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                       CBC - The Passionate Eye
                       Battlefield Afghanistan
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                       General Information
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Type.................: documentary
More Information.....: (none)

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                       Technical Information
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Source...............: NTSC CABLE
AVI Size.............: 692,981,760 bytes
Duration.............: 00:41:09
FPS..................: 29.97

Video Codec..........: XviD
      Codec DCT......: H263
      QPel...........: No
      GMC............: No
Video Bitrate........: 2000 (ABR)
Video Resolution.....: 640x464
Video Aspect Ratio...: 1.379

Audio Format.........: 0x0055(MP3, ISO) MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Encoder........: LAME 3.92
Bitrate..............: 128kbits/sec (CBR)
Hz...................: 48000
Channels.............: Stereo
Captured by..........: festering leper

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                       Description
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Amid battle scenes that have been described by one commander as the most 
intense "since the Korean War," the BBC's Alastair Leithead, award-winning 
cameraman Fred Scott and field producer Peter Emmerson spent nine days with 
U.K. forces in a remote area of southern Afghanistan. There they found 
themselves under the constant risk of ambush and attack.

This past fall, as the BBC team was embedded with the troops, the struggle 
intensified between British troops and the forces of the Taliban. Around 5,800 
U.K. troops are stationed in Afghanistan, following the U.S.-led invasion in 
October 2001, and to date more than 40 have been killed. The majority of the 
deployment is in Helmand, an area of major Taliban activity and opium 
production.

The filmmakers gained unique, prolonged access to the soldiers of the Royal 
Marines 3 Commando Brigade as they fought a shifting and elusive Taliban 
threat. Every day, the fighting continues to destroy buildings and lives- 
forcing people from their homes. Battlefield Afghanistan is a daring film that 
takes viewers directly to the frontlines and questions whether the NATO forces 
are losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the Afghan people.


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