Title:OPERATION TELIC, IRAQ, 2003: ROYAL MARINES IN AND AROUND AZ ZUBAYR [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 66
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Royal Marines Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) patrolling in the Az Zubayr area of Iraq.
Description: Members of the BRF on patrol in WMIK Land Rovers in Az Zubayr; crowds cheer as the WMIK Land Rover drives through a market area. Captain Hogan (Patrol Commander of BRF Recce Troop 59) discusses his rôle in seizing a bridge during Operation James. Soldiers relax off-duty, reading, chatting, listening to minidiscs etc. Marine Gough (Brigade Patrol Troop) and Captain Mark Hughes (second in command Team 10, Brigade Patrol Troop) give their accounts of a sniping incident in Al-Faw. Bagpiper plays, standing beside WMIK. Desert patrol in WMIKs; drive-past of line of wrecked Iraqi AFVs. Sergeant Moran discusses bunker incident at Abu al-Khasib during Operation James (as seen on earlier tape).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
