Title:SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED COPPER BY BRITISH TROOPS, AL-AMARAH, IRAQ [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 114
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A shipment of contraband copper, which has recently been seized, is displayed for the camera.
Description: START 00:00:16 Black screen followed by bars.
00:00:44 Chinook helicopter takes off. Interior shots of the helicopter (with British section on board) in flight.
00:01:51 Exterior of "First Battalion the Light Infantry Battlegroup Headquarters". Interview with officer from the battalion; behind him is a pile of seized copper ingots.
00:05:08 Close-ups of piles of seized copper and cable; soldiers sort through the haul.
00:06:33 Interview with member of the Light Infantry, followed by a montage of still images showing the seizure of the copper.
END 00:08:50
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 114
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 1st Battalion, Light Infantry (regiment/service)
Keywords: Al-Amarah, 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: 8 mins
