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SHOTLIST 1. Wide of entrance to French Military Air Base 125 2. Mid of the inscription in front of the military base entry "Military Air Base 125, Charles Monier" 3. Wide undershot of US Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft 4. Close shot of the cockpit window of C-17 5. Close of a C-17 pilot showing his thumb up 6. Close of the US flag on the aircraft's tail 7. Wide pan left to right of French military vehicle entering C-17 8. Wide undershot of US military getting out of the aircraft 9. Wide undershot of the second French military truck entering the aircraft 10. Mid of US military showing signs to French military truck driver 11. Wide of US military chaining French truck 12. Close of US military chaining French truck 13. Wide of French military troops entering the aircraft 14. Wide top shot of French military and vehicles inside the aircraft 15. Mid of French and US militaries sitting next to each other with US and French flags on their arms 16. Set up shot of US Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Underwood 17. SOUNDBITE (English) US Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Underwood, head of US millitary transport mission to Mali: "We have flown a total of so far seven missions down range moving down to Mali... seven missions, 200 passengers, French Army passengers, and 168 tons of cargo. This mission will continue for two weeks." 18. Wide undershot of the rear of the C-17 aircraft 19. SOUNDBITE (English) US Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Underwood, head of US military transport mission to Mali: "The United States is engaged in logistical and intelligence support of the French military; we are not... not doing any combat operations." 20. Wide of Colonel Jean-Luc Moritz, head of French Military Airbase 125, in conversation with Diane Kelly, US Consul General in Marseille 21. SOUNDBITE (French) Colonel Jean-Luc Moritz, Head of Military Airbase 125 in Istres, France: "We have already called on the help of a Canadian C-17, and for a few days now on an American C-17 - which you are on board at the moment. The United States decided to help us with logistics and transport of (French) military equipment to the theatre of operations." 22. Wide of US C-17 taking off from Istres 23. Mid of US C-17 in the air, heading to Mali STORYLINE A US military aircraft took off on Thursday from a French military air base in Istres, southern France, bound for Mali. On board were three French army vehicles and about 50 French troops. "We have flown a total of so far seven missions down range moving down to Mali... seven missions, 200 passengers, French Army passengers and 168 tons of cargo. This mission will continue for two weeks," said US Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Underwood, who is in charge of the mission. Even though the US are helping the French "whenever they need", Lieutenant Colonel Underwood underlined that "the United States is engaged in logistical and intelligence support of the French military" and is "not doing any combat operations." Last week US officials said they had offered to send drones to Mali and were considering a broad range of options for assistance, including information-sharing and possibly allowing limited use of refuelling tankers. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f3ee3ab6f12944be88bdbc7b628ef887 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork