Title:SHATT AL-ARAB HOTEL SCENES, BASRA, 13 TO 15 AUGUST 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 78
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: I. Scenes shot at night (using an image intensifier) from observation point on the Shatt al-Arab Hotel. Puma helicopter lands in the middle distance. Officer on watch. Sniper trains his rifle.
II. British soldiers on patrol from their Shatt al-Arab base in Basra, talking to local children and visiting an Iraqi police station ("Al Hussein Police Center").
III. The Shatt al-Arab Hotel, patrol to football, top cover shots, and checkpoint.
Description:
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 78
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-08-13 2004-08-14 2004-08-15
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)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: Shatt al-Arab Hotel, 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: 34
