Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 12 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 141
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Christmas messages and scenes at Basra Air Station. Foot patrol and eagle VCPs near Basra.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:45 Christmas message from Ben Hardy (Basra).
00:01:27 Christmas message from Lucy Walker.
00:01:45 Dale Thornton Christmas message.
00:02:13 Women RAF officers Sergeant Jackie Curtis, Ruth Pedley and SAC Dunn give Christmas messages to camera.
00:03:48 Julie Adamson and Lisa Dries (?).
00:05:00 Sergeant Joost Brok and Sergeant Blankers from the Royal Netherlands Air Force. (English and Dutch.)
00:08:00 Group Captain Tony Gumby. APOD (Air Point of Departure) commander at Basra, discusses the running of the APOD.
00:17:20 Group Captain Gumby and colleague with the air traffic control tower in the background.
00:17:53 Soldiers (RAF Regiment - 34 Squadron ?) climb into Chinook helicopter ready for patrol duties.
00:20:05 Soldiers on the ground deploy from helicopter and take up positions in the desert before advancing on patrol. Some soldiers are on quad bikes. Cheering local children accompany the patrol as it advances towards village. General views of village; patrol is accompanied by a herder and his sheep. Patrol continues through the village, accompanied at all times by children of various ages. Quad bikes drive through the village.
00:32:14 Soldiers in crouched position on watch. Further soldiers in WMIK Land Rovers. Local people gather.
00:35:52 Section briefing on dusty road. Chinook helicopter approaches; the men get on board after it has landed. Chinook in flight.
00:37:00 Soldiers disembark and deploy on tarmaced desert road for eagle VCP. (Some shaky camerawork.) Cars are searched at checkpoint. Chinook returns and the men embark.
00:41:11 Deployment of second eagle VCP; further searches followed by pick-up.
END 00:44:17
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 141
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-12-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment, 34 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Netherlands Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, 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: Mini-DV
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 63; Running time: 44 mins
