OPERATION BRACKEN: THE BLACK WATCH SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, 2004 (TAPE 7) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION BRACKEN: THE BLACK WATCH SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, 2004 (TAPE 7) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 2817
  • Other titles: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Activities at Camp Dogwood, including filling of sandbags, medical teams in action and the aftermath of an IED (improvised explosive device) detonation.
  • Description: START 07:00:00 Bars and tone. 07:00:30 Brief shot of Cobra helicopter gunship flying overhead. 07:00:59 Behind the HESCO bastion wall, sandbags are filled by hand. Interior of troop accommodation: soldiers relax on camp beds in the dingy, dusty space. 07:03:03 Unloading and checking of medical supplies in dimly-lit building. Further supplies are loaded onto a lorry. 07:04:36 Interview with Private Kaylie Thorpe of 3 Close Support Medical Regiment, combat medical technician, working at the Regimental Aid Post attached to the Black Watch. (Her role is primary healthcare and trauma care.) 07:07:39 Exterior of the building housing the Regimental Aid Post; armoured vehicles and battlefield ambulances are lined up outside. 07:08:06 Medical officer types report on laptop. 07:08:06 Interior of tented hospital ward; here, Captain Hugo Guthrie, Regimental Medical Officer for the Black Watch, is interviewed about the facilities and the medical services. 07:11:36 Interior of trauma centre showing equipment and supplies. 07:11:55 Cutaway shot of Red Cross flag. 07:12:07 Interview with Padre Alex Thomas, Battalion Chaplain of the the Black Watch, based at the Regimental Aid Post (ministry to the sick). 07:15:00 FV432 ambulance vehicle on the move. 07:15:35 Desert road with smoke by the roadside in the middle distance; this has been caused by an improvised explosive device. Views of Warrior armoured vehicles with crew, and Humvee parked next to them, setting up a cordon around the area of the IED. One has the slogan "FORWARD THE FORTY TWA BURNTISLAND" inscribed on the side. General views of Warriors and the surrounding desert landscape. 07:19:55 Teams prepare to inspect the site of the IED. Warriors stand guard; soldier approached the point of the explosion (shots of wrecked car in the middle of the road). Soldiers discuss pushing the debris out of the way using a Warrior. 07:21:27 Interview at roadside (wrecked car in the background) with Major Robin Lindsay (OC D Company 1st Battalion the Black Watch) discussing the discovery of the suspicious vehicle and the setting up of a cordon. (The vehicle subsequently exploded, but with no casualties.) 07:22:46 Close up of crater in the road caused by the explosion; Humvee parked in background. END 07:22:52
  • Alternative Title: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFA 2817
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 2817)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2004-10-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: UK Land Media Ops (Production sponsor) Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company) Brownbridge, Paul (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: 24; Running time: 22 mins
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