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Activities of Z Company, 45 Commando Group Royal Marines, 7 (Sphinx) Battery, 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1PWRR) in Pristina, Kosovo.
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Members of Z Company and 1 PWRR patrol through residential areas of Pristina, past blocks of flats, houses and a children's playground.
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Royal Marine (7 Battery) on guard outside Police Station 4 in Pristina; local officers of the Kosovo Police Service can also be seen. Outside another station (Police Station 2), Captain John Cresswell RA, commander of 10 Troop, 7 Battery, is interviewed.
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Royal Marines, accompanied by explosives search dog and UN security officials, carry out a thorough search of the interior of the Grand Hotel in Pristina. Rooms and hallways are searched, along with toilets and even behind the (busy) bar. Exterior views show the hotel, an UNMIK Administration Centre under Royal Marines guard, and local streets and traders.
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Patrol through Pristina, passing over waste ground and through a street market near both Pristina Statium and the Palace of Youth and Sport. Local man smiles as he is searched by one of the Marines. Patrol continues through the market and back to the Police Station, where they make safe their weapons at an unloading bay.
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Brief interviews with two members of 9 Troop, Z Company: Marine McCann and Marine Taylor.
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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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00:00 BARS
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00:30 Patrol walking down steps on a estate and walking past the flats
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01:52 Patrol walking down road past parked cars and flats and van drives past
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02:17 Patrol walking up road, rubble, houses and flats in back ground
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02:25 Marine looking out of window in flat, behind his rifle
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03:05 British soldier behind LSW on balcony
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03:12 C/u of a don't drop litter sign
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03:19 PWRR soldier using radio hand set, pans out to show he's on a balcony with the union jack over the front
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03:53 PWRR behind an LSW
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04:55 Patrol moving past kids play area on estate
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06:26 C/u of marines face walking along
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06:32 Patrol moving through pathway, then break into a run and run past camera
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07:39 Patrol moving through back street
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08:40 45 Commando sign, pan out to show guard holding LSW (outside police station 4)
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08:53 C/u of guard, pan out to see marines and local police outside station 4
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09:40 Local police on steps outside station
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10:00 Marine guard outside station
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10:16 Shot of police station
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10:41 C/u of Marine guard then pan out to show police station
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11:07 Part of mil vehicle, pan left across police station
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11:36 Capt. Creswell RA, 10 Troop Commander, 7 Sphinx Battery RA outside station 2 gives an interview
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13:42 Local police vehicle driving past
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14:35 Royal Marine parking Land Rover
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14:51 Royal Marine search party getting into hotel lift
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15:15 Sniffer dog going around hall ways in hotel
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16:00 Marine talking to UN security advisers
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16:26 Marine checking nooks and crannies in hotel room
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17:04 Filming through window over city
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17:16 Sniffer dog at work
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17:43 Marine and UN security walking through hotel
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18:03 Marine checking toilets
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18:13 Sniffer dog checking the room
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19:12 Marines checking room
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19:36 Sniffer dog going around corridor
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19:48 Sniffer dog going around corridor
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20:08 Marine searching behind bar in hotel
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21:45 C/u of grand hotel sign
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21:53 Shot of flats & hotel
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22:04 Traffic driving past
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22:16 Street trader selling pirate music CD's
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22:26 C/u of UN sign, pan out to show whole building and street trader
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22:58 Traffic on main road
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23:13 45 Commando sign, pan out to show building, pan into sign again
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24:16 Parked cars and moving traffic on main road
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24:50 Marines walking around street
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24:59 Pile of rubbish c/u, marines and civvies walk past it
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25:15 Soldier and civilian walking down road
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25:38 Sun rise and patrol walking down dirt track, city in background
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26:21 Red civilian vehicle comes up dirt track
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26:39 Patrol moving over waist ground
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27:09 C/u of marines feet walking through mud
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27:40 Patrol walking through market
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28:40 Marines talking in the market
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29:04 Local getting searched in market
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29:27 Patrolling through market
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30:37 Camera at foot level, patrol moving along road towards camera
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31:08 Following a Marine on the patrol through the streets
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31:45 Following a Marine back to police station, see him unload before he goes in
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32:33 A Marine from 9 Troop, Zulu Coy (been in Kosovo 2 weeks) gives and interview
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33:25 Marine Taylor 9 Troop, Zulu Coy (been in Kosho 5 ½ month) gives an interview
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END OF TAPE
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Beta-SP
