NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT AT FORTRESS LINES, BASRA, 19 AUGUST 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT AT FORTRESS LINES, BASRA, 19 AUGUST 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 15
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Routine activities of the Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (2 Engineer Regiment).
  • Description: START 00:57:30 Morning PT in the open air: push-ups, weights, running. 00:01:01 Sign "5 Field Squadron Royal Engineers Engr Gp Royal New Zealand Engineers". 00:01:49 Exterior of former Iraqi Naval Academy building at Fortress Lines. 00:02:19 Interior of tented kitchen: potatoes are peeled and pasta is prepared. 00:06:20 Land Rover maintenance at vehicle park; engineer poses for still photographs. 00:10:02 Main access road in Fortress Lines; two soldiers climb into sangar and take up observation duties. Iraqi civilian and his motorcycle are checked using hand-held metal detector on entering the Lines. 00:12:30 Close-up of New Zealand Army shoulder flash on soldier inside sangar. Views of derelict buildings through the sangar's mesh-covered window. Soldier looks through binoculars 00:14:36 Sign "Fortress Lines Royal Engineers". 00:14:57 Soldiers doing a Haka dance in the shell of the academy building: words of the Maori chant are posted on the wall. (Most of the soldiers taking part are "Pakeha" - non-Maori.) 00:23:05 Briefing before patrol for New Zealand Patrol; afterwards, the section load up their weapons at the unloading point. 00:30:17 Television room in a shed marked "Welcome to Dyson's". Inside, soldiers watch swimming on a large screen television. 00:32:26 Further views of kitchen tent: pasties are prepared for baking. END 00:35:56
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 15
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-08-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company) Gedge, Andy (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: New Zealand Army, Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers, 2 Engineer Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Fortress Lines, Basra, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) Iraq post-2003 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 35 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 15

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 16 (NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT AT FORTRESS LINES, BASRA, 19 AUGUST 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 79 (NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT AT FORTRESS LINES, BASRA, 19 AUGUST 2004 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title])
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