CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ, DECEMBER 2005 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ, DECEMBER 2005 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 3134
  • Other titles: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Soldiers in Iraq record messages to camera for loved ones back in Britain; includes re-takes.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars and tone. 00:00:30 Gunner Gillespie. 00:01:25 Gunner McCool. 00:02:05 Craftsman Vitler. 00:02:26 Gunner Drose. 00:03:08 Captain Brooks. 00:03:43 Gunner Nicholls. 00:04:00 Gunner Higgins. 00:04:24 Gunner Younger. 00:04:44 Staff Sergeant Lewis. 00:06:09:Lance Bombardie Rae. 00:06:50 Sergeant Boland. 00:07:57 Gunner McCool (take two). 00:08:34 Trooper Pegg. 00:08:57 Group message from "The Jocks". 00:09:09 Group message for Liverpool. 00:09:29 Trooper Hough. 00:10:16 Trooper Michael. 00:10:34 Trooper McNeill. 00:11:04 Group shot for Brighton (with Trooper Pegg and Trooper McNeill). 00:11:45 Trooper Darren. 00:12:09 Padre Rowland (of the Gunners). 00:16:12 11 December 2009. 00:16:13 Piper on Main Gate. 00:18:12 Group shot of Alamein Company, 51st Highland, 7th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland. 00:19:58 Private Glen, Alamein Company. 00:22:44 Warrant Officer Second Class McPhee, Alamein Company. 00:26:16 Staff Sergeant Easton, Alamein Company. 00:26:43 Private Mackay, Alamein Company. 00:27:22 Sergeant Simpson, Alamein Company. 00:27:52 Lance Corporal Fraser, Alamein Company. 00:28:32 Private Haughey, Alamein Company. 00:29:23 Private Tait, Alamein Company. 00:29:51 Private Taylor, Alamein Company. 00:30:24 Private Byrne, Alamein Company. 00:32:54 Corporal Boyle, Alamein Company. END 00:33:00
  • Alternative Title: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFA 3134
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 3134)
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  • Production Date: 2005-12-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor) Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 33 mins
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    BFA 3134

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