4TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (TA) IN SHAIBAH, IRAQ, 13 FEBRUARY 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 4TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (TA) IN SHAIBAH, IRAQ, 13 FEBRUARY 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 2597
  • Other titles: OPERATION TELIC 3, IRAQ, NOVEMBER 2003-APRIL 2004 [Allocated Series Title] HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of 4 Para at an abandoned ammunition dump in the Iman Anas/Shaibah area of Iraq.
  • Description: START 07:00:30 Interview with Corporal Gary Pitchford, discussing his job patrolling the area looking for "combat indicators" (anything out of the ordinary). He discusses the hazards of the ammunition dump, since the ordnance can be used in IEDs (improvised explosive devices). 07:07:11 Interview with Private Jim Pike, driver and medic in 1 Section. 07:12:24 Discarded ammunition (shells and bomblets of various kinds) on the ground with bunkers in the distance. Soldiers patrol past the discarded ordnance. (Some posed shots.) 07:15:42 Peter Keenan riding top cover on a Land Rover patrol. 07:15:58 Hulks of Iraqi armour piled up; one tank is in a large depression in the sand. Patrollers inspect the hulk of an old T55 tank, raising the gun. Various close-ups of derelict armour. 07:17:42 Further shot of Peter Keenan riding top cover on Land Rover patrol, this time through the tank graveyard; shot of the flag of 4 Para. 07:19:46 Parked Mercedes four wheel drive vehicle in Basra; the damage caused by an IED is visible on the side and doors, and is inspected by soldiers. END 07:22:43
  • Alternative Title: OPERATION TELIC 3, IRAQ, NOVEMBER 2003-APRIL 2004 [Allocated Series Title] HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFA 2597
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 2597)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2004-02-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: UK Land Media Ops (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: 20 mins (ca)
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