Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 4, IRAQ, MAY-OCTOBER 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Edit of scenes showing 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1PWRR) assisting the Iraqi Border Police on the Iran-Iraq border.
Description: START 10:11:42 Titles.
10:11:47 Border checkpoint in desert area: British soldiers hand out Arabic handbills to Iraqi Police and to travellers.
10:13:22 Man prays at improvised outdoor prayer space.
10:13:38 Vehicles are searched at the checkpoint. General views from middle distance. Large lorry carrying fascines is searched and allowed to go on its way. A GMC Suburban utility vehicle carrying several Iraqis is stopped; discussions with the driver reveal that the passengers are carrying AK47 assault rifles. These are confiscated and unloaded before being put into the back of a Land Rover.
10:22:57 The utility vehicle is driven under army escort to Iraqi Border Police base.
10:27:02 Arrival of senior Iraqi Police in pickup truck, here to take the confiscated weapons and escort the men and their utility vehicle into custody.
10:32:51 Army Land Rovers drive to the Border Police headquarters in a nearby fort (painted blue and white). Snap vehicle checkpoint is set up: large vehicles are searched and the road surface is inspected.
10:32:51 Interview with Second Lieutenant Max Wales (1PWRR) discussing the pending transfer of responsibilities to the Iraqi Border Police.
10:36:46 Soldiers and local civilians inspect an abandoned (empty) tanker lying on its side at the roadside. Army Land Rover crews keep watch.
10:38:05 End titles.
END 10:38:14
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: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 27 mins
BFV 610 (JOINT PATROLS ON THE IRANIAN BORDER BY 1ST BATTALION THE PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI BORDER POLICE (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
BFV 609 (JOINT PATROLS ON THE IRANIAN BORDER BY 1ST BATTALION THE PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI BORDER POLICE (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 1) [Allocated Title])
