Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 9 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 138
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Patrol scenes. Capability Day and passing out parade for the Iraqi Police Tactical Support Unit. Scenes at British Military Hospital (BMH) Shaibah.
Description: START 00:00:00
00:01:01 Interior of patrol vehicle. After patrol, soldiers (RAF Regiment ?) disembark and disarm at unloading bay.
00:02:28 Christmas message from the Royal Regiment of Wales.
00:05:47 Capability day at the Tactical Support Unit (TSU) in Basra. Members of the TSU line up and demonstrate the storming of a building and the arrest of insurgents; riot control is also demonstrated. Passing out parade: graduates are given their epaulettes and celebrate.
00:22:10 Brief interview with Brigadier David Robert Jones, CO of 20th Armoured Brigade, followed by shots of TSU on parade in riot gear.
00:29:33 Interview with Captain Leon Hornsby discussing the role of the TSU (the elite of the Iraqi Police Service).
00:31:32 Exterior of the (tented) British Military Hospital (BMH) Shaibah.
00:32:00 Christmas message from Patrick Harding.
00:33:38 Lieutenant Colonel Sharma discussing and demonstration the induction procedures for new patients.
00:40:00 Sergeant Harry Murphy processes blood samples in a centrifuge, and also records a Christmas message.
00:41:08 Arm being x-rayed (no sound).
00:42:46 General views of the BMH; stores, cleaning of equipment.
00:45:05 Christmas message from Gary Eason.
00:47:47 General views inside the hospital and its tented corridors; new patient is processed.
00:48:03 Interview with Flight Lieutenant Charlotte Thompson, Airmedical Evacuation Liaison Officer.
00:49:20 Christmas message from Sergeant Vickie Matthews.
00:50:21 Interview and message: Lieutenant Sharon Johnson (Intensive Care Unit officer).
00:52:04 Interview and message: Lieutenant Victoria Price RN (A&E Senior House Officer).
00:53:50 Message from Eddie Hardacre.
00:55:08 Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Sharma, and message.
00:57:00 Christmas greetings from Helen Chillingworth, Corporal Kate Price and Gareth Thomas.
01:00:03 Preparation of respirator equipment; general views of BMH Shaibah including sunset shots.
END 01:05:10
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 138
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-12
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service, Tactical Support Unit (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, 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: Mini-DV
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 63; Running time: 65 mins