Title:1ST BATTALION THE KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT IN IRAQ, JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3121
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the King's Own Royal Border Regiment (1 KORBR) on patrols in Basra.
Description: START 03:00:00 Bars and tone.
03:00:30 Soldier keeps guard on top cover on Snatch Land Rover moving through Basra streets. Views of the road ahead. Interior of Snatch Land Rover with Private Froggatt (from previous tape). Tracking shots of the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
03:04:01 Interview with Private Froggatt in back of Snatch Land Rover.
03:09:05 Piece to camera by Rob Smith, shot at the Shatt al-Arab Hotel, for insertion into news bulletins. Sun is setting in the background.
03:09:05 "Eagle VCP" operations at night, in which troops are landed by helicopter on a desert road and set up a vehicle checkpoint. (Shot with image intensifier.) Soldiers climb into Sea King helicopter.
03:09:23 Scenes inside the cramped helicopter during the flight over Basra.
03:13:56 Troops on the ground; one patrols the road with a torch mounted onto his gun at vehicle checkpoint. Large lorry (a tanker) is stopped and inspected (soldier liaising with driver through interpreter). The tanker goes on its way.
03:17:10 Car is stopped and searched for weapons; driver is asked about illegal weapons smuggling. Interior of vehicle is searched.
03:22:58 Inspection of lorry carrying canisters of gas, focusing on some dangling wires (possible threat of detonation). The racks of canisters are inspected.
03:25:02 Soldier keeps watch from position behind oil pipeline. Helicopter lands to pick up the platoon. Soldiers moving at speed across open ground towards helicopter and climbing on board. On board the helicopter, Rob Smith delivers a (largely inaudible) piece to camera.
03:30:18 Aerial views of the lights of Basra at night (quite bright due to the image intensifier). Interior shots of the helicopter. Helicopter comes in to land.
END 03:33:24
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: Smith, Rob (person)
Froggatt, Noel (person)
British Army, King's Own Royal Border Regiment, 1st Battalion (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: 33 mins
