FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 9 [Allocated Title]

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  • 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
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  • Object_Number: BFV 138
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • 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
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