Title:539 ASSAULT SQUADRON ROYAL MARINES, BASRA, OPERATION TELIC IX (TAPE 8) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 239
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 and the Shatt al-Arab Hotel.
Description: Christmas messages to camera by members of 539 ASRM (some unidentified). Informal (and very politically incorrect) sequence with soldiers in their bivouac, fooling around, giving statements to the camera and gurning. The explicit tomfoolery continues outside the following morning, with risque songs and stories; there are also informal interviews. Further Christmas messages. River patrol with Rigid Raiders and an assault boat (latter is a Combat Support Boat, and therefore likely to be Army). Riverside patrol: Marines embark into Rigid Raiders and set off again.
Alternative Title:ROYAL MARINES DURING OPERATION TELIC IX [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFM 239
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-12-02
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Royal Marines Video Production Unit (Production company)
Barnard, Toby (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Marines, 539 Assault Squadron (regiment/service)
