar mine is prepared and detonated (again affecting the camera). Troops gather. Night scenes shot with image intensifier: troops advance, and incoming fire can be heard. A 51mm mortar is set up and fired at enemy positions; snipers also fire. A larger 81mm mortar is prepared.
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ROYAL MARINES VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT SHOTSHEET
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The following has been copied, without amendment, from RMVPU electronic shotsheets:
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TC In TC Out Description
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00:00 00:29 Colour bars
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00:30 03:21 Vehicles and troops leaving FOB KAJAKI by back gate
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03:22 04:49 Following troops on patrol
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04:50 06:09 Static troops
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06:10 06:40 WIMIKs and troops static
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06:41 07:36 Troops at PVCP
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07:37 08:17 Troops moving past camera at PVCP
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08:18 08:52 Over the shoulder of Minimi gunner
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08:53 09:55 Troops moving past camera at PVCP
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09:56 10:29 Static troops at PVCP
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10:30 10:56 CO's TAC and Signaller
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10:57 11:21 Static troops inc GPMG gunner
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11:22 12:30 AEs rigging bar mine
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12:31 13:41 Bar mine explodes
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13:42 13:52 Troops move through hole
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13:53 14:42 Troops move past camera through archway
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19:27 20:37 Audible incoming fire
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20:38 22:37 AEs rigging bar mine
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22:38 22:58 Bar mine explodes
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22:59 23:42 Awaiting bar mine explosion
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23:43 24:25 Bar mine explodes
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24:26 27:29 NIGHT VISION ON – General troop movement
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27:30 30:10 Setting up 51 mortars
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30:38 32:34 Firing 51 mortars
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32:35 34:51 Snipers
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35:34 36:16 51 mortars fired
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36:17 37:44 Snipers
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37:45 37:50 Sniper fires
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37:51 38:41 Snipers
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38:42 38:54 Snipers fire
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39:05 END 81 mortar preps
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Mini-DV