Title:B COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT AT AL-AMARAH, IRAQ, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2995
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Patrol and checkpoint activities of B Company at Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah.
Description: START 03:00:00 Bars and tone.
03:00:30 Final vehicle preparation (Warrior and several Snatch Land Rovers) before patrol. Close-ups of Warrior. (Some shaky hand-held shots.)
02:02:59 Vehicles set off through the main gate, led by the Warrior.
03:03:48 Patrol at a halt beside desert road, watching civilian vehicles pass. Foot soldiers take position at roadside. Local Iraqis watch.
03:08:03 Iraqi Army soldiers pull up in a pick-up truck and liaise with senior British NCO. They drive off again.
03:09:19 Close-up of Warrior armoured vehicles and crew. Herd of goats passes the parked Warriors (some shaky camerawork). Goat herder pauses with his flock and smiles for the camera.
03:12:03 Officer walks with British and Iraqi soldiers along the roadside.
03:14:15 Permanent vehicle checkpoint near the town of Al-Majar al-Kabir: the officer again liaises with Iraqi Army personnel. Warrior armoured vehicles drive past.
03:17:47 Vehicle search (minibus) is carried out. Shots of the checkpoint; one of the Iraqi soldiers wears a ski mask.
03:19:55 Graffiti in Arabic and English on one of the concrete roadside barriers reads "British Army You are killer to our people You are criminal" and "British Army Stop... Stop your inhuman behavior".
03:20:36 General views of the checkpoint and surrounding area. Further vehicles are checked.
03:23:19 A Snatch Land Rover which has broken down is chained up and towed away by a Foden recovery truck.
03:26:34 Noisy interior of Warrior vehicle; soldiers sit during the journey (one talks on radio). Shots of convoy in motion from top cover of moving Warrior.
END 03:30:36
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, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah, Iraq (geography)
Al-Majar al-Kabir, 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: 30 mins
