Title:THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS IN AL MUTHANNA GOVERNATE, IRAQ, MARCH-APRIL 2005 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2958
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards (1 QDG) at an observation post (OP) in Al Muthanna Province.
Description: START 03:00:00 Bars and tone.
03:00:30 Observation post on rooftop: soldiers train their rifles over main road in the town below, most likely As Samawah (posed for camera)
03:02:49 General views of the town from roof at sunset. Prayer calls can be heard.
03:04:08 Soldier keeps watch over the town. Sunset and night shots. Silhouettes of soldiers on OP duty.
03:07:35 Green image intensifier shots of OP operations.
03:08:00 Close-up of door gunner inside helicopter. Ground shots as member of the Japan Self-Defence Forces guides a Sea King helicopter in to land; British and Japanese soldiers assist in the helicopter evacuation of a stretcher-borne Japanese casualty, who is taken to a UK medical troop at Camp Smitty for treatment. Inside a tent, he is given oxygen and other essentials.
03:12:51 British officer liaises in operations room with Japanese officer.
03:13:51 Soldiers serve themselves in mess tent.
03:18:05 Sangar and observation point at entrance to Camp Smitty (twilight and morning shots).
03:19:28 General views of desolate landscape; industrial chimney in background belches smoke.
03:18:05 Shots inside watchtower at sangar; soldier scans the landscape with binoculars. Various general views outside Camp Smitty.
03:22:34 Weightlifting and running machines in gymnasium tent.
END 03:25:28
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (regiment/service)
Japan Self-Defence Forces (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Smitty, As Samawah, 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: 25 mins
