Title:OPERATION BLACK VIPER 2, BASRA, 26 NOVEMBER 2007 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1066
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 34 Squadron the RAF Regiment on patrol on the outskirst of Basra and involved in route clearance work.
Description: I. Members of the Combat Camera Team (CCT) (Captain Lorna Ward, Corporal Andy Holmes) prepare their equipment in the CCT office, including the Sony Handycam used as a secondary camera. (Cameraman here is presumably Corporal Ralph Merry.)
II. Briefing before patrol for CCT members.
III. Night patrol shot with image intensifier: CCT members make final preparations and climb into the back of a vehicle, possibly a Mastiff. Patrol members prepare their guns. Informal chat during the journey. (Note helmetcam on the side of Captain Ward's helmet.) Arrival in target area: brief shots of foot patrol.
IV. Dawn: view through rear doors of Mastiff to show convoy on road. Foot patrol in village (almost deserted) village. Camera is placed on ground, focusing on car park where a group of Iraqi men greet each other. Patrol then continues (some shaky camerawork) through the streets of the village and across derelict, rubbish-strewn railway tracks. Vehicle with tinted windows (as seen in tape 1) is closely inspected. Further shots of the railway line (stretch of track in good order). Patrol leader points out two local schools where the children have been stoning army vehicles (no children are around this early in the morning). Burnt-out wreck of a car is passed. The patrol continues (more shaky shots). Various shots of the CCT at work filming Mastiffs on the move, before the group return and climb on board the Mastiff. Convoy on road. Views at second location at desert road. British vehicles are joined by an Iraqi Police vehicle with rear-mounted gun position. Further interior scenes in Mastiff - informal banter between the team.
V. Various brief scenes at the COB, including lunch.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1066
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-11-26
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Holmes, Andy (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Merry, Ralph (Corporal) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Holmes, Andy (person)
Ward, Lorna (person)
Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment, 34 Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
