B COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT AT AL-AMARAH, IRAQ, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: B COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT AT AL-AMARAH, IRAQ, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 2996
  • Other titles: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: General activities of B Company at Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah.
  • Description: START 04:00:00 Bars and tone. 04:00:30 Interview with Sergeant Will Spears, platoon sergeant providing patrol protection. He discusses the patrol (from previous tape) to the town of Al-Majar al-Kabir assisting the Iraqi security forces at vehicle checkpoints. 04:03:30 Flag-lowering ceremony at main gate at Al-Amarah; Union flag is lowered and raised again. (This is re-shot from different angles including close-ups and shadow shots.) 04:08:34 Night sequence at the main gate, shot with an image intensifier, showing the main sentry position (including brief interior shot. Convoy of vehicles sets off (Warriors and Snatch Land Rovers). Soldiers keep watch on the ground and in the sentry tower. 04:16:14 General views of the spacious, modern cookhouse at Al-Amarah: soldiers get their meals. 04:18:57 Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Williams CO 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment. 04:27:52 The colonel and a colleague walk past a row of Warrior armoured vehicles. 04:28:44 Maintenance is carried out on the track of a Warrior vehicle. END 04:29:58
  • Alternative Title: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFA 2996
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 2996)
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  • Production Date: 2005-06-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor) Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company) Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Williams, Andrew Michael (person) Spears, William (person) British Army, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (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: 29 mins
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