Title:539 ASSAULT SQUADRON ROYAL MARINES, BASRA, OPERATION TELIC IX (TAPE 9) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 240
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: Interview with Colour Sergeant Nigel Barlett (Second in Command of 539 ASRM). River patrol with Offshore Raiding Craft and Rigid Raiders travelling at speed. The boats pull ashore at a remote semi-derelict installation near a village: an army patrol can be seen on the bank. Children come to investigate. Back on the river: scenes near pontoon bridge over the Shatt al-Arab. Back in the lagoon at Basra Palace: soldiers prepare their equipment. Rapid cut to another riverside location: Marines wade ashore from Rigid Raider. Views of patrol under palm trees on the riverside.
Alternative Title:ROYAL MARINES DURING OPERATION TELIC IX [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFM 240
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-12-03
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)
