SQ117 Men behind the mask ( School Final Year Project 2014)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2020
- This short film was produced during our days in Temasek Polytechnic School of Design. During a project pitching exercise, we decided to present something base on true event, a significant 'Singapore' event.
Months of research, interviews and planning led to the production of "SQ117 Men Behind the masks"
We dedicate this to the unsung heroes who put their lives on the line. Not just for Honour & Glory, but most importantly for the lives of our Singaporeans.
Today we keep ourselves reminded not to take National Security for granted and everyone has a part to play to keep Singapore safe.
We would also want to thank all the participants who took part in this project so that we could script the one of Singapore's historical events on film for our audiences.
Thank You ! - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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I was one of the 114 passengers on board of SQ117. This happened almost 30 years ago, and I can still hear the bullets flying in the cabin. Of course, there are a few details missing in this 20- minutes replay of an ordeal that lasted for 10 hours. But it is for the most part quite accurate. My congratulations to the students of the Temasek Polytechnic School of Design. But my lasting gratitude goes to the brave men of the SOF who freed the hostages, passengers and crew. This was an incredible rescue operation, well prepared, perfectly executed, with no casualties among the hostages. THANK YOU AGAIN.
Must have been 10 hrs of hell.
Oh so which clothes did the special forces wear at that moment?
@@oxygia5151 All black, I remember quite well
Lucky.
Prove it
Brought tears to my eyes! I might not be a commando, but this is why we serve. The day that armour is activated, we will fight with our lives for the peace and security of our nation! GOOD JOB! 💪💪
Seriously this is a school project! Cannot believe it such a perfect production and involve tv actors well cast crew! 👏
This is a truly high budget School project! Tay Ping Hui, Terence Chao and Ryan Lian.....
Top class filmography and scripting.
Still in disbelieve this is a school project.
Thank you😊 we are still learning 😊
I am amaze that this was a school project. Very well done and the logistics is impressive for a school project!
Moomedia thank you😊 we are still learning 😊
I proud to b n xcommando 1nce a commando always a commando clanrence tan
They didnt get paid
Just curious with so many famous actors , is this school project funded or self funded ?
SOF's course is one of the toughest, but every SOTF operator I've talked to all agreed that Ranger course is still the toughest course they've ever experienced.
SOF... Just the selection alone is hell
From what I know when I in the Army (90s), it actually the newly formed Unit called the Special Operation Force (SOF) which was not known to the public (world) who are the real guys behind the mask. Media just reported as commandos for easy cross reference.
In fact, our SOF (Regulars only) are the top tier elites. 2 tier are the Commandos (NSF & Regulars) and Navy Diver Unit (NSF & Regulars). 3 tier are our Guards Units.
I hate to break it to you, but you’re giving a wrong information. 2nd elite unit aren’t ns unit of commando or ndu
@@looweesing4127 yup they aren’t haha, they’re forgetting some of the regular unit
SOF are not all from the commando units , they are actually men selected from the infantry units as well ...
@@tommyGeylang1637 Actually they were selected from any unit, as long as you are pass their selection. I know of a guy from a support unit.
No nsf was involved , all regulars in that mission. Was just enlisted then and I know some of them then . Most are ah Pek’s now in 50s
Holy shit man, this is a really well put together documentary
Smol Spooder thank you😊
Good job to the TP students for telling this story! And thank you to all the SOF soldiers who courageously keep Singapore safe without any recognition - you guys are truly heroes in my book.
World's best project done by students
Exy Talon Thank you😊
Very well done. Even the clothes/costumes of the actors playing the passengers are period specific to the early 1990s. Even the computer speakers used are true to the period. 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖. That is a name I have not heard of for a very long time. It is not as tame as shown here but a very highly violent action with charges to blow the doors and stun grenades being used. Sahid received 5 shots the chest and he refused to go down so the Commandos put another 2 to his head.
“I just want to say thank you for being there” 🥹🥹♥️
Dang this was a school project?? Kudos to you guys man
They brought us up to the world level... Too bad we will never know who are they... but we know they are there when we need them, we know they will be there when we call them...
