Title:OPERATION CRIMSON ENFORCER, BASRA, SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1023
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Night convoy during Operation Crimson Enforcer, a planned brigade level operation securing a route through the north of Basra to enable forces and vehicles to move onward to the east of Basra (in a crackdown on hostile militias).
Description: I. Interview with Major Wellham, OC C Company, 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh about the operation, the first trip through the city of Basra since the withdrawal from Basra Palace.
II. Tank park of 2 R WELSH: general views of static Warrior armoured vehicles.
III. Night scenes shot with image intensifier, showing members of C Company preparing their Warriors. They line up in convoy. "Cigar Island" in north-west Basra: soldiers on foot secure the bridge spanning the Shatt al-Arab; they check the civilian bridge, including the supports below. Vehicles, including a Bulldog, move up. Sign (in English) beside the British-built Mabey Johnson box girder bridge nearby: "SLOW WEAK BRIDGE MAX SPEED 15 KPH". Vehicles cross the civilian bridge: below, soldier keeps watch as armour approaches and begins to cross the Mabey-Johnson bridge, followed by support vehicles. General views of vehicle movements.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1023
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-09-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Houlston, Adam (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wellham (Major) (person)
British Army, Royal Welsh, 2nd Battalion, C Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
