Title:OPERATION BRACKEN: THE BLACK WATCH SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, 2004 (TAPE 10) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2820
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activities in and around Camp Dogwood: Black Watch on patrol and at vehicle checkpoint, and Royal Engineers unloading parts of a Medium Girder Bridge.
Description: START 10:00:00
10:00:30 Night scene shot with image intensifier showing a Warrior vehicle on patrol near Camp Dogwood (view from top cover)
10:01:08 Daytime view through barbed wire showing a DROPS lorry picking up a load and soldiers walking through dust cloud; passing Warriors are also see.
10:03:44 Interior view of Warrior vehicle with soldiers embarked (image becomes very dark after the rear door is closed). Soldiers disembark and take up positions on rocks with their SA80s at the ready. Views of the barren landscape and the soldiers on guard.
10:06:27 Soldiers patrolling road on the outskirts of Baghdad: traffic passes, including local man on tractor, who speaks with a soldier.
10:07:47 Sequence at bridge checkpoint; soldiers check the bridge and hand out leaflets which depict a scene showing a member of the Black Watch tenderly greeting a young Iraqi girl and explaining who the Black Watch are and describing their security and protection role. Vehicles including heavy tipper lorries are stopped.
10:10:00 Interview with Captain Jonathan Kelmanson, OC CIMIC (Civil-Military Cooperation) with the Black Watch. He discusses the intention to repair the bridge which has been damaged by a car bomb by installing a Medium Girder Bridge.
10:12:29 Views of the bridge and of the vehicle checkpoint; soldiers keep watch as civilian vehicles pass. Further leaflets are handed out to local motorists.
10:20:05 Interview with Sapper Tom Coatam (?) of 73 Armoured Engineer Squadron, 21 Armoured Regiment, discussing operations on the bridge (including a search for command wires for improvised explosive devices).
10:20:05 Sections of the Medium Girder Bridge are driven in on a DROPS lorry and lifted into position. Soldiers begin to manoeuvre sevtions of the bridge into position.
END 10:22:14
Alternative 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)
Brownbridge, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
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
