Title:EVASIVE DRIVING DEMONSTRATION ON THE ROAD TO BRAEMAR RANGES NEAR BASRA, 9 SEPTEMBER 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 29
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Convoy of Land Rovers practice evasive driving techniques both on public roads and on a specially prepared driving range.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:29 Soldiers in Land Rover convoy prepare to leave camp at Basra. (Camera position is in one of the vehicles.) Convoy drives out of the gates (past several concrete barriers onto the road. Extended shots from top cover as the convoy drives towards the desert.
00:06:58 Cut to further along in the journey: camera follows the three Land Rovers in front (a civilian car is also present). The Land Rovers weave around. Reverse angle shot shows two civilian vehicles also trying to evade each other. Looking forward, one of the three front vehicles overtakes the other two and drives away into the distance. The remaining two vehicles move around on the carriageway (making sure that civilian vehicles are avoided).
00:16:10 Rear view: Land Rover overtakes camera vehicle and heads in front; one of the two men on top cover aims his gun at the camera vehicle.
00:18:35 The convoy drives off the main road onto a minor desert road (still metalled).
00:22:00 The convoy swerves offroad onto the rough desert. Camera cuts to convoy on a road (possibly a disused airstrip) at Braemar Ranges which has been prepared with piles of rubbish and other obstacles; the various vehicles weave amongst them.
00:27:40 Convoy comes to a halt and parks up beside the road.
00:28:05 Convoy makings its way back to camp along major road; the vehicles weave around on the carriageway.
00:32:30 Return to camp.
END 00:34:03
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 29
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-09-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Braemar Ranges, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
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: 34 mins
