Title:1ST BATTALION THE KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT IN IRAQ, JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 7) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3125
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the King's Own Royal Border Regiment (1 KORBR) at Tallil Air Base near An Nasiriyah.
Description: START 07:00:00 Bars and tone.
07:00:30 Views of the Great Ziggurat of Ur at twilight and sunset.
07:04:44 Night vehicle patrol (shot with image intensifier) shot inside cab of Land Rover. Driver, Sergeant Tony Evans (1 KORBR) from Fleetwood, steers and changes gear. He is interviewed at length: wide ranging topics include the hazards of driving in Iraq, poor road conditions and poor drivers but particularly improvised explosive devices (IEDs); the impact of casualties; the Iraqi peoples' impressions of the British Army, and the changing situation in Iraq.
07:21:59 Iraqi Army soldiers undergoing operational training; contact drills. Gunfire and explosions can be heard. A prisoner is taken. Instructors issue directions, prior to assault sequence. A second prisoner is taken into custody (actually the original man reprising the role). Building is stormed.
END 07:34:10
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)
Evans, Tony (person)
British Army, King's Own Royal Border Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: An Nasiriyah, Iraq (geography)
Tallil, 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
