Title:OPERATION BRACKEN: THE BLACK WATCH SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, 2004 (TAPE 12) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2822
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activities in and around Camp Dogwood: statement of fatalities by Black Watch Commander, and Scimitar armoured vehicles of the Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG)
Description: START 12:00:00 Bars and tone.
12:00:30 Lieutenant-Colonel James Cowan of 1st Battalion the Black Watch delivers a statement about the deaths of three members of the Battalion, Sergeant Stuart Gray, Private Paul Lowe, and Private Scott McArdle who, along with their interpreter, were ambushed at a vehicle checkpoint near the River Euphrates.
12:02:48 Members of QDG in their Scimitar armoured vehicles prepare for reconnaissance duties; one man laces up his boots, another cleans his weapon (sitting in the back of the Scimitar). Scimitar on the move. Maintenance on the track of another vehicle. another has maintenance work carried out on it.
12:04:54 Interview with Lance Corporal Peter Fennell (3 Squadron QDG) discussing reconnaissance duties.
12:07:12 Welsh flag flying on turret of Scimitar; close up of gunner.
12:08:18 Interview with Trooper Damien James (QDG), driver of the "forward horse" (the first Scimitar in the platoon).
12:10:30 Interview with Lieutenant Hugh Longmoor, Troop Leader in B Squadron QDG, in charge of several Scimitar vehicles and twelve men.
12:13:06 Cutaway shot of helmet. Soldiers talking, one wearing a t-shirt marked "The Welsh Cavalry": close up of "B Squadron the Queen's Dragoon Guards embroidered t-shirt in back of vehicle.
12:14:00 Commander (on foot) guides a Scimitar as it reverses. Scimitar on the move in the desert (largely shot from top cover on the turret; gunner and Welsh flag in view); medium shots of Scimitar on desert track. Vehicle park: close shots of armaments and of track maintenance.
12:21:47 Corporal Anthony Wood (QDG), troop commander of a Scimitar CVR(T) - Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked). [Abrupt end.]
END 12:22:19
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 (ca)
