Title:1ST BATTALION THE KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT IN IRAQ, JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 6) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3124
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the King's Own Royal Border Regiment (1 KORBR) at Basra Air Station, the APOD (Air Point of Departure) for Operation Telic.
Description: START 06:00:00 Bars and tone.
06:00:30 C130 Hercules aircraft on the tarmac at Basra, powering up its engines. Loadmaster smiles at the camera. Aircraft taxies into position and waits.
06:02:46 Views from on board the Hercules, including cockpit shots during take-off. Co-pilot looks at charts. Soldiers sit in the hold; some of them read books to pass the time.
06:09:19 Further cockpit shots as the Hercules begins its approach to Tallil Air Base near An Nasiriyah and lands. View through the rear door as the aircraft taxies to a stop; soldiers (and reporter Rob Smith) wait for the aircraft to stop.
06:14:52 Long shot of control tower at Tallil. Aircraft is marshalled into position and is unloaded using fork-lift tractors.
06:17:46 Soldiers firing their weapons on ranges; targets are inspected.
06:20:44 Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Kasim Shaionari, commander in An Nasiriyah and the South of Iraq for the Iraqi Army, discussing the difficulties of setting up a new army in Iraq. (Interview is in English.) Long shots of Lieutenant Colonel Shaionari with Rob Smith.
END 06:32:54
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)
Shaionari, Kasim (person)
British Army, King's Own Royal Border Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Tallil, Iraq (geography)
An Nasiriyah, 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: 32 mins