For real,
that MP5 slap is the iconic of every rescue missions. Awesome docudrama!
Abel Sumanas Thank You😊
Didn't know the Army used MP5s also, thought only the police used them
Amazing coordination by SOF commandos.. Really proud of them for saving 100s of passengers on the flight..👍
It’s beautifully made n makes you think about lot of things we take for granted including the soldiers who put their lives on line to protect us🙏
This looks like a proper movie am very impressed by you students
Amazing real life story told by a team of amazing filmmakers!
Good effort. Best video compared to the other TH-cam presentations. Besides commending the security team efforts and achievement during that event, it's a reminder that we must always prepare ourselves for hostage situations and rescue missions in an increasingly complex world; building a credible deterrent, so that offenders would refrain from putting up harmful action. Thank you SOFocus!
siaec3094 Thank You😊
I remembered this incident. Well done Elite Team, and all who involved! A brilliant production.
If I was the teacher that marked this year end project I will give them A++++++++++++++
Wah... Temasek students so talented!
🏆👍
This is Ah Boys to Men 5 with how good this is
I am surprised they are given an option to quit. During my active service days from 1988-1990, there is no such option. In fact, even if that was a rhetorical question, I have only heard the word once right at the start when our instructors said “there is no such thing as quit!”
I thought those that want to join SOF are always given a choice to quit from day 1 of selection till the last day of the qualification course if they cannot tahan?
@@Lonely_4_Ever, I’m referring to the briefing by the officer with the commandos trainees
@@BillyKueekSG At the start?
@@BillyKueekSG Think they are doing SFQC. Joint Special Forces Selection and Special Forces Qualification Course are both voluntary. They give you the option to quit (in their terms Drop On Request or DOR) any time you cannot take it. The Q-course is an all-regular affair.
wao still got mediacorp artist sia
I love this film. Very well done.
Thank You Sir:)
Respect from vietnam, an asean brother
Salute to the commandos. Courageous and skillful.
This documentary is about ndu(Naval Diver Course) not commando.Commandos have a 3 day forced march but not hellweek
@@pearlynpay386 Did you even watch the video?
@@FlamingHunterZ To be far they portrayed the entire training portion wrongly, NDU does boat carrying and hellweek. CDO only has 72km.
Dear SOFocus, Good sharing and I would say a very unique different way of telling a factual event. keep it up.:)
jaslyn Lim Thank You😊
30th Anniversary of Sq117 hijack... time flies.....Thank to the SOF team that storm the plan. Hope the same SOF team will get more SOF staff to join their ranks. Remember SAS's punchline--Who Dares Win!
We Dare. For Honor and Glory
now i know why national service are important for us
Salute Singapore Spirit of Unity. ❤
This is a super well done school project wow
Thank You :)
A very well-done FYP! For people who complain about NS, if not ourselves, then who will take care of SG?
Seriously this is a school project! Cannot believe it such a perfect production and involve tv actors well cast crew! 👏🤩
The students got connection with vvip
Astoundingly good production. Respect from an American admirer.
The narrator did a great work in telling the story. Now the world in 1991 , knows this little red dot cannot be trifled with. SOF/NDU/Commandos are not to be trifle with. As the CO play by Tay Peng Hui says expect the unexpected. How true it is!
Dear Mr Lee, Did a research on the the filmmaking team.. Interesting readout.
www.tp.edu.sg/about-tp/media-centre/blog-articles/pushing-boundaries-in-film-recounting-sq117
Ping* not Peng lmfaoo
@@rinne7244 thank you for the correction
@@equelizarlee4173 Np
Milo Peng ~
Thank you for your service 🙏 ❤️ 👍
Salute to the team
Well done !
How much the film production cost?
Best of the best👍👍👍
18:30 "mission accomplished,"
"All hostages are killed" *sigh of relief*
chotto matte!!
relax, it "All hostages secured"
@@wsrulz oh true now that makes sense, xD thanks m8
i was still young at that time..minus e secondary school.
