Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 3, IRAQ, NOVEMBER 2003-APRIL 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Light Dragoons search for illegal weapons in the villages around Al-Amarah, Iraq.
Description: START 01:00:30 Members of the Light Dragoons unload weapons (confiscated during searches of local villages) from an ISO container and lay them in rows on the ground in army compound. Lengthy sequence also shows the removal and stacking of illegal drugs (cannabis resin).
01:07:49 Interview with Corporal Bobby Moore about the task of confiscating weapons from the Iraqi tribesmen.
01:11:23 Interview with Corporal Paul Sorby, another soldier involved in the searches.
01:14:22 Second ISO container is packed with weapons, boxes of ammunition and parcels of cannabis resin.
01:16:14 Soldier keeps top cover on Land Rover patrol to local village.
01:17:39 On arrival in the village, soldiers begin to search outbuildings for illegal weapons. Sergeant discusses with a local elder (through interpreter) the necessity for rounding up their weapons, now that the Coalition is the main force of law and order. Local women watch.
01:21:16 Searching of outbuilding reveals a find of boxes of ammunition.
01:22:30 Interview with Trent Martin of the Light Dragoons.
01:25:37 Interview with Sergeant Ifor Lloyd. He is also seen with an ammunition find).
01:30:01 A gun is returned to a village elder (who is allowed to keep one weapon and one magazine of ammunition).
01:31:04 Stage shots of arrival of platoon in village.
01:31:24 Soldier uses a global positioning system to mark the location of some abandoned ordnance by the roadside.
01:32:06 Vehicle checkpoint.
END 01:32:50
Alternative Title:OPERATION TELIC 3, IRAQ, NOVEMBER 2003-APRIL 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
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: [Arabic]
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 32 mins
