Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 41 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 170
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Foot patrol through Basra market by members of "A" Company 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Wales.
Description: Red Dragon crest and the Company Office of "A" Company. Outside, the patrol group prepare their Snatch Land Rovers. (Warrior armoured vehicle can also be seen.) Vehicles set off on patrol: views from top cover shows Land Rover bringing up the rear. Close-up of Captain Hisham Halawi of the 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment (TA), an Arabic speaker, who is accompanying the patrol. In the Ashar district, the Land Rovers park up and patrolmen greet their counterparts in the Iraqi Police; Captain Halawi speaks to them. The patrol gets under way, passing shops, street vendors' carts and market stalls of various kinds, liaising with local people. General views of market area during the patrol; one of the soldiers attracts an entourage of young people. Patrol continues, the army accompanied by policemen. Further views of stalls and, later, shops at the edge of the market area. Patrol continues along streets before returning to Ashar Police Station. Views from top cover on return journey; final shots of Warrior park and Red Dragon flag.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 170
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-17
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Halawi, Hisham Bahjat (person)
British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot), 1st Battalion (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
