Title:THE ROYAL RIFLE VOLUNTEERS IN IRAQ, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2975
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Routine training and escort patrol activities by members of the Royal Rifle Volunteers (RRV), a Territorial Army unit, at Divisional Headquarters in Basra.
Description: START 03:00:00 Bars and tone.
03:00:30 Captain Steve Harley of Roebuck Company, RRV, briefs troops before a range shoot in the desert. Soldier and instructor get into Snatch Land Rover.
03:03:55 Low angle shot from inside Land Rover as the soldier fires at (unseen) targets on range: single shot and automatic fire.
03:06:26 View through windscreen of Land Rover as another soldier fires at targets. Camera pans to show the "standee" targets alongside the road. Shot of driver.
03:09:40 Wide shots of soldiers packing equipment and sitting by after their day on the firing range.
03:12:11 Burning vents at oil refinery in distance; also shot of drilling rig.
03:13:23 Snatch and Wolf Land Rovers are prepared at Allenby Lines prior to patrol and escort duties.
03:15:32 Map briefing.
03:19:53 Troops load weapons and then wait before patrol sets off.
03:28:59 Shots from top cover of moving Land Rover showing second Land Rover on patrol.
03:29:50 Patrol stops; soldiers check desolate roadside area, before the vehicles start moving again. Close-up of soldiers sitting in the back of a Wolf Land Rover.
03:32:36 Soldier on foot patrol by desert roadside (local people waving) followed by shaky movement shots.
END 03:34:14
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Rifle Volunteers, Roebuck Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, 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: 34 mins