To the mask man.....respect to u all sir.
we know sof trains well. was wondering if the crisis management team and all the civilan planinng people went thru something similar situation for their training?
Loool Tay Ping Hui as the real name is commando Captain Tay Hong Hui
The hijackers act really good
Omg tay Ping hui & Terence cao. Reminds me of 頂天立地
The fact the SG is always ready for our fight against terrorism.
Is this course digital film and television ?
Yes, it was Moving Images and the course name changed to DFT ( Digital Film and TV)
Well done 👍 😃👏👏👏
Lompang Lompang 😊
Hormat
WAHHH THE ROMANCE STORY MMMMM PLOT 1000000
Not a plot..thru interview is real...♥️
I am still new to this story and I’m going to be honest… Singapore how’s how to take a serious situation. Don’t underestimate them
Know 2 guys in SOF, 1 is my school mate and 1 is my ex MTO.
#WithOurLives
Well I know 3 of them.
❤
wow this is very nice tho lemme subscribe
Dear SOFocus Productions, Good short documentary, One major correction - they were Pakistanis. Not Indians. Verified this from multiple sources that the hijackers were members of the Pakistan-based Pakistan People's Party (PPP) group.
the air Steward said he saw “Indian” at the corner of his eyes walking into the toilets. He was narrating what he saw. He did not say the hijackers were Indian.
hijackers:welcome to hell airlines next stop is hell
Yeah best
I loved this documentary but at 16:37 why is the guy using a butter knife haha. but overall great video guys really found it interesting and entertaining and incredible job by singapore.
Lol I knew it is Tay Ping Hui from the thumbnail
did i saw Welson Sim?
Note the 1st part about Hell Week. That's for NDU. The AH team (forerunner of the SoF) had a different set of training.
Dear Mr Teo, Did a research on the the filmmaking team.. Interesting readout.
www.tp.edu.sg/about-tp/media-centre/blog-articles/pushing-boundaries-in-film-recounting-sq117
SOF has their own hell week as well. Not only NDU. My Uncle was from SOF and he shared with me that SOF’s Hell week is much tougher than NDU’s.
What does AH stand for?
Tq Sir
@@97ohmygod Anti-Hijack
How the school get these people
What is the unit responsible in taking down the hijackers called
nice bro
Imagine if the plane could land in Sydney...
how come there is no refilling part where they place a listener first before the push for attack, wow this is a new version...but there is the refilling part that is missing..unless in the play they activated speaker system on e plane where every comms will be heard..n how come e commando are so sure there is bomb or targetted denots details without any info from communication from airliner crew or listening device, but overall it is done seemlessly, well done
In the real situation there was actually communication between the pilot who provided the details of weapons amount of terroist and also where they were stationed
i mean a alpha 310 aircraft
When the hijackers die it was so real
the men behind the masks is the savers to the flight they shot the bad guys
I subscribe
Why does the A310 have 2 isles
We were students at that point of time... did not know about the model of the plane well...forgive us for not so detail on that🫡 anyway to get a real plane to film the story...was not easy... ...we will improve on our prop next time if have the opportunity..thanks for the knowledge
9:34 Can anybody here tell why is it that each time there was an emergency situation, these officers would start to fill up their magazines ? Why didn't they do it in their free time and get those magazines ready instead of having spend precious time loading their magazines. Don't they have enough of full magazines on standby at all times ? Or does this happen only in movie filming or it also happens in real life situation ?
It’s because.. the MP5 or any type of magazine is loaded for too long will cause the spring to stay at compressed for time and when emergency when the troopers need to use magazine will cause stoppages… due to the spring to weak to push the ammo up to the chamber 😉
@@ourstoryfactory - - - I see, got it. Thanks.
Buletts. Can go treu
at the start it almost looks like ti tou dao
Look at 18:32, the SAF commando said that all HOSTAGES were killed shouldn’t it be terrorist?
Come on :) Its secured NOT killed....hahahahaha
@@yasminecheng6314 ah well, they said killer lmfao
Imagine seeing men with small tiny knives trying to hijack a plane 😂😂😂😂😂
Hijacking plane with spoon and fork ..
Wow what a logic ..
Why the pilot even go open the door sia
Probably in 1991 aviation security wasn't as strict as today (after 9/11)
Idk why but i always think hijackers want to go Sydney everytime
Buh it is a a3 alpha 10 not a a310
Understand.. some prop very difficult to get.. we were just film student at that time😊 Just tried our best to deliver the story from the other angle .. thanks again for reminding 😊
Some minor discrepancies, given that the plane involved is an A310: 4:16 That's a Boeing Signature cabin, which hadn't existed yet in 1991 (& is found on the B767/B777, which was launched 4 years after the incident). 4:29 That's a B737 overhead panel. 4:42 Those are Boeing thrust levers; Airbus' ones are black instead. Given that the production team may have faced difficulty accessing some props, I guess the discrepancy that's probably easier to address though is at 4:21; a 45-min flight is unlikely to be long enough to be able to reach FL350 (35,000' cruising altitude); SIN-KUL flights (like SQ117) usually cruise at 20,000' instead I remember
Singapore first and only plane Hijack, hopefully no more plane Hijack in Singapore.
Mission accomplished,All hostages are killed ,good job man
Listen carefully, Is mission accomplished, all hostages secured...
this one NDU la
😄
Ya ya ya this 1 NDU 😂
Why do TPH and Terence Cao look so pissed, even at the wedding?
10:22 training? Since when di they bring live ammo for training tho 😅😅😅
Since those days ...
18:31 why did he say all hostages were killed ?
Secured Not Killed.. :)
6:19, aren't pilots told not to open the door,or is it with newer guidelines and not old
imagine telling the hijacker to just put the bomb down , because they will die too
watm
butter knives?
Yup
TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GOT THROWN OUT THE AIRPLANE BUT THEY SURVIVED. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW IM LITERALLY DYING TO KNOW OMFG PLEASE!!!
It was not a lethal fall, the plane was parked on the runway. It will be painful for sure but would not have killed. But if they fell on their necks then it would not be too nice.
DONT PLAY PLAY
If the hijackers are arm with firearms, than is different story.
I doubt it. The hijackers could have set the plane on fire especially since they had poured flammable alcohol on the plane's floor. They could have done it in a short time and that would have blown everyone up if the fire reached the fuel tanks.
But the SOF were so well trained that they managed to shoot down all the hijackers within just 30 seconds. Look at other reports of this incident and you'll see that all the hijackers were finished off in 30 seconds. So the hijackers had no time to set the plane on fire and even if they had guns they would have had no time to aim properly and shoot down the soldiers.
If Singapore wishes to, its military can kill with great efficiency and speed. Foreigners who think they can push Singapore around just because it's a small country should take very careful note of that.
@@wilfredwong7666 OK 😂
@@muhammadsaiful5202 uh uh siol
@@wilfredwong7666 Highly doubt that other Countries aren't able to push Sg around. We need to add on additional skillset onto our SOF unit. Bring it to Tier 1 just like other SMU. Learn multiple languages, Learn Cladestine Ops, Covert Ops. Our SOF no doubt tip of the spear but just need some polishment. We need to teach our soldiers to be good to work in the shadows. Get their hands dirty.
@@wilfredwong7666 "If Singapore wishes to, its military can kill with great efficiency and speed."
So can dozens of other nations with their own special ops. I don't see your point, because you make it sound as if "killing with great efficiency and speed" doesn't apply to the norms of other overseas special forces units as well.
Or maybe I've overreacted, as you're merely trying to state that Singapore, too, as a nation has what it takes to adopt an impressive special forces unit.
Countless sacrifices and enduring countless injuries...ends up when you leave the army...ur just another nobody who has to come 2nd to foreign trash for a job that pays so little .
U will be forgotten and no thanks will ever be given no gratitude.....nothing. 😞