PIPELINE SECURITY AT BASRA AND AL FAW, FEBRUARY 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PIPELINE SECURITY AT BASRA AND AL FAW, FEBRUARY 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 2935
  • Other titles: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Royal Highland Fusiliers (1 RHF), assist in providing security to oil pipelines running through Southern Iraq to Kuwait.
  • Description: START 01:00:00 Bars and tone. 01:00:30 Views of desert roads from top cover of snatch Land Rover on patrol: gunner and his light machine gun can also be seen. 01:03:23 General views of the Shatt al-Arab and Basra streets, and shots of gunner (wearing sunglasses and face mask). 01:08:10 Interview with Sergeant Jason Dickson of A Company 1 RHF, discussing the role of protecting the pipelines against insurgents in conjunction with the Iraqi Police Service. 01:11:27 Views of the fortified pipeline nicknamed "Hampden Park", with private Iraqi security officer keeping watch. British soldier inspects the pipeline. 01:13:21 British soldier in concrete sangar at permanent vehicle checkpoint (PVCP). Iraqi Police officer searches car. 01:14:42 Views from top cover of moving Land Rover at night with members of 1 RHF (shot with image intensifier). 01:15:30 PVCP at night; discussions with local (IPS ?) man. 01:24:15 Members of the Iraqi Army search vehicles and men stopped at the PVCP. END 01:31:55
  • Alternative Title: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFA 2935
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 2935)
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  • Production Date: 2005-02-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor) Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company) Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dickson, Jason (person) British Army, Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), 1st Battalion [NEW TERM] (regiment/service) Iraqi Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography) Shatt al-Arab, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme) Iraq post-2003 (theme)
  • 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: 33; Running time: 31 mins
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