EAGLE VEHICLE CHECKPOINT OPERATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF 20 BRIGADE AND THE IRAQI POLICE TACTICAL SUPPORT UNIT (TSU), BASRA AREA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EAGLE VEHICLE CHECKPOINT OPERATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF 20 BRIGADE AND THE IRAQI POLICE TACTICAL SUPPORT UNIT (TSU), BASRA AREA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 106
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of the British Army (Royal Regiment of Wales) assist members of the Police Tactical Support Unit (TSU) as they are taken by helicopter to set up "Eagle VCPs" around Basra.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Black screen, followed by bars. 00:01:00 Snatch Land Rovers parked by roadside; soldiers prepare for patrol. 00:01:25 Chinook helicopter flies overhead and lands nearby (at roadside); soldiers embark and sit on the benches inside. Chinook takes off. 00:02:47 Group of British soldiers train armed TSU members on Basra street. Close-ups of soldiers and TSU members. 00:04:32 Puma helicopter flies in to pick up the section, landing on the roadside near the Shatt al-Arab. 00:04:55 Members of the TSU are given final briefing as they line up to board helicopter (not the Puma: this has now gone and the landing point is unoccupied). 00:05:55 Chinook flies in and lands at roadside; the section embark. Shots onboard the helicopter in flight, with the soldiers sat on the benches. Rear door gunner keeps watch. 00:10:00 Helicopter lands and troops disembark. 00:10:07 Aerial shots of Basra (bridges across the Shatt) and views through rear door as Chinook lands; door is lowered and second group of soldiers and TSU members disembark. They kneel on open ground, guns raised. 00:11:10 Vehicle checkpoint on busy road outside Basra. Members of the TSU stop and search selected vehicles. 00:15:47 Briefing of TSU members by British soldier at roadside. 00:16:41 Street scenes: vehicles, group of women. Further cars are searched. Brief words with British soldier. Checkpoint continues; large piece of metal barrier is removed from the carriageway. Soldiers talk to local people. 00:21:44 Preparations to board Chinook; helicopter arrives and they board. Group are swiftly deployed top another location. 00:23:30 Personnel disembark and deploy a new checkpoint; TSU search more cars. 00:28:22 Brief interview with member of TSU followed by further checkpoint scenes. British soldiers look at map and discuss. 00:31:39 Chinook arrives and flies the section to the next location, where a further checkpoint is deployed; cars and people are searched. 00:37:19 British Land Rover patrol drives up and stops. 00:38:10 Chinook retrieves the VCP personnel who are then flown to a fourth location where they keep watch by a shallow waterway. Paddling children wave at the camera. END 00:42:00
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 106
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-01-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service, Tactical Support Unit (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography) Shatt al-Arab, 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: 42 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 106

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 107 (EAGLE VEHICLE CHECKPOINT OPERATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF 20 BRIGADE AND THE IRAQI POLICE TACTICAL SUPPORT UNIT (TSU), BASRA AREA (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 171 (FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 42 [Allocated Title])
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