Title:OPERATION TELIC, IRAQ, 2003: ROYAL MARINES IN CAMP ALBANY, UMM QASR AND UMM KHAYYAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 50
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes at Camp Albany, Umm Qasr, and also at the Royal Marines' camp in Umm Khayyal.
Description: I. General views of Camp Albany, including ops room, offices and sick bay. Display of captured Iraqi weapons. Front gate: various vehicles enter and leave.
II. Crossing Point Anna on the Shatt al-Arab waterway north of Umm Qasr: members of the Royal Engineers operate a crossing using M3 ferry rigs. Heavy machine gun emplacement guards the ferry. Challenger 2 tank (without tracks) is towed away.
III. Umm Khayyal Camp: general views, and vehicle patrols entering and leaving. Patrol near the Az Zubayr port complex, passing large portrait of Saddam Hussein (defaced, with a red nose painted on it). Members of K Company 42 Commando play football with local team in a square in Umm Khayyal.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
