IRISH GUARDS AND 1 CLOSE SUPPORT MEDICAL REGIMENT IN IRAQ, 31 MARCH 2003 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: IRISH GUARDS AND 1 CLOSE SUPPORT MEDICAL REGIMENT IN IRAQ, 31 MARCH 2003 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 2350
  • Other titles: OPERATION TELIC 1, FEBRUARY-JUNE 2003 [Allocated Series Title] HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2003 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of the Irish Guards and 1 Close Support Medical Regiment (1 CSMR) in Iraq.
  • Description: View from moving convoy of Warrior armoured vehicles travelling down road; local people wave. Convoy halts on road near US television broadcast van. Temporary base in abandoned buildings (depot/warehouse) - Challenger tanks and Warriors drive past. Smoke from distant burning oilfields is visible. Soldiers relax. General views of the area, including close-up of abandoned Iraqi helmet and burnt-out Iraqi tanks by roadside. Members of 1 CSMR set up a makeshift clinic and assist an Iraqi man (possibly military) who has bad burns; he is driven away in an ambulance. Interviews with Major Kevin Burgess and Corporal Michael John Simpson (artillery fire can be heard in the distance, and is commented on). Soldiers sweep out debris in abandoned building. Warrior vehicles adapted as field ambulances. ------------------------------------------------------ ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST (The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team computer files.) 11-00-00-00 Tone & Bars 11-00-34-00 GVs Warrior armoured vehicles move forward 11-03-18-00 GVs damaged buildings 11-14-05-00 GVs burnt out Iraqi tanks 11-16-39-00 GVs medics trating Iraqi civilian casualities 11-21-07-00 IV Maj Kevin Burgess 11-23-00-00 End
  • Alternative Title: OPERATION TELIC 1, FEBRUARY-JUNE 2003 [Allocated Series Title] HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2003 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFA 2350
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 2350)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2003-03-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor) Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company) Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 33; Running time: 27 mins (ca)
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