Title:OPERATION TELIC, IRAQ, 2003: CLEARANCE OPERATIONS BY J COMPANY AND K COMPANY, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 43
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of J Company at Main Position.
Description: Captured Iraqi (from earlier tape) held under guard. Tactical communications room in building. Allied gun positions. Clearance operations at Iraqi base: weapons gathered. Further advances (by truck and on foot). Night patrol sequence shot using CWS night sight (image intensifier). Daylight advances with vehicle convoy, including shots from back of truck. Cameraman states that we are moving from J Company to K Company on the "clearance of KAA" (possibly Khawr Abd Allah waterway near Al-Faw). Sign "Welcome to M-3". Convoy advances to bridge and abandoned Iraqi base: troops move in to secure it. Iraqi gun is prepared for destruction using PE4 explosive. Further convoy shots. Senior British officer is intervewed by ITN's Bill Neely. US Marines position: armoured Humvees and rocket launcher of 15 MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
