Title:DBE RECRUITING NEW IRAQI FORCES BASRAH 06.07.04 [Main Title]
Film Number:BFA 2774
Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 4, IRAQ, MAY-OCTOBER 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Rough edit showing potential recruits for the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) enlisting at Camp Cherokee, Basra.
Description: START 00:00:37 Titles
00:00:45 Crowds queue outside Camp Cherokee prior to enlisting.
01:01:47 Sign (in Arabic and English) "New Iraqi Army Southern Region Basrah Recruiting Center". Unrest outside; militants are arrested by the Iraqi Police and taken to Al Mina Police headquarters. Soldiers by pick-up truck with TSU written on the side. Soldiers and Iraqi Policeman with guns. Militants locked in cell at Al Mina.
01:03:49 Queue outside the recruiting centre. They are let in one by one after showing their papers; they are searched. They proceed (in twin file) in a group to the recruitment office where they fill in forms and receive an introduction. The papers are gathered.
01:10:05 Recruits are processed one by one.
01:12:04 Recruit receive eye test.
01:12:39 Queues at store where recruits register for their uniforms; they enter and each receives a uniform and boots wrapped in polythene. They put their uniforms on. Close-up of badge "BUREAU BORDER INSPECTORS IRAQI DEPARTMENT OF BORDER ENFORCEMENT".
01:16:36 Interview with border patrolman at the Department of Border Enforcement Training South Iraq (in Arabic).
END 01:17:51
Alternative Title:OPERATION TELIC 4, IRAQ, MAY-OCTOBER 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)
British Army, Combat Camera Team (Production company)
Allison, Gordon (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: Arabic
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 17 mins
