Helmand: Tour of Duty
Ten soldiers from the Welsh Guards share their untold stories from the front line of the war in Afghanistan during the bloodiest summer for the British armed forces in half a century.
A decade on from the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan, this film tells the story of a single group of soldiers from the Welsh Guards deployed to the front line of the war in Helmand Province in 2009, built on the unfiltered accounts of ten men alongside testimony from their family members.
Their bond was unbreakable, but across the six-month tour, their regiment took unprecedented casualties, losing a man at nearly every military rank up to lieutenant colonel, while many others suffered life-changing injuries.
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"That was the worst time of my life, and the best time"
Duration: 01:19
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An emotional homecoming
Duration: 00:58
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"I didn't care about anything else at the time"
Duration: 01:13
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Hannah Lowes |
Editor | Tom Dixon-Spain |
Assistant Producer | Anna Winstone |
Production Manager | Dan Wheatley |
Director of photography | Mei Williams |
Executive Producer | Gwenllian Hughes |
Executive Producer | Hamish Fergusson |
Production Company | Passion Docs Ltd |
Production Company | Kailash Films |
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