Title:1ST BATTALION THE ROYAL SCOTS IN BASRA AND AZ ZUBAYR (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2625
Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 3, IRAQ, NOVEMBER 2003-APRIL 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Weekly meeting of the British Army with local sheikhs in the Cultural Centre at Az Zubayr.
Description: START 13:00:30 Local tribal sheikhs gather for a meeting inside the library at the Cultural Centre.
13:03:30 Interview with one of the sheikhs through interpreter, discussing the agenda of the meeting and some of the problems facing the local tribes.
13:06:23 Interview with Major Derek Dobson about the purpose of the meeting
13:08:00 British personnel address the council through interpreter. Officer presiding apologies for the presence of the cameras and says that the sheikhs "will all be film stars in Scotland and England". At least two cameras are filming.
13:14;21 Piece to camera by Mike Edwards (inside the room) about the meeting.
13:15:33 Exterior of Cultural Centre; Royal Scots and Iraqi Police on guard.
13:15:54 Second piece to camera by Mike Edwards.
13:16:18 Long sequence showing a vehicle checkpoint in Az Zubayr manned by the 1st Battalion the Royal Scots. Corporal Alex Gourdie discusses his checkpoint duties while searching the boot of an Iraqi car. Further checkpoint procedures. Two soldiers set off in pursuit of a suspect (who is not seen). Corporal Gourdie liaises with two local men and gives them his contact details. He also has an argument with a local man who was upset that his car had been stopped and searched twice in one day.
END 13:34:21
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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Keywords:
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: 34 mins
