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German Air Force transports critical Italian COVID patients
Publication date
02 Apr 2020 16:09
Themes
Filming date
28 Mar 2020
Type
RAW
Format
16:9
Version
B-roll
The German Air Force transported critically ill Italian patients from the coronavirus-stricken city of Bergamo to hospitals in Germany.
Synopsis
The German Air Force transported critically ill Italian patients from the coronavirus-stricken city of Bergamo to hospitals in Germany.
Using an advanced medical transport aircraft capable of carrying patients in intensive care, the German Air Force flew two flights from Köln/Bonn Airbase to Bergamo on 28 and 29 March, transporting 12 patients in total. The patients are currently being treated at several hospitals in Germany. The German Air Force also flew to France to transport two patients on 29 March back to Germany.
Footage includes shots at Köln/Bonn Airbase of an A310 transport aircraft, exterior and interior; taxi and take-off shots, and shots of medical personnel waiting for patients. Interviews at Köln/Bonn Airbase with: Suzanne C., senior medical officer, German Armed Forces; Captain Nieth, German Air Force, upon return from Bergamo.
Using an advanced medical transport aircraft capable of carrying patients in intensive care, the German Air Force flew two flights from Köln/Bonn Airbase to Bergamo on 28 and 29 March, transporting 12 patients in total. The patients are currently being treated at several hospitals in Germany. The German Air Force also flew to France to transport two patients on 29 March back to Germany.
Footage includes shots at Köln/Bonn Airbase of an A310 transport aircraft, exterior and interior; taxi and take-off shots, and shots of medical personnel waiting for patients. Interviews at Köln/Bonn Airbase with: Suzanne C., senior medical officer, German Armed Forces; Captain Nieth, German Air Force, upon return from Bergamo.
Transcript
- (00:00) WIDE SHOT – GERMAN AIR FORCE A310 MEDICAL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ON TARMAC AT KÖLN/BONN AIRBASE
- (00:04) MEDIUM SHOT – CREW BOARDING A310
- (00:11) WIDE SHOT – LUFTWAFFE INSIGNIA ON A310 FUSELAGE
- (00:15) VARIOUS SHOTS – STRETCHERS AND BEDS INSIDE A310
- (00:27) CLOSE-UP – SEAT LABELED “MEDICAL CREW CHIEF”
- (00:31) VARIOUS SHOTS – A310 TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF
- (00:51) WIDE SHOT – A310 TAKING OFF
- (01:00) VARIOUS SHOTS – MEDICS WAITING TO RECEIVE PATIENTS AT AIRBASE
- (01:12) WIDE SHOT – AMBULANCES ARRIVING AT AIRBASE TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS TO GERMAN HOSPITALS
- (01:18) SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) – SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER SUZANNE C., GERMAN ARMED FORCES
- (01:42) SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) – SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER SUZANNE C., GERMAN ARMED FORCES
- (01:51) SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) – CAPTAIN NIETH, GERMAN AIR FORCE
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Reference
NATO808577
ID
1693