FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 20 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 20 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 149
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Night operations by British forces, the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) and Iraqi Police Service (IPS). Shot with a "night vision" image intensifier, giving the footage a monochrome green glow.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:45 members of the ICDC and IPS, with the British Army gather and congregate around waiting Land Rovers; Warrior armoured vehicles also take part. 00:01:16 Convoy sets off on the operation. 00:01:45 Vehicles moving in the distance. 00:02:08 Soldiers (and ICDC ?) on foot, advancing towards their destination (glare from a light above a door blanks out part of the screen. 00:03:30 Iraqi Police and British soldiers hammer on the door and announce their presence in Arabic and English: "we are members of the Coalition Forces and we have reason to believe that you are in possession of arms and ammunition, do you understand?... Do you object if we carry out a search of your house and property?" 00:04:23 Soldiers approach the door, which is opened; they enter. A few seconds later, the cameraman follows into the courtyard of the property. Various open doors lead off the courtyard; each is searched. Soldiers stand guard over detainees. 00:06:10 Cameraman climbs stairs to the roof of the property, following soldiers who are preceding them On the roof are various metal frames. Views down into the courtyard 00:06:45 Camera descends back to courtyard. Men searched for weapons. 00:07:37 Searches of the various rooms. Detainees, their hands bound with ties, are searched using a metal detector. 00:09:15 Shots of courtyard and of the city (Basra ?) from roof 00:10:00 Further courtyard scenes; soldiers watch over detainees 00:11:20 Owner of the property is interrogated (through interpreter), and advised of his rights before the search commences. 00:16:00 British officer in charge of the search is taken indoors and shown the one gun which the owner admits to possessing; it is confiscated. 00:17:47 Iraqi Police stand guard over detainees (who are lined up facing the wall in the courtyard). 00:18:18 British soldier plays with a small baby as its mother sits nearby. Various views of the courtyard and the room with the mother and baby as the search is carried out. 00:20:00 Soldiers search inside a room; a gun is found hidden in a grain sack. Police are informed. 00:20:40 Soldiers stand guard outside the compound; general views of the surrounding night landscape. One gives a sitrep (situation report) off-camera. 00:22:57 Back in the courtyard, close-up of one of the detainees. Inside, the search continues; paperwork is checked. 00:24:02 Soldiers stand watch by Land Rover, and discuss the search operation. Patrol near adjacent properties. Brief shot of goat peering out from behind a partition. 00:26:08 Interior: women and children sit patiently; a toddler walks around. END 00:26:51
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 149
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2003-12-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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: 26 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 149

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 103 (IRAQI POLICE AND IRAQI CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (ICDC) CONDUCT SEARCH AND ARREST OPERATIONS, 20 DECEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title]) BFV 111 (IRAQI POLICE AND IRAQI CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (ICDC) CONDUCT SEARCH AND ARREST OPERATIONS AT NIGHT, 20 DECEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title])
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