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Preparation by the 1st Battalion (Armoured Infantry), the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (First Fusiliers) at the US Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Bavaria, prior to deployment as part of Operation Telic XII. Most of this is SIMPRESS (simulated press) exercises, providing soldiers' training in how to speak to the media.
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Informal "warm-up" piece to camera at Bavarian camp by reporter Harriet Torry of Crown Media News, using the scenario that the Regiment are in Kuwait and ready to advance into Iraq. (Freeze-frame for several seconds).
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Mock SIMPRESS interviews about the situation in Iraq: interviewees are Captain Stewart Horton, Squadron Leader Nat Windsor (freeze frame for several seconds).
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Soldiers prepare their armoured personnel carriers, mainly FV432 and variants, at base. Informal interview with group of soldiers inside one of the carriers; views of the cramped conditions inside. (Freeze frame at end of sequence.)
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Warrior and other armoured vehicles, plus Land Rovers and trucks, at vehicle park. Views in the rear of a Warrior, showing soldiers at work. Piece to camera by female reporter Harriet Torry, purporting to be from Basra, although still in the Bavarian forests. Further views inside Warrior. Further piece to camera "in Basra". (Freeze frame at end of sequence.)
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Retake of Harriet Torry's piece to camera. (Freeze frame.)
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Warriors, Challenger tanks and Land Rovers on manoeuvres in the forest; also involved are Apache and Lynx helicopters. Further shots of vehicle park. SIMPRESS interview with Major Jez Robinson (First Fusiliers). (Freeze frame.)
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Interview with Fusilier Adrian Salem, eighteen years old and ready for his first tour of Iraq. Views of temporary barracks. (Freeze frame.)
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Interview with Fusilier Mark Melvin, Warrior driver. General views of Warrior preparation in the vehicle park, and of Fusiliers waiting to go into action.
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Interior views of Warrior. Interview with Private Ben Churchill, a combat medical technician in the Royal Army Medical Corps; he displays the contents of his medical pack (poor sound due to loud vehicle movements). Further mock piece to camera by Harriet Torry.
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Mini-DV