Title:539 ASSAULT SQUADRON ROYAL MARINES, BASRA, OPERATION TELIC IX (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 235
Other titles:ROYAL MARINES DURING OPERATION TELIC IX [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 539 ASRM (Assault Squadron Royal Marines) on- and off-duty at Basra Palace.
Description: General views of Basra and the Shatt al-Arab from the roof of the Basra Palace (Lance Corporal Callender can be seen reading in the sun). Second sequence shows the palace and water at night (shot using an image intensifier). Marines can be seen preparing their boats. Informal interviews with Marines as they gather in daytime at the lagoon prior to patrol (one of them is RM cameraman Lieutenant Toby Barnard). Informal shots of soldiers relaxing and in the bed space at the palace: one of the beds has a Union Jack bedspread.
Alternative Title:ROYAL MARINES DURING OPERATION TELIC IX [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFM 235
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-11-24
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Marines, 539 Assault Squadron (regiment/service)
