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The Royal Marines in Kosovo.
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At Paveway Lines (?), a mobile crane operated by a Royal Marine lifts an ISO container.
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Marines unload black bags from the ISO container and open them, revealing a selection of rifles (mainly AK-47s); these are laid out and checked, and their serial numbers are recorded. One has UCK (Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës, the Kosovo Liberation Army) painted on its stock. Another is inscribed "SYLEJMAN JASHARI V-L-23-1-1980 PRAPASHTICA". (Possibly a memorial inscription: a soldier of this name from the Kosovo Liberation Army, born in 1980 and from the village of Prapashtica, had been killed by Serb forces during the Kosovo conflict.)
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Views from the rear of a moving vehicle in the countryside outside Pristina. As the vehicle approaches the town, camera is aimed forward: a road sign is visible saying "Prishtinë Pristina": the spelling "Pristina" has been partially obscured by blue spray paint, probably by Albanians ("Pristina" is the transliteration of the Serbian spelling of the name).
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In a workshop, a Royal Marine renders captured weapons (as seen above) unusable.
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ISO containers are moved by train to a railhead where they are removed using forklift trucks.
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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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TIME DESCRIPTION
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00:00 BARS
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00:18 KFOR crane
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00:39 C/u RM operating crane, pan out to crane lifting large metal container
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01:22 Crane being operated
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01:54 Crane lowering large metal container
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02:07 C/u on cable reel on crane, pan out to see crane
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02:19 Hook connecting crane and container, pan out to see crane
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03:16 Footage of soldiers working on crane
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03:49 RM operating crane
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Break in time code
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00:00 Black bags (containing weapon's) being unloaded from metal container
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00:34 Weapon's being taken out of bags and lined out
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00:55 C/u of weapon's laid out and soldiers checking over some rifles
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04:20 Weapon serial no being logged
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04:41 C/u on weapon's
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04:52 C/u on weapon's barrels
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05:25 Close shots of weapon's laid out panning up and down the line
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06:16 C/u on rifle butt with writing on it, pan out to show all weapons in a line
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06:33 Weapons being loaded back into container
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07:09 Footage of all weapons in container
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08:16 Camera filming out of back of vehicle along main road
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10:57 C/u of Pristina road sign, pan out to show traffic on road
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11:39 Camera filming out of front of vehicle driving along main road towards the city
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12:35 Inside armouries work shop / RM using machines (making weapons un-useable)
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14:07 RM sawing something in a vice
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14:17 RM making AK type weapons un-usable
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17:01 Large metal containers being railed towards camera
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18:10 C/u on rail tracks and wheels pan out to see containers moving away from camera
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19:01 L/r of containers along rail road
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19:22 KFOR fork lift un-loading containers
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22:05 KFOR fork lift unloading containers and c/u on driver operating controls
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24:41 END OF TAPE
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Beta-SP